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BiodivRestore Call pre-announcement

Water JPI Water4SDGs Knowledge Hub Workshop #2: ‘Alignment of Water Related RDI Activities to Support UN SDGs in light of COVID-19 Challenges’

Environment: Lakes, ENEA takes action against cyanobacteria and microplastics

Defining a Decade of Global Sustainability Science Action: Call for Inputs

Mobilizing global sustainable science action is imperative if we are to realize the 2030 Agenda. The International Science Council is currently running a call for inputs to shape a priority action agenda for science.

Innovating for a greener future: European water service priorities

AgriAs project developed risk management for agricultural soil and water contaminated with arsenic

Call 2016 - REWATER- Sustainable and safe water management in agriculture: Increasing the efficiency of water reuse for crop growth while protecting ecosystems, services and citizens’ welfare

Survey launched by European Commission on Horizon Europe First Strategic Plan

Water JPI Workshop on Future Cooperation in Research and Innovation with Countries Beyond Europe

Back to back with the kick-off of the second Water JPI Knowledge Hub focusing on the UN SDGs, the Water JPI organised a workshop with peer international institutions interested in joint initiatives.

The Water JPI Knowledge Hub on Water Related UN SDGs Workshop (Lisbon, December 3, 2019)

The Water JPI Knowledge Hub on Water Related UN SDGs workshop was hosted by FCT and took place in Lisbon on December 3rd, 2019. The aim of the workshop was to launch the second Water JPI Knowledge Hub (KH) implemented under the Coordination and Support Action (CSA) IC4WATER.

Water JPI Thematic Annual Programming (TAP) Workshop #2

The second AQUATAP_ES workshop took place in Brussels on 19 November 2019 with 13 attendees from the various projects and the Water JPI community. Our Dutch colleagues hosted the workshop in their offices in Brussels.

INXCES project

International conference CITIES, RAIN and RISK

Ec Public Consultation On Environmental Crime

This consultation (10 October 2019 - 2 January 2020) is part of the evaluation of Directive 2008/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of the environment through criminal law adopted on 19 November 2008.

'Water For Life’ Award

Professor Fiona Regan, a professor of Chemistry in DCU and Director of the DCU Water Institute, received the ‘Water for Life’ Award last October from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in London. This is the first time the award has been given to a recipient from Ireland.

WaterWorks2015 & WaterWorks2017 Annual Consortium Meetings, Bucharest

The annual Consortium meetings of both ERA-NET Cofunds WaterWorks2015 and WaterWork2017 were held in Bucharest, Romania, respectively on the 6th and 7th of November 2019, back-to-back with the 15th Water JPI Governing Board meeting.

Water JPI Governing Board Meeting-15, Bucharest

The 15th Water JPI Governing Board meeting was held in Bucharest, Romania, on the 5th of November 2019.

Water JPI Knowledge Hub On Contaminants Of Emerging Concern (KHCEC)

The Water JPI Knowledge Hub for Contaminants of Emerging Concern workshop was held in Dublin on the 24th October, back-to-back with the SRIA experts consultation workshop.

Water JPI SRIA Revision Workshop, Dublin 22 & 23 October 2019

The EPA (Ireland) led a consultative 2-day Water JPI Experts Workshop in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Dublin, to discuss drafting the new Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA 2025).