Newsletter Issue 4 of 2023

The first articles of the Water JPI showcase campaign are online!
As a reminder, this campaign has an ultimate aim to give more visibility to the work carried out by the Water JPI and to the success stories generated by the programme, both through the funded projects and additional activities. The information contained in the campaign will not only be of the interest of the research community but also of policy makers, general practitioners and society at large.

The campaign will offer a good opportunity to collect views of funded projects on key water knowledge gaps, cutting-edge solutions and roll-out options. It will also inform about other Water JPI projects with no EU funding support like the SD-WISHEES Project, and about the activities conducted by the Task Force “Horizon Europe and Alignment”.

As part of the communication campaign, an article will be published on the Water JPI’s website on a monthly basis. Be also attentive to the communications made through our social networks, LinkedIn and Twitter (X).

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SD-WISHEES, which stands for 'Supporting and Developing Widening Strategies to tackle Hydroclimatic Extreme Events: impacts and Sustainable solutions for cultural heritage,' is a project dedicated to strengthening collaboration with widening countries within the Horizon Europe Programme. This project vision is to foster research and innovation that addresses the impacts of hydroclimatic extremes on cultural heritage.

SD-WISHEES' mission is to develop innovative tools and strategies, facilitating collaboration among diverse stakeholders in Europe and beyond. Together, we work inclusively to ensure the sustainable management of cultural heritage, encompassing historical sites, natural sites, and intangible assets such as knowledge and traditions.

We invite you to explore the new website, where you will find information about research, projects, and partnerships. The social media channels will keep you updated on the latest developments and discoveries in the SD Wishees activities.

🌐 Website: https://sd-wishees.irsa.cnr.it/

📱 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sd-wishees/

📱 Twitter: https://twitter.com/SDWISHEES_2023

As the closure of the ERA NET WaterWorks2017 is approaching, the Water JPI has planned to organize a two-event Valorisation showcase. The objective of this Valorisation showcase is to enhance visibility of the outputs of WaterWorks2017 funded projects.

The first event will be organised during the Conference EcoMondo, in Rimini (Italy) on the 7^th November. Some projects coordinators have been invited to present their research, with a strong focus on results for an audience mainly made up of end-users. The aim of this first event is to highlight the concrete results obtained by researchers, and to promote the use of their research, because all research has not only a fundamental objective, but it can also bring a practical one.

After this first event of the Valorisation Showcase dedicated to the utilisation of research’s results by end users, a second event will be held right after the next Water JPI’s Governing Board on the 16^th November. This second event will therefore target the funding agencies that participated in the WaterWorks2017 joint call. The purpose of this second event is to offer an overview of the work carried out by funded projects and their results. Funding agencies will be able to have a more concrete understanding of the outcomes of their financial support.

The AquaticPollutants funded project FOREWARN held a summer school from 15-16 June 2023. During the Summer School 8 students from Spain, France, Finland, Greece and Serbia came together in Dublin, Ireland with the aime of learning something about new tools to assess contaminants of emerging concern in the aquatic environment.

The Summer School has been held in the framework of the project. During the course, seven professors (who have given different master classes) introduced the students into the topic of CECs and persistent organic pollutants under an environmental and chemical point of view. In addition, the students learned some strategies to perform a chemical analysis. At the end, they participated in a Quiz to test their knowledge regarding all these sections.

Furthermore, they got an introduction to the assessment of ecotoxicity, and to the main tests to be performed if testing the toxicity of environmental chemical pollutants. Once they have acquired some skills in the chemical analysis of, e.g., antibiotic chemicals, they visited a master class. The topic of this master class was the determination and presence of antibiotic resistance in the aquatic environment, which is transmitted by the constant presence of antibiotic residues in environmental waters.

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