Water JPI Workshop on strategy for international cooperation, Vienna 19 september 2018
The Water Joint Programming Initiative (JPI), as part of its supporting EU-funded Coordination Support Action IC4Water, CSA IC4Water, is looking at opportunities to develop a common strategy for International Cooperation with other European Initiatives.
The Water JPI held its first workshop on the 19th September 2018 in Wien/Vienna, Austria. This workshop was coordinated and hosted by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on behalf of the Water JPI. A number Initiatives were represented giving detail on their work and included talks from DG Research and Innovation, UN-Water and the Groupe de Programmation Conjointe (GPC). A total of 40 people attended the workshop including representatives from 15 different initiatives. This first workshop provided an opportunity for participants to discuss the current state of play of international cooperation in the context of research, development and innovation activities, and to exchange views on and share experiences regarding identifying common barriers, as well as good practices. Proceedings and presentations are now available at the following link Water JPI workshop.
The outcomes of the workshop discussions, will provide the next steps to progress this important work and also inform the second workshop to take place in 2019, which will be targeted at the Research community engaging in the Joint Actions implemented by the initiatives involving International Cooperation, due to take pace in June 2019.