BeWater Network

The BeWater project consortium is well linked within the international water resources research community and actively networks with the relevant recent and ongoing EU projects on social participation in water management and global change adaptation.

Find below BeWater links to other national and international research and European water related initiatives:

Discussion Platforms
AquaKnow		A virtual space for collaboration and information of the water sector
EIP water		Platform for information exchange, matchmaking and teaming-up of public and private sector experts, organisations and resources.
ETC/ICM		The European Topic Centre on Inland, Coastal and Marine waters, an international consortium brought together to support the European Environment Agency (EEA)
WssTP		The European Technology Platform for Water

 

Previous / Ongoing Projects
RISES-AM-		A novel approach towards assessment of coastal impacts by taking into account the distinctiveness of coastal vulnerability and explicitly including adaptation.
WaterInnEu		Being a marketplace to enhance the exploitation of EU funded ICT models, tools, protocols and policy briefs related to water, and to establish suitable conditions for new market opportunities.
FP4BATIW		Coordinating and supporting action to promote interaction between highly qualified members of the knowledge value chain on water treatment and corresponding stake holders community.
Menfri		Providing a discussion and action platform in forestry encouraging scientific and technological collaboration within the Mediterranean.
EJOLT		Bringing together science and society to catalogue and analyze ecological distribution conflicts and confront environmental injustice.
TRivers		Studying the hydrology and ecology of temporary rivers and contributing to the conservation and restoration of river typologies in the Mediterranean Basin.
MEDACC		Testing innovative solutions in order to adapt agro-forest and urban systems to climate change in the Mediterranean basin.
BASE		Action for sustainable climate change adaptation in Europe in order to improve the knowledge base on adaptation.
ASSET		Pilot project on the development of prevention activities to halt desertification in Europe.
SATORI		A platform for the consolidation and advancement of ethical assessment in research and innovation.
MED-SPRING		Adapting the Euro-Mediterranean research and innovation policies and cooperation to the changing Mediterranean society through a dialogue and coordination platform.
ALARM		Methods and protocols for the assessment of large-scale environmental risks in order to minimize negative direct and indirect human impacts based on a better understanding of terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.
CLICO		Understanding the links between climate, water, violence, conflict and human security.
CLIM-RUN		New methodologies and improved modeling and downscaling tools for the provision of adequate climate information at regional to local scale.
CLIMSAVE		Developing an interactive, web-based tool to allow stakeholders to assess climate change impacts and vulnerabilities for a range of sectors.
ClimWatAdapt		Climate Adaptation – modelling water scenarios and sectoral impacts
COMBINE		Linking research groups to advance Earth system models (ESMs) for more accurate climate projections.
REFRESH		Enabling measures needed to restore freshwater ecosystems to good ecological status and for adaption to future climate change.