Title | Directing the flow : a new approach to integrated water resources management |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2006 |
Authors | Brussels, BEEuropean C |
Pagination | 52 p. : boxes, photogr.. |
Date Published | 2006-01-01 |
Publisher | Office for Official Publications of the European Communities |
Place Published | Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
ISSN Number | 9279010247 |
Keywords | funding agencies, integrated approach, policies, projects, research, sdipol, sdiwrm, water resources management |
Abstract | The European Commission has taken an increasingly prominent part in setting the agenda for action and research in water. Its most prominent goal is to halve, by 2015, the number of people without access to safe water and sanitation, estimated at over 1 and 2 billion people respectively. The second aim is to generalise the adoption and practice of integrated river basin approaches based on knowledge and innovation. Through successive cycles of its International scientific Cooperation programme (EU-INCO) it funds a great deal of research which aims to provide an anchor for water policies in developing countries. The research is carried out by researchers from EU and partner countries working together on problem solving in partner countries. Research projects approach water in the context of its river basin and, in keeping with IWRM, aim to involve all relevant stakeholders. The European Research Area (ERA) will share equitably the knowledge and technology developed by all partners. The results should improve regional cooperation, the development of concepts of sustainable development, and societal and economic innovation. Partner countries learn from European experience while Europeans learn about and from challenges in other parts of the world. The EU-INCO research model also encourages the projects to seek as much impact as possible in partner countries, by making links with education, training and appropriate institutions and by being explicit about gender and equity. With in every chapter reference to EU international development projects, this publication presents an overall picture of the EU efforts in the domain. |
Notes | 26 ref. |
Custom 1 | 210, 202.3 |