FINNOWATER Kick-off meeting 17 September '13

Robert Schröder, European Commission, DG Environment

EIP WaterEuropean Innovation Partnership on Water

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 Boosting opportunities

Innovating water

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EIP Water activities

• Task Force – work on barriers and policy recommendations

• Action Groups• Voluntary cooperations, not EU funded activities• Water energy nexus relates Action Groups:

• Renewable energy desalination• W4EF – Water footprint of energy production• Anaerobic membrane bioreactor for recovery of energy and resources

• EIP Water tools

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EIP Water Action Groups

• FINNOWATER• CITY BLUEPRINTS: Improving Implementation Capacities of Cities and

Regions• Smart Pricing and Drought Insurance Schemes in Mediterranean Countries• Renewable Energy Desalination (RE-Desalination)• W4EF: Framework for evaluation and reporting of the energy impacts on

water• Anaerobic membrane Bioreactor for Recovery of Energy and Resources• WaterCoRe: Regional governance of water scarcity and drought issues• Industrial Water Re-use and Recycling• ESE - Ecosystem Services for Europe

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EIP Water Action Groups – next steps

• Start of activities of action Groups

• Support of EIP Water secretariat (FINNOWATER - Tom Bauer) and from the European Commission

• Connecting interested actors with Action Groups

• Connecting with relevant FP7 Water Inno & Demo projects

• Reporting on progress and barriers (3 FINNOWATER members in AdHoc Group on barriers)

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EIP Water Action Groups – Expectations

• Kick off conference call July '13 – questions addressed?

• Action Group to function as an independent group, respond to the work plan and deliverables as set out in the proposal

• Output / deliverables

• Use of (and promotion of) Online Market Place

• Annual Conference participation (21 November) Action Group session Visibility

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• Matchmaking between demand & supply on Water Innovation

• Single Point of Access for information on water innovation in Europe & Worldwide• News & Events• Special articles & library of relevant info sources• Aggregated information from news streams

• Meeting Point for the Community on water innovation (Europe / Worldwide) for communication & collaboration

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BETA system online – register now! www.eip-water.eu

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EIP Water - Next steps

• Online Market Place beta-phase until Nov '13

• Task Force meeting 20 Nov '13

• 1st Annual EIP Water conference 21 Nov '13

• Second call Expressions of Commitment for Action Groups Nov. 13

• Link with EU financial instruments – H2020, LIFE, Regional funds

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Thank you for your attention

Questions?

All information on the SIP, priorities, initial actions, action groups, call for expression of commitment, activities and tools available at:

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