SWAN
Sustainable Water ActioN: building research links between EU and US
| Coordinatore | CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
Organization address
address: Rue Michel -Ange 3 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | France [FR] |
| Totale costo | 2˙356˙551 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙999˙202 € |
| Programma | FP7-INCO
Specific Programme "Capacities": International co-operation |
| Code Call | FP7-INCO-2011-7 |
| Funding Scheme | CSA-SA |
| Anno di inizio | 2012 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2012-03-01 - 2016-02-29 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
Organization address
address: Rue Michel -Ange 3 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | coordinator | 535˙625.00 |
| 2 |
Arizona Board of Regents
Organization address
address: S. Rural Road 1711 contact info |
US (Tempe) | participant | 405˙075.00 |
| 3 |
UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA
Organization address
address: CALLE S. FERNANDO 4 contact info |
ES (SEVILLA) | participant | 305˙183.00 |
| 4 |
"UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL"
Organization address
address: COLDHARBOUR LANE contact info |
UK (BRISTOL) | participant | 287˙134.00 |
| 5 |
UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION -UNESCO
Organization address
address: PLACE DE FONTENOY 7 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 276˙432.00 |
| 6 |
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS GEODESY AND GEOGRAPHY - BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Organization address
address: UL. ACAD G BONCHEV BL 3 contact info |
BG (SOFIA) | participant | 189˙753.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The project promises to strengthen European research capacity in the USA, promote competitiveness of European research and industry while informing and involving policy-makers and the general public.
Opening the UMI to European partners responds to the need for 21st Century interdisciplinary and multiregional collaboration regarding water sustainability. We have exhausted the 20th century paradigm of technocratic or institutional solutions and are compelled to apply multi-faceted approaches that combine physical, natural, and social sciences, along with governance perspectives.
This extension of the UMI broadens its current activities from a bi-national focus to one that incorporates ideas, disciplines and methods from Europe. By connecting the UMI with Europe, scientific cooperation will enhance ongoing activities, bring new projects, establish a foundation for future collaboration in the framwork of a EU/USA Sustainable Water Centre (SWC). A Feasibility Study will fully explore how the UMI will achieve this major institutional step.
To optimise the cooperation among partners, three major transverse themes will structure the work plan: Climate change and uncertainty, Risks and vulnerabilities and Participation. Work Packages are: 1)Water resources sustainability, 2) EU/USA issues in water governance, 3) Water demand and sustainability, 4) Urban water: EU/USA common models 5) Feasibility Study, 6) Management Strategy; 7) Dissemination/communication.'
Descrizione progetto (Article)
The 'Sustainable water action: Building research links between EU and US' (https://swanproject.arizona.edu (SWAN)) project aims to foster collaboration with the United States in the field of water management.
The first phase of the EU-funded project began in 2008 as a partnership between the French research agency CNRS and the University of Arizona.
In 2012, the project was expanded to include agencies from four other European countries.
The project aims to promote multidisciplinary collaboration to define new paradigms in the field of water management, and to build a common frame of analysis.Work to date has been structured in three main themes: climate change and uncertainty, risks and vulnerabilities, and water demand and sustainability.
The project has achieved one of its aims: facilitation of communication between partners.
This involved visits of students and scholars to the University of Arizona, and regular team meetings.
The consortium created a platform on its website.
Furthermore, the project generated dialogue on various topics relevant to the project, including climate change models, visualisation tools and stakeholder protocols.
A seminar facilitated discussion of common analytical tools and the project's case studies, resulting in a working paper.
SWAN's other scientific work has resulted in redefining 'water sustainability' to 'water security'.
This concept has been linked to a new form of civil management, differing from previous technocratic solutions.
The project incorporated stakeholders in the research process via the constitution of a stakeholder committee.
The committee has made recommendations about the creation of a Water Research Centre.
Various additional legal and social analyses have been conducted.
Project work is expected to result in positive social benefit, especially in terms of water governance and policy.
SWAN will also have built an interdisciplinary transatlantic scientific network, which will produce a new model of scientific analysis.
Finally, the project will have developed and publicised new decision-making tools for the non-expert.