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2025: start of the 23 funded projects on Aquatic Ecosystem Services! Water4All 2023 Joint Transnational Call on Aquatic Ecosystem Services resulted in 23 scientifically excellent projects recommended for funding. The recommended projects will start their research activities in early 2025.  

Knowledge hub of researchers: What does it consist of? 

As an additional modality to the 2023 call, a new knowledge hub will be launched that consists of researchers from the funded projects. The knowledge hub will be operational for three years (2025-2028) as a network of researchers jointly working on the dissemination of their project outcomes in various formats (e.g. policy briefs, state-of-the-art reports, position papers, etc.) with the aim of supporting evidence-based decision-making processes for targeted stakeholders. 

How is the knowledge hub managed? 

On December 10, 2024, the Knowledge Hub Steering Committee which consists of several Water4All partner organizations gathered online to select the chairs of the steering committee and scientific coordinators of the Knowledge Hub. 

  • Chairs: Water4All partners FORMAS (Sweden), CNR (Italy) and University of Evora (Portugal) are appointed as the chairs, whose main responsibility is to coordinate and monitor the knowledge hub activities.  
  • Scientific coordinators: Miguel Ortega Sanchez (Universidad de Granada, EcoC2S project) and Jing Li (Lund University, CyaNoServices project) are selected as the scientific coordinators.  
  • Facilitator: VITO (Belgium) will have a pivotal role as the knowledge hub’s facilitator to increase the impact of activities by designing an implementation plan and communication strategy.  

Collaborative workshop: the launching event of the knowledge hub! 

The knowledge hub will be launched officially in spring 2025 (exact date to be decided) via a collaborative workshop with the aim of developing a systemic understanding of the challenges around aquatic ecosystem services. The workshop agenda will be designed to reveal the key challenges, knowledge gaps and key stakeholders that are relevant to the topic. The main output will be a position paper highlighting the common barriers and thus synergies and complementarities, or tensions and conflicts in the transition to water security through this lens. 

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The Water4All Partnership - Water Security for the Planet - is a funding programme for scientific research in freshwater. It aims to tackle water challenges to face climate change, help to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and boost the EU’s competitiveness and growth.

It is co-funded by the European Union within the frame of the Horizon Europe programme (a key funding programme for research and innovation). The Partnership duration is for seven years from 2022.

The Water4All objective is to enable water security at a large scale and in the long term. Its goal is also to tackle water issues in a holistic frame. 

All forms of life on earth need water. All human activities operate with this resource. Water is part of our everyday life. It is also integrated within urban and countryside landscapes. It is one of the most valuable elements we share with plants and animals.

These simple facts must be kept in mind to understand the Water4All ambition.

This resource is weakened in many places due to climate changes, and human habits. We know that we can improve the way we use water. Everyone has a role to play and especially the scientific research community.

Scientific research is the heart of the Partnership as It is a powerful tool to improve knowledge on preserving, restoring, and managing this essential resource. 

International cooperation is also needed as water has no borders on Earth and runs from one country to another.

Water4All brings together a broad and cohesive group of 90 partners from 33 countries in the European Union and beyond. This consortium gathers partners from the whole water Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) chain.