Water Challenges for a Changing World
December 7
The EU Council has taken the decision to launch the joint
programming initiative "Water Challenges for a Changing World." The
decision adopted today in Brussels, will help to reduce
fragmentation of efforts made by Member States in the protection
and management of water resources, promoting the activation of
skills, experience, knowledge and funding, with the aim of
strengthening the role-guide of Europe in this sector.
Italy participates in the initiative with the Ministry of
Education, University and Research and the National Institute for
Environmental Research and Protection (Ispra), also on behalf of
the Ministry of Environment. The European Union invests around 500
million euros /year to fund public research and innovation in the
water sector, of which 370 invested by European countries and 130
from the European Commission. The joint programming initiatives
actively support the European Commission to ensure that European
citizens fully benefit from these investments. This Joint
Programming Initiative involved when fourteen European countries,
including Italy with ISPRA, in addition to the European Commission.
This initiative for joint programming on the water is part of a
Council Decision concerning the European Union that also supports
other 9 similar initiatives for research on major of socio-economic
issues importance for Europe.
The announcement that the European Commission will launch fund to
support the action of JPI "Water Challenges for a Changing World"
is expected in early 2012 and will aim to facilitate the process of
defining and implementing a common agenda Strategic Research. ISPRA
Inland Waters and Marine Environment Department
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