WATER CoRe
WATER CoRe: Water scarcity and droughts; coordinated actions in European regions. WATER CoRe intends to provide an exchange platform for water scarcity and drought issues on regional and local level for all European regions.
Water Scarcity and Drought, increasingly caused by climate change effects, will affect the European Union on ecological, on economic as well as a on social issues. These impacts will affect the citizens of the European Union in particular on local and regional level. Strategies on regional policy level are required, in order to mitigate these climate change effects.
Outcomes
2/2/2012
WATER CoRe Survey on Water Scarcity and Droughts in Europe
Although the experience and good practices from the project partners covers a broad spectrum of water scarcity and drought issues, a huge amount of interesting projects, documents and examples to deal with the issue exists all over Europe.
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8/12/2011
WATERCoRe Best Practices Handbook is already available in our website!
An overwhelming number of good practice examples - the first core result of the WATER CoRe project - could be compiled.
The content of this handbook overfull fills (with 104 good practices) the indicator envisaged during project preparation.
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News
Study Visit and Presidium meeting in North-Brabant, the Netherlands
The latest WATER CoRe meeting took place in s`Hertogenbosch (the Netherlands) on 28-30 March 2012. The meeting consisted of some study visits and meetings as well as a Presidium meeting. The visits dealt with the good practices that the province North-Brabant has developed and that have been included in the WATER CoRe Good Practices Handbook. The projects presented are related to water scarcity, water conservation, treatment of brackish groundwater, restoration of brook systems and sustainable water use.
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WATER CoRe Project’s message to SMAGUA the International Fair
The Aragon Water Institute summed up its 10 years of life at SMAGUA Fair an international water and irrigation exhibition, that took place in Zaragoza from 6 to 9 March 2012. At this SMAGUA edition, the Aragon Water Institute had a 50 squared metres stand, where its main activities could be learnt.
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This project is cofinanced by the ERDF and made possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
The Interregional Cooperation Programme INTERREG IVC, financed by the European Union’s Regional Development Fund, helps Regions of Europe work together to share experience and good practice in the areas of innovation, the knowledge economy, the environment and risk prevention. EUR 302 million is available for project funding but, more than that, a wealth of knowledge and potential solutions are also on hand for regional policy-makers.
