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5ème rendez-vous annuel entre la communauté scientifique et les gestionnaires du bassin de la Loire et de ses affluents « Echelles de référence spatio-temporelles : la contribution des jeunes chercheurs à leur intégration opérationnelle » Atelier 3 « Le chassé-croisé des règles… » « Effort d’interconnexion avec les chercheurs : les modes de stimulation de l’OIEau », Gilles NEVEU

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Gilles Neveu page 2 The situation Thanks to the Member-States reporting on the WFD implementation, we know that less than 60% of water bodies will be in Good Ecological Status by 2015 Thanks to IWRM.Net, a recent ERANet project, we know that more than 1,000 research projects were launched in the 5 last years in EU Member States, which all produced outputs potentially useful for water management bodies.

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Gilles Neveu page 3 The situation As stated by FUNDETEC, a FP6-project, final report in Dec.2007, “the typical length of time needed to complete the development cycle (in the water sector) is 10 years” Evaluation of FP6 : “The number of high-level publications was sufficient (score 3 out of 5) with some very good projects (e.g. the EUROLIMPACS Integrated Project, although not yet completed, has already more than 450 publications)”. And at the end EuroLimpacs issued some 800 papers

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Gilles Neveu page 4 The situation from a list of 48 water-related DSS – Decision Support System – recently developed thanks to research projects, less than 10 seem to be re-usable outside their pilot site ; when asking the coordinator of WaterStrategyMan how to further use their DSS, the answer is “prepare a 1-million-euro project to finalize and package it” The French Research Institute (CNRS) issued in 2009 the average cost of a publication in an international top level science journal, estimated at EUR 332,400 (which includes mostly the cost of the research itself)

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Gilles Neveu page 5 Current initiatives to support SPi It is such an issue that some Member-States, involved in the WFD Common Implementation Strategy (CIS) lead by the Water Directors, settled recently a SPi (Science-Policy interfacing) working group, to further elaborate on this matter and design guidance for a better transfer (Lead : ONEMA (FR) and DG R&I) Brainstorming event organised by CIS-SPi working group (150 participants from 15 MS, 35% from the scientific community and 65% from knowledge end-users) : from 9 topics, 59 research areas (including together about 180 specific research issues) were highlighted

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Gilles Neveu page 6 Current initiatives to support SPi Questionnaire on CIS-SPi event issues sent to the coordinators of 40 selected FP6/7 projects : - poor feedbacks (60%, mostly FP7) - all topics covered, but a lot of specific research issues without inputs - researchers don’t answer to water managers or policy-makers questions, they answer to call for projects, with the objective to publish peer-reviewed papers - once a project is finished, no “maintenance”

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Gilles Neveu page 7 Current initiatives to support SPi The Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform (WSSTP) aims to develop an effective collaboration between the different communities working in the water sector: industrialists, Research Groups, Policy Makers, Financiers, Water Consumers. Each community is involved in raising awareness on water issues, defining the main drivers for R&D at a European level 6 Pilots, each addressing a major European water problem, with Pilot 1 : Mitigation of water stress in coastal zones (lead : OIEau) www.wsstp.eu + EUREKA cluster ACQUEAU

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Gilles Neveu page 8 Current initiatives to support SPi A Join Programming Initiative (JPI) “Water Challenges for a Changing World” as a common research agenda with multi-annual commonly decided activities and funding mechanisms (+/- follow-up of Water ERA-Nets) INBO, the International Network of Basin Organisations (moderated by OIEau), launched the INBO Academy , to run Webinars and train BO staff New FP7 projects dedicated to SPi, dissemination and uptake of results : WaterDiss2.0, coordinated by OIEau STEP-WISE (development of WISE-RTD) STREAM

WaterDiss2.0 - rationale:

Gilles Neveu page 9 WaterDiss2.0 - rationale The current transfer scheme Academics Researchers Policy designers Documented risks Limits Request for alert on emerging risks and solutions for implementers Research programmers Research Needs Assessment Scientific publications

WaterDiss2.0 - rationale:

Gilles Neveu page 10 WaterDiss2.0 - rationale The real playground Policy designers Policy implementers Water managers Rules & Challenges Guidance Difficulties encountered / Complaints Request for delaying or Less Stringent Objectives Technology vendors Consultancies Commercial tools Request for help and solutions Clusters WSSTP INBO, Eureau, IWA, … Sphere of practitioners Academics Researchers WEAK LINKS STRONG LINKS

WaterDiss2.0:

Gilles Neveu page 11 WaterDiss2.0 The project will collect information on 60 FP6/FP7 research projects outputs, analyse their potential future in close collaboration with the research teams, design for each an Individualised Dissemination Strategy (IDS), and then support their transfer to the targeted stakeholders, with the support of Web 2.0 features, together with real-life events designed for specific audiences.

LIFE+ project WaterRtoM:

Gilles Neveu page 12 LIFE+ project WaterRtoM Same concept but targeted at « rather-close-to-the-market » projects outcomes and SMEs, like results by LIFE+, INTERREG, Structural Funds, Local funds : Supported by LIFE+ Market-ready Packaged product Range of research outputs not too far from the market, which deserve an innovation step to become fully operational These outputs could be seen as intermediate results for further investigation (R&D) Outputs close to the market at a low cost WaterRtoM target x1 x2a x2 x3

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Gilles Neveu page 13 Video and presentation sharing Library WIKI Tools download area Web conferencing facility eFair facility Repository of final reports of projects Co-production of statements – synthesis of exchanges Templates for Dissemination and uptake self analysis and Individualised Dissemination Strategy Permanent exhibition of research outputs Promotion of research outputs Link with other social networks WaterDiss2.0 The social networking platform The European Water Community http://waterdiss.eu/

World Water Forum 6:

Gilles Neveu page 14 World Water Forum 6 Regional process Europe : Target 11 : Promote technology innovation, “Science - policy” interface and dialogue between researchers and water managers ONEMA, DG R&I, WSSTP, OIEau, open to others 1 report on the state-of-the-art and recommendations 1 compendium of solutions (either existing and innovative) 1 session during WWF6

www.oieau.org:

www.oieau.org For details : g.neveu@oieau.fr