Author name: Mary Psilou

Supporting our strategy for proper water management, we begin the implementation of the ′′ Water for Tomorrow ′′ Program. In collaboration with the Scientific Team of AUEB Professor Phoebe Koundouri and with active participation of productive and institutional entities we create the conditions for designing and promoting solutions for the sustainable management of this valuable […]

EIT Climate-KIC  Cross-KIC Water Scarcity Activities Good-quality water supply is a prerequisite for economic and social progress, especially in the RIS regions targeted in Southern Europe. In the early stages of the project in 2020, six main challenges to tackle water scarcity were identified: 1- Enabling Agile Water Management, via Digitalization 2- Raising Awareness and

DESIRA: Digitisation Economic and Social Impacts in Rural Areas DESIRA (Digitisation: Economic and Social Impacts in Rural Areas) is a Horizon 2020 project (2019-2023) coordinated by the University of Pisa which involves 25 partner organisations (research institutes, NGOs and SMEs) in a multi-actor and inter-disciplinary Consortium. DESIRA will develop the concept of Socio-Cyber-Physical Systems to advance understanding

AWESOME: Managing Water, Ecosystems and Food Across Sectors and Scales in the South Mediterranean The project is part of the PRIMA (Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area) Programme supported by the European Union and involves several partners of excellence: Politecnico di Milano, Athens University of Economics and Business, Yezreel Valley College, University

SMIRES: Science and Management of Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams SMIRES is a COST Action addressing the Science and Management of Intermittent Rivers & Ephemeral Streams More than half of the global river network is composed of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES), which are expanding in response to climate change and increasing water demands.

SIMRA: Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas  Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas (SIMRA) is a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. SIMRA seeks to advance understanding of social innovation and innovative governance in agriculture, forestry and rural development, and how to boost them, particularly in marginalised rural areas

DAFNE: Decision Analytic Framework to explore the water-energy-food Nexus in complex transboundary water resources of fast developing countries The overall objective of DAFNE is to establish a decision-analytic framework (DAF) for Participatory and Integrated Planning (PIP). The DAF is a multi-step procedure that will enable the extensive, quantitative analysis of the anticipated effects of alternative planning options on

Globaqua: Managing the effects of multiple stressors on aquatic ecosystems under water scarcity GLOBAQUA is a EU-funded project aiming to identify the prevalence of, and interaction between, stressors under water scarcity in order to improve knowledge of relationships between multiple stressors and to improve water management practices and policies. GLOBAQUA aims to improve the scientific knowledge

GENESIS Groundwater and dependent Ecosystems: NEw Scientific basIS on climate change and land-use impacts for the update of the EU Groundwater Directive The GENESIS project  is funded under the thematic area Environment (including Climate Change) of the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013). Groundwater resources are facing increasing

AQUASTRESS: Mitigation of Water Stress through new Approaches to Integrating Management, Technical, Economic and Institutional Instruments Water stress is a global problem with far-reaching economic and social implications. The mitigation of water stress at regional scale depends not just on technological innovations, but also on the development of new integrated water management tools and decision-making

EURO-LIMPACS: Integrated Project to Evaluate the Impacts of Global Change on European Freshwater Ecosystems Objective Freshwater ecosystems, under stress from land-use change and pollution, face additional pressures from climate change, directly and through interaction with other drivers of change. Euro-lampas is concerned with the science required to understand and manage the ecological consequences of these

Arid cluster: Strengthening complementarity and the exploitation of results related to RTD projects dealing with water resources use and management in arid and semi-arid regions Objective The ARID Cluster will review and consolidate the work of three currently funded EU projects with a view at ensuring that through collaboration, information sharing and dissemination a consistent