Integrating Science and Water Policy31/07/2009 |
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| A workshop 'Water for Integration - Integration for Water' is being organised by the German-based Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE) in cooperation with the Brussels-based European Water Partnership (EWP) on 28th September 2009 in Brussels (Belgium). It will bring together researchers and experts, representatives and decision makers from European institutions and from research funding agencies, as well as from the private sector. |
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The aim of the workshop is to
The workshop complements the policy review process initiated by the EWP in 2008, through which the "Water Vision for Europe for 2030" was developed and which was presented at the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul. The outcomes of the "Water for Integration - Integration for Water" workshop will feed directly into the vision mapping process which concludes the EWP's policy review process.
The actual practice of integrated water research still remains the exception rather than the rule. An important reason for this are the traditional divisions between research communities and, in particular, the cultural rift which exists between the natural, engineering and social sciences. This situation is mirrored in research policy and its implementation. Here, adequate funding schemes or joint calls for integrated research are rare, and transparent quality criteria and evaluation methods for such research are still lacking.
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