THE LOCAL RESPONSE TO THE INTERNATIONAL ISSUE OF WATER

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APPLICATION OF SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES IN THE USE OF WATER AT REGIONAL AND MUNICIPAL LEVEL, BECOMING AN EFFICIENT CHANNEL OF

2 THE LOCAL RESPONSE TO THE INTERNATIONAL ISSUE OF WATER PROMOTED IN 2012 BY LA FUNDACIÓ CTM CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC IN CONSULTATION WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, NETWERC H2O IS A EUROPEAN ORGANISATION WITH GLOBAL PARTNERS WHICH PROMOTES, SUPPORTS AND IMPROVES THE APPLICATION OF SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES IN THE USE OF WATER AT REGIONAL AND MUNICIPAL LEVEL, BECOMING AN EFFICIENT CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION AND EXCHANGE OF THE LATEST SMART TECHNOLOGY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES BE THEY CAPITAL CITIES OR THE SMALLEST OF VILLAGES.

3 NETWERC H 2 O IS AN ASSOCIATION, IN WHICH NO MEMBER IS UNDER ANY OBLIGATION TO FOLLOW A SPECIFIC POLITICAL POLICY. NETWERC H 2 O IS OPEN TO ALL THOSE REGIONAL AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS IN EUROPE AND BEYOND WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH THE WAY WE MANAGE OUR MOST VITAL OF ALL NATURAL RESOURCES. NETWERC H 2 O IS A FORUM, BOTH REAL AND VIRTUAL WHERE BOTH DECISION MAKERS AND TECHNICIANS ARE ABLE TO DISSEMINATE AND EXCHANGE EXPERIENCES WHILST BEING IN PERMANENT CONTACT WITH EXPERTS FROM ASSOCIATE MEMBERS SUCH AS UNIVERSITIES, RESEARCH CENTRES AND NUMEROUS OTHER ENTITIES OF INTERNATIONAL PRESTIGE WHO ARE PREPARED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS EXPERIENCE ADVANCING THE ISSUE OF WATER IN EUROPE AND THE REST OF THE WORLD.

NETWERC H 2 0 ASSISTS IN THE CROSS-SECTOR AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF BENEFICIAL WATER MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES AND KNOWLEDGE NETWERC H 2 O AIMS TO DEFINE COMMON OBJECTIVES

4 NETWERC H 2 0 ASSISTS IN THE CROSS-SECTOR AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF BENEFICIAL WATER MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES AND KNOWLEDGE NETWERC H 2 O AIMS TO DEFINE COMMON OBJECTIVES AMONG BOTH ITS MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATE MEMBERS AND PROMOTES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS NETWERC H 2 O LOOKS TO SUPPORT AND AID THOSE MEMBERS IN SEARCH OF PROJECT PARTNERS AND BOTH INFORMS AND PUBLICISES ACTIVE PROJECTS OF COLLABORATION

5 NETWERC H 2 O PROVIDES A VOICE FOR ITS MEMBERS AND ENABLES THEM TO INTERACT WITH ALL THE PRINCIPAL ACTORS CONCERNED WITH EUROPEAN WATER ISSUES, THUS FORMING A FOCUS OF DEBATE AND DEVELOPMENT. NETWERC H 2 O CREATES PROJECT GROUPS, ORGANISES CONFERENCES, DEVELOPS BOTH REAL AND VIRTUAL STUDY TOURS, PROMOTES LOCAL EVENTS AND THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF A NEW, REVOLUTIONARY TECHNIQUE IS THE FIRST NON-PAPER ORGANISATION OF ITS TYPE WITH THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF MAKING WATER A PRIORITY ISSUE AT ALL LEVELS. ALL FULL MEMBERS ARE ELECTED REGIONAL OR LOCAL AUTHORITIES, WHO AFTER APPROVING THEIR MEMBERSHIP IN PLENARY SESSION PAY 100 EUROS PER ANNUM. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS ARE THOSE ENTITIES WHO ARE INVITED TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF NETWERC H 2 0 WHO, DUE TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE, ARE ABLE TO ENHANCE THE CAPABILITY OF NETWERC H 2 O AND WHO CAN OFFER CLEAR ASSISTANCE TO THE AIMS OF THE ASSOCIATION. ALL FULL MEMBERS ARE ENTITLED TO BE ELECTED TO THE NETWERC H 2 0 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

6 NETWERC H2O HAS BECOME A NETWORK OF NETWORKS...

7 A NETWORK OF UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH CENTRES

EGYPT, FRANCE, GERMANY, IRELAND, ITALY, ISRAEL, JORDAN, GREECE, TURKEY, MALTA,

8 AND OF COURSE, A NETWORK OF HUNDREDS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS AND PRIVATE ENTITIES FROM 29 COUNTRIES INCLUDING ANDORRA, ALBANIA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, CROATIA, EGYPT, FRANCE, GERMANY, IRELAND, ITALY, ISRAEL, JORDAN, GREECE, TURKEY, MALTA, MOROCCO, NIGERIA, PORTUGAL, SPAIN, SWEDEN, THE NETHERLANDS, THE UK, MEXICO, THE USA AND JAPAN.

9 SINCE THE 16TH OF JUNE, 2015 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF NETWERC H2O IS AS FOLLOWS: PRESIDENT THE CITY OF PISA BOARD MEMBERS THE CITY OF GIRONA SPAIN, THE CITY OF MANRESA SPAIN, THE CITY OF AMMAN JORDAN, THE CITY OF LIVORNO ITALY, THE CITY OF BELEM BRAZIL

10 DIRECTOR GENERAL RICHARD ELELMAN CTM (ES) PROJECT MANAGERS DURK KROL WSSTP (EU) RICHARD TUFFS ERRIN (EU) PAUL FLEMING DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY (UK) ALEXANDRE BREDIMAS STRANE INNOVATION (FRANCE) ROBERTO FARINA ENEA (IT) KEES VAN LEEUWEN KWR (NL) LEONARDO PICCINETTI REDINN (IT) DAVID FELDMAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE (USA) DAVID SMITH WE&B (MEX) LINA ALDASOUQIE JORDAN SMEs (JOR) BERND GAWLIK JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE (EU) MIQUEL ROVIRA CTM (ES) RICHARD BERMAN UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (USA) MAZDAK ARABI STATE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (USA)

11 COMMUNITIES: THE WORK GROUPS OF NETWERC H2O THE COMMUNITIES ARE ESSENTIAL IN ORDER TO PROVIDE PRACTICAL BENEFITS FOR MEMBERSHIP. ALL WORKGROUPS ARE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC MUNICIPAL AND REGIONAL APPROACH SO AS TO BE ABLE TO COMPLEMENT AND NOT DUPLICATE THE WORK OF THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN OTHER ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS WSSTP, ERRIN, ICLEI, EWA, IWA, CWP, ETC. NAME OF COMMUNITY Water Reuse Groundwater Water and Smart Cities City Blueprints Water Efficiency in Buildings Water-Energy Nexus Sustainable Asset Management of Sewer Infrastructure Global Cities and Societies Water and Refugees The Dubrovnik Group Innovative and Sustainable Financing Coastal Policy TEAM LEADER CTM CTM DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY KWR ENEA STRANE INNOVATION IKT REDINN JORDAN SMES JRC WE&B UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

13 NETWERC H2O, IS COLLABORATING WITH THE OECD WITHIN THE AREA OF GREEN GROWTH AND PARTICULARLY WITH THE CITY LEED PROJECT ON GREENING JOBS AND SKILLS AND IS A MEMBER OF THE EU WATER ALLIANCE AND THE URBAN INTERGROUP OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT.

14 NETWERC H2O IS THE COORDINATOR OF THE EIP ACTION GROUP CITY BLUEPRINTS: Improving Implementation Capacities of Cities and Regions by sharing Best Practices on Urban Water Cycle Services ONE OF ONLY NINE PROPOSALS TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION IN MAY, 2013.

15 EMPLOYING METHODOLOGY CREATED BY PROF. KEES VAN LEEUWEN OF KWR, WE ARE CREATING VISUAL BLUEPRINTS OF MUNICIPAL WATER SITUATIONS ON THE LEFT DAR-ES-SALAAM, ON THE RIGHT HAMBURG

16 NUMEROUS CITIES HAVE ALREADY PARTICIPATED AND WILL FEATURE IN THE PAN- EUROPEAN ATLAS OF URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT CO-EDITED BY NETWERC H2O AND THE JOINT RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISION. Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Ankara (Turkey) Athens (Greece) Belém (Brazil) Berlin (Germany) Bologna (Italy) Bucharest (Romania) Copenhagen (Denmark) Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Eindhoven (The Netherlands) Genova (Italy) Hamburg (Germany) Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) Istanbul (Turkey) Kilamba Kiaxi (Angola) Lyon (France) Maastricht (The Netherlands) Malmö (Sweden) Malta (Malta) Manresa (Spain) Melbourne (Australia) Oslo (Norway) Reggio Emilia (Italy) Reykjavic (Iceland) Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Scotland (UK) Venlo (The Netherlands) Zaragoza (Spain

AND WASTE INTO THE STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OF THE EIP SMART

17 NETWERC H2O IS THE COORDINATOR OF THE HORIZON 2020 PROJECT, BLUESCITIES WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INTEGRATING THE ISSUE OF WATER AND WASTE INTO THE STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OF THE EIP SMART CITIES AND COMMUNITIES AND IS PARTICIPATING IN THE HORIZON 2020 PROJECT, POWER.

As part of the NETWERC H2O workshop, Winning by Twinning with experts from the UN, the European Commission, and academic representatives from Europe and the USA, city representatives from the

18 As part of the NETWERC H2O workshop, Winning by Twinning with experts from the UN, the European Commission, and academic representatives from Europe and the USA, city representatives from the Balkans, Eastern Europe, the United Kingdom, Turkey and the Middle East created the Dubrovnik Declaration of Intent in which they state their willingness to work together in future actions so that citizen awareness and citizen engagement at a municipal level becomes a major factor in the war on drought and other water-based crisis.

Municipalities from all over The World are now being invited to adhere to the Declaration and participate in the initial steps of an alliance

The Declaration of Dubrovnik has received an excellent public response and has been communicated to the Urban Water Innovation Network in the

19 Municipalities from all over The World are now being invited to adhere to the Declaration and participate in the initial steps of an alliance which seeks to become an effective instrument on the international stage of environmental and science diplomacy policy. The Declaration of Dubrovnik has received an excellent public response and has been communicated to the Urban Water Innovation Network in the USA, the Union for the Mediterranean and the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Successful school actions are being undertaken in cities such as Amman where an extremely high-profile art exhibition of children s work was inaugurated by the Minister of Education and other municipalities such as London, Leicester, Manresa, Sf Gheorghe, Jerusalem, Dubrovnik, Larissa, Poznan and Budapest, Belem, Colleferro and Istanbul.

AND REGIONS WITH THE PRINCIPAL TECHNOLOGICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIAL EXPERTS

20 WORKING FROM ITS OFFICES IN MANRESA, SPAIN AND BRUSSELS, NETWERC H2O HAS BECOME A KEY PLAYER IN THE WORLD OF WATER BRINGING TOGETHER MUNICIPALITIES AND REGIONS WITH THE PRINCIPAL TECHNOLOGICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIAL EXPERTS IN THE SECTOR. PLAÇA DE LA CIENCIA, MANRESA, SPAIN RUE DE LA SCIENCE, BRUSSELS

21 JOIN US AND BECOME A KEY PLAYER IN THE PRINCIPAL GLOBAL ISSUE OF THE XXI CENTURY: WATER WEBSITE: FACEBOOK: LINKED-IN: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: info@netwerch2o.eu Tel: /

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