STREAM Water Research Meets Policy and Industry

Country: EU Projects
Start Date:   1/1/2011         Duration: 24 months         Project Type: Acompanying Measure
Contract Number: 265309
Organisation Type:  EC Project
Topics: 
Diffuse pollution-->Diffuse pollution overview
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater protection overview
Water resources and their management -->Costs, benefits and sustainability
Water resources and their management -->Monitoring and mitigation
Water resources and their management -->River basin management
Water resources and their management -->River basins
Water resources and their management -->Stresses, quality and ecological status
Water resources and their management -->Water resources and their management Overview
Project objectives:
STREAM intends to tackle the issue water research awareness gap by bringing water technologies to the interest of those that seek implementation. The main 
objectives are: •To review the main research and technology development on water management, focusing on the results of projects under the FP6 and FP7 programmes, but also
of other European programmes; •To disseminate the state of the art on researches and technological developments on water management targeting information to the main stakeholders.
Project Summary:
A diversified series of dissemination and communication actions will be tailored to different stakeholders: policy makers, researchers, SMEs, industries 
and consumers. These actions include: •A web site (www.stream-project.eu) to serve as a repository for all activities; •Three Policy Seminars to be held in 3 different countries and streamed online; •Final Symposium at the European Parliament in Brussels; •2 Summer Schools; •e-Learning courses, organised in 4 modules; •Audiovisual materials including: videos, interviews, webinars for research events; •Participation in sectorial events. The STREAM consortium consists of partners with specific and complementary expertise and networks including specialists in water technology, in science
communication, in knowledge transfer and in innovative dissemination activities
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Project Resources:
Weblink:
http://www.stream-project.eu/
Funding Programme(s): 
EC FP7: Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development.
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Submitted by: EUGRIS Team Professor Paul Bardos  Who does what?  25/08/2011 17:01:00