The NeWater project (www.newater.info) has been initiated with the aim to develop New approaches to adaptive water management under uncertainty , NeWater is a 16 M project in the European Union s 6th Framework research programme and will be implemented from 2005 till 2008 with 40 partners of research institutes and universities.
The new methods of adaptive management are developed and tested in case studies in Europe (Elbe, Guadiana, Rhine and Tisza), in Central Asia (Amudarya) and in Africa (Nile and Orange).The participation of stake-holders in the basins plays a crucial role in guaranteeing that the methods developed meet their demands and take into account concerns and expertise in the basins.
The central theme of the NeWater project is a transition from currently prevailing regimes of river basin water management into more adaptive regimes in the future. This transition calls for a highly integrated water resources management concept. NeWater identifies key typical elements of the current water management system and focuses its research on processes of transition of these elements to adaptive IWRM. Main issues of study are: governance in water management; sectors and scales of analysis in IWRM; spatial planning and water management; dynamic monitoring systems; buffering capacity; finances and risk mitigation strategies in water management; stakeholder participation; promoting new ways of bridging between science, policy and implementation.
Alterra contributed in NeWater in the deliverables and milestones:
Report: Framework for integration of spatial planning and IWRM at 3 scale levels. Report on the modification and extension of WATERWISE-model and testing in a regional pilot with stakeholders (2007)
Baseline reports on Rhine, Nile and Amudarya
Report/database: Contact list of experts providing support services (2007)
Report: Results of the rapid assessment of trends of driving forces in the case studies
Report: Specification for enhancing existing tools.
Report: Training and dissemination plan and
Working document: Guidelines for training implementation for key stakeholders from selected NeWater case studies
Publication: Adaptiveness of IWRM, an analysis of EU research (2007)
Session at the WWC4 conference in Mexico city March 2006. |
