Water-smart economies and societies
B-WaterSmart accelerates the transformation to water-smart economies and societies in coastal Europe and beyond. The project:
Enables systemic innovation through Communities of Practice and Living Labs
Creates water-smart coastal regions
Exploits the potential of smart resource allocation
Fosters resource recovery, circular economy, and ecosystem regeneration
Facilitates a water-smart culture
Demonstrates the gain in water-smartness as a novel and holistic concept
Stimulates new business opportunities
Boosts EU and international accessibility and replication, exchange and uptake of innovations
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B-WaterSmart Latest Project News
First Communities of Practice (CoP) meeting at the Living Lab in Venice
First Communities of Practice (CoP) meeting at the [...]
First Communities of Practice (CoP) meeting at the Living Lab in East Frisia
On 11th November 2021, the Community of Practice of the LL East Frisia had its first meeting [...]
First Spanish Community of Practice meeting at the Museum of Aguas de Alicante
The Museum of Aguas de Alicante hosted a large group of water cycle experts in search of solutions to the major water challenges [...]
Holistic approach
B-WaterSmart aims to be a lighthouse project to enable water-smart societies and economies by building stronger links between the technological, societal and governance dimensions. This is done through a systemic innovation approach in Living Labs that includes but goes far beyond technology. The new water-smartness concept and assessment framework will pave the way for water services towards more sustainable and resilient systems. This approach is currently unique in the water sector and no similar solution is currently available which supports water utilities to do:
- a comprehensive diagnosis,
- solutions prioritization,
- assessment of alternatives scenarios and
- monitoring of performances,
all based on participatory co-creation of solutions by Communities of Practices (CoP’s) and collaborative work with stakeholders to develop solutions for societal, regulatory and governance issues.
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Connected Partner Projects
B-WaterSmart is one of five projects funded under the call “CE-SC5-04-2019 – Building a water-smart economy and society”. The other projects are:
