AWARD Vision
AWARD aims at using deliberation processes to integrate AWR for enhanced water multipurpose strategic planning by:
- Fostering strategies at various levels to deliver the full potential of AWRs to help safeguard the water environment, improve resilience of environmental functions, and tackle multiple anthropogenic and climatic stressors.
- Strengthening societies to be more resilient against climate change impacts through boosting multifunctional green infrastructures, relevant social innovation, policy awareness and support.
- Striving to build community support and involvement for adopting and implementing AWR strategies by enhancing societal awareness, engagement and acceptance.
What do we do?
In light of escalating water scarcity and the far-reaching impacts of climate change, AWARD acknowledges the pressing need to actively involve society, science, and policy in the creation of informed knowledge and strategic water planning.
The AWARD project is a three-year project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe with the objective to provide evidence-based knowledge and lessons learned on the effective integration of affordable, acceptable, and reliable alternative water resources (AWRs) solutions into water supply strategic planning, addressing the impact of global changes. It aims at experimenting AWRs at the local scale in 4 demo cases.
AWARD Pillars
Our project is founded on four essential pillars, each playing a crucial role in our efforts to enhance water supply strategic planning and promote sustainable development.
These pillars provide a comprehensive framework for innovation, engagement, and evidence-based decision-making.
Pillars
Assessment Framework
Improve Alternatives Water Ressources & conventional water assessment framevork for water supply strategic planning.
Socio-political engagement
Development social awareness, policy framework analysis & support for planning.
Evidence based knowledge
Combinine evidence based new knowledge from the Demo Cases and deliberation support tool for territorial sustainable development.
Social Innovation
Consider simultaneously technological and non technological (capacity development, governance and business dimensions) of AWARD solutions and assess their potential market development.
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