Water governance innovations help to tackle burning water issues
The Europe-INBO conference held next week in Valencia, Spain, will host a workshop dedicated to water governance innovations. The GOVAQUA project is one of the organizers of the workshop. The workshop will be held on Wednesday 18 October 2023 at 9.30 – 12.00 at the Melia Hotel Oceanic.
Participants of this workshop will learn new ways to tackle burning water governance issues. The workshop will discuss various governance innovation cases and provide tools, for example, to better govern the problems related to water protection and restoration or sustainable water use.
The workshop is targeted to experts and specialists working in basin management and in the implementation of the European Union´s Water Framework Directive, its "Daughter Directives" and other related regulation.
The workshop is organized by the WaterGovernance 2027 synergy group. The group includes three research and innovation projects funded under the Horizon Europe programme by the European Commission: GOVAQUA, InnWater and RETOUCH NEXUS.
At the Europe-INBO conference GOVAQUA coordinator Dr. Suvi Sojamo will also deliver a keynote in the session on the role of the different stakeholders in the implementation of the Water Framework Directive on Tuesday 17th. Dr. Sojamo´s keynote will highlight the innovative collaborative governance approaches from Finland.
Europe-INBO 2023 International Conferences for the Implementation of the European Union water directives
16–19 October 2023
Valencia, Spain
More information at the conference website