💬Innovation alone does not lead to change; it must go hand in hand with implementation. - said Arthur Valkieser, our Board Member & CEO of Hydraloop - Use Water Twice. Check out his full interview: buff.ly/3ZPxm8g

'We have so many systems and data and it is scattered all over the place. My plea to the EU: please stop the fragmentation, put everything in one place, start being serious about #data collection and analysis'
Geoff Townsend, Water Europe
#EUBlueDeal

🗨️We need the policies that promote reduction of #water and #circulareconomy which is at the heart of developing a #WaterSmartSociety .

Water is the most complex resource & we need to embrace that complexity. - said Geoff Townsend's at the #EESCPlenary debate.

#EUBlueDeal

‘’Today, 65 million Europeans live in countries considered critically #water insecure or water insecure. An #EU BlueDeal is now more than ever needed, if we want to bring water at the 💙 of the #EU agenda''

🔵Follow Geoff Townsend's intervention here 📷europa.eu/!Df8gJ4

' #WaterResilience MUST become our priority in the EU. European Parliament fully supports #EUBlueDeal - exactly what we need: holistic, structured, evidence-based approach to our precious water resources. There is no Green (Deal) without Blue!'
Pernille Weiss MEP Water Group

💧The #EUBlueDeal needs to be filled with life by a water smart society - we will all have to contribute to it.

Rapporteur Ing. Mag.Dr. Paul Rübig, FMEP at #EESCPlenary debate on 'Call for an EU Blue Deal'

🔴Follow live: europa.eu/!Df8gJ4

🌊Also after all the floods and droughts we experienced recently, water is is till not taking seriously enough

▶️We need a real comprehensive strategy on #water

EESC Industrial Change President pietro f de lotto @ #EESCplenary

Read #EUBlueDeal article in Euractiv: euractiv.com/section/energy…

🔵❗Today Water Europe is present at the European Economic and Social Committee conference calling for a #EUBlueDeal . Geoff Townsend, Water Europe VLT will be speaking during the panel 2 -Sustainable consumption of #water & fostering new opportunities.

📺Watch the live streaming now: europa.eu/!Df8gJ4

✅Good news for #waterresilience in Europe! The European Commission introduces two🆕powerful forecasting tools

⚙️The European Drought Impacts Database
⚙️The European Drought Risk Atlas

They use advanced tech 2 predict water challenges &help us prepare. More watereurope.eu/ec-publishes-n…

🔜A Water Projects Europe workshop will take place during the Ecomondo event on Nov. 7th. The workshop will bring together partners of 🇪🇺European projects with industries, public and private stakeholders.

👉Read all about it en.ecomondo.com/link/seminars-…

🌍Facing a global water crisis? 🌱Nature has the answers.

🔍Discover how the EU-funded project MULTISOURCE will implement #nature -based solutions #NbS for urban water treatment, storage, and reuse. Follow the project 4 more!

Watch the video below 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=KsL56U…

Proud to be part of this ground-breaking 🇪🇺 funded project! Discover more about WATER-MINING H2020 here➡️buff.ly/35dhDVm

✨ #WKE2023 was a great success!

🚀180+ participants from the #water sector & beyond joined us to network and get insights from #HorizonEU 2025-2027.

🌍Working to achieve a #WaterSmartSociety is even more meaningful now more than ever.

🔵Stay tuned for the post-event materials

💡 What an inspiring example of KIC! Andy Zynga, Ph.D. - CEO of EIT Food showed us how #collaboration is central to all their work, which spans the whole #food value chain, and is vital to meet the big challenges we face.

Partnership🤝, strategy📊, operations⏩️, process management🌀 & proposal drafting📝

These are just few of the best ingredients needed to make you #water KIC = ‘KIC-able’ shared by Ingo Bunzeck, Director at EY Belgium

#WKE2023

🇪🇺 Panos Balabanis is presenting us the European Commission's water, research, and development landscape. From the amount of money invested for water projects under #H2020 (more than 1.3 billion❗️) to today! #WKE2023

Why do we need a Water Knowledge #Innovation Community (KIC)?

🎙️Paul Rubig from the European Economic and Social Committee is guiding us through the main objectives of this incredible community intended to spark collaborative and #sustainable solutions!

#WKE2033 #WaterKIC

🔵 'A Water Knowledge & Innovation Community is really a proactive approach to improve #water #resilience ,
foster #innovation , #research & tackle the challenges we face' says Pernille Weiss in her opening video message at #WKE2023

🤩After a great lunch, we are moving ahead with the last part of #WKE2023 : The Info session on the future #WaterKIC 💦

👉Stay tuned for our speakers' interventions & discussion!

🎙'Think big & bold. Think how you can contribute to #water #security and #safety . Look at the upcoming local priorities and showcase how #zeropollution can become a reality in #Europe !' says Violeta Kuzmickaite during the panel discussion of #WPE2023 at #WKE2023 #WaterSmartSociety