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1 European Innovation Partnership on Water Boosting opportunities Innovating water

2 What is the EIP Water? What are its objectives? 1. EIP Water is an initiative within the so-called EU 2020 Innovation Union - the European Union strategy to create an innovation-friendly environment that makes it easier for great ideas to be turned into products and services that will bring our economy growth and jobs 2. EIP Water aims to identify, test, scale up, disseminate and stimulate the uptake of innovative solutions by the market and society for ten major water related challenges by EIP Water supports the creation of market opportunities for these innovations, both inside and outside of Europe. It also identifies and addresses barriers and bottlenecks to water innovation.

3 Why water innovation? Challenges and drivers Water as global risk for economy; scarcity and pollution Complexity of water-food-energy-land-biodiversity nexus Circular Economy, resource consumption Renewal of outdated infrastructure Cost-recovery and financing policies, e.g. polluter-pays principle Investment into pilots and mainstreaming Problem identification and recognition Business-as-usual governance and problem-solving Dissemination

4 Thematic EIP Water Priorities

5 Organization and structure Steering Group - Task Force experts Water policy recommendations Addressing barriers & bottlenecks Practice based 29 Action Groups, FP7 + H2020 Projects: Development of innovative solutions involving the entire innovation value chain Application, implementation, commercialization and dissemination of innovative solutions Identification of barriers to innovation (practise based) translated into policy recommendations Support implementation of water policy Connect with relevant/adjacent initiatives

6 Priority barriers & bottlenecks to water innovation Financing Procurement Partnerships Regulation Information, showcases, demonstration sites

7 Online Marketplace what does it offer? Matchmaking, searches, personalised news 2400 people; 1500 projects 600 organisations; 200 products & services

8 Communication and dissemination impact 500,000 page views since publication (600 daily visits) 14,000 downloads of documents 35,000 views of presentations from slideshare.net/eip-water Monthly newsletter sent to over recipients, with continuously increasing subscriber figures

9 EIP Water conferences Three conferences (Brussels, Barcelona, Leeuwarden) with 1,300 participants so far Participation in 50 other events Promotion of further events (China-Europe Water Partnership, India-EU Water Partnership, FP7 and Horizon 2020 projects)

10 has positioned itself successfully as a strong player in the European water innovation sector. acts mainly in three areas: supports 29 Action Groups to deliver faster and better, and to overcome barriers supports the creation of a proper framework (financing, regulation) communicates and informs about water innovation challenges, and promotes solutions is increasingly recognized as the entity that aims to facilitate the removal of barriers to innovation in the European water sector, and brings the most relevant stakeholders together.

11 has streamlined EU funding priorities, e.g. Horizon 2020 and Water JPI has contributed to better understanding of markets, together with China-Europe and India-EU Water Partnerships has contributed to informed and better policy and regulation, e.g. on water reuse has enhanced visibility of EU water innovation expertise including 1,500 projects, 150 demonstration sites and 200 products & services on eip-water.eu has established strong web presence on with 600 daily visits, 14,000 downloaded documents, over 200 demo sites & more produces a monthly newsletter with over 4,500 subscribers in Europe and beyond

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