Citizen and public expertise for restore a balanced flow of water to the lanscape Erasmus Project

Project Title

Citizen and public expertise for restore a balanced flow of water to the lanscape

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Environment and climate change; Reaching the policy level/dialogue with decision makers

Project Summary

The project “Citizen and Public Expertise to Restore Water Cycles and Climate” aims to build and share the knowledge of citizens in the field of common ggod water and climate risk. In Europe, water issues are emerging and challenge citizens and communities in great complexity. The project will establish a structured partnership between the French, Slovak and Great Britain citizens. It reinforces in the West and East of Europe the European network of citizens and public experts of the common good water initiated three years on sustainable development and social, economic and environmental water. It will mobiize 450 participating citizens from 3 countries (France, Great Britain, Slovakia), with specific water policies and models, to innovate together in a common platform of knowledge and good practice for a “Water and climate model as common goods of the 21st century “. It supports analyses and auditing systems of the national policies by the participating citizens, their pooling, local and European actions of training, reflections and exchanges. This project will lead to empowerment of citizens and local communities, encourage citizens and public powers to mobilize and act as professionals, citizens or elected representatives for a new paradigm of water and climate change. It will influence new water policies to prevent climate risk by engaging citizens of local communities, their communities and water managers together.

Citizens and territories can be powerful catalysts for change and provide innovative solutions to Europe’s problems in terms of water and climate policy, sustainable development and action on their local communities.

Through the actions carried out, the participants will launch a call to raise the level of shared knowledge. They will work to bring together researchers, formal and informal education, civil society and local authorities to pool knowledge and know-how in the field of water and climate.

They will advocate the changes to be made in terms of ways of managing water and natural environments, including the evolution of occupations, qualifications, skills, apprenticeship arrangements and commitments that will make it possible to assume The mutations that are coming.

Thus emerges on a European scale the principle of “citizen and public expertise of water and climate” co-brought by scientists and stakeholders water citizens. An online course will be available at the end of this project. It will continue to strengthen citizen expertise on water at European and even international level.

A more democratic and public management that gives the citizen a real role to play is a challenge to achieve a new model of water management adapted to the needs and realities of the 21st century. This challenge is facing today’s citizens. Citizens will call on institutions and bodies at the international summits of COP Climat 23 and 24 in Bonn and Warsaw with a new model of water and climate. It will be the culmination of collectively constructed advocacy at the european level..

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 414125,67 Eur

Project Coordinator

Coordination Eau Ile-de-France & Country: FR

Project Partners

• Earthlinks UK
• OBCIANSKE ZDRUZENIE MVO L’UDIA A VODA KOSICE
• Coordination Eau Bien Commun Auvergne Rhône-Alpes