AWARE How to achieve sustainable water ecosystems management connecting research, people and policy makers in Europe Kick-off meeting Rome 4 – 5 June 2009.

AWAREHow to achieve sustainable water ecosystems management connecting research, people and

policy makers in Europe

Kick-off meetingRome 4 – 5 June 2009

Carlo SessaISIS – Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems

CONTEXT/1EU Sustainable Development committment

• Definition: To meet the needs of the present generation without

compromising those of future generation

• Persistance of unsustainable trends

• Main challenge: change

- consumption and production patterns

- non-integrated approaches to policy-making

CONTEXT/2Sustainable Development: from research to implementation

“Sustainable development cannot be imposed fromthe above. It will not take root unless people acrossthe country are actively engaged”

DEFRA (UK)

CONTEXT/3Sustainable Development: the challenge

Linked systems of people and nature, especially with the extent and interconnections of today’s populations, technologies and human activities, behave as complex adaptive systems.

The fundamental challenge is to change the way people think about the complex system upon which they depend, whereas the current lack of understandingand “blind” people behaviour contributes instead tounsustainable patterns of development

A further challenge is to raise awareness of the longview.

How a complex Social-Ecological System looks like/1

The economy in the environment

ECONOMY

ENVIRONMENT (Earth Planet)

Energy Matter

Energy

How a complex Social-Ecological System looks like/2

Energy

Life support services

Waste sink

Resources Amenities

Capitalstock

Production(firms)

Consumption(households)

Economic system boundary

Environment system boundary

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How a complex Social-Ecological System looks like/3

Atmosphere

Hydrosphere

Litosphere

Biosphere

PRODUCTIONOF GOODS

&SERVICES

Capital

Labour

Materials

Energy

FINISHEDPRODUCTS

& SERVICES

Technosphere

Atmosphere dynamic

PRESSURES

GDP ConsumptionSaving

Water dynamic

Land dynamic

Land

RESOURCES INPUT TECHNOLOGICAL AND NATURAL PROCESSES IMPACTS

Wasterecycling

CHANGE OF

HUMANWELLBEING

Solarenergy

ECOSYSTEMDYNAMICNON-RENEWABLE

RESOURCES

POLICY RESPONSE

Avoidance Mitigationoptions options

COSTS OF COMPLIANCE

ECOSYSTEMSERVICESTHROUGHNATURAL

PROCESSES

ECOSYSTEMSERVICES TOHUMANITY:- Disease regulation- Natural hazard

regulation- Noise abatement- Cultural services

EVALUATION OFTRADE-OFFS

ECOSYSTEMSERVICESTHROUGH

TECHNOLOGICALPROCESSES

BIOTIC

RESOURCES

FRESH

WATER

CLIMATE &AIR QUALITY WATER

QUALITY

AWARE CONCEPT/1Sustainable Development: the way forward

We should build knowledge, incentives and learningcapabilities into institutions and organisations formanaging the capacity of local, regional and globalecosystems to sustain human well-being in the faceof complexity and change.

Adaptive co-management of natural resources andother societal “commons”, engaging people and newinterest groups in new and imaginative roles, is thekey response.

AWARE CONCEPT/2Science & Society

SCIENCE

AWARE CONCEPT/3Science in Society

Managers

Scientists Public

ATraditional

management

Scientists

Managers

Public

Scientists Public

Managers

BTechnocraticmanagement

CAdaptive

management

Towards adaptive management of common resources

AWARE CONCEPT/4Reconnecting science with civil society

Adaptive management of common resourcesAdaptive management of common resources

Anticipateproblems

(prevent a problem before

it arrives)

Perceiveproblems

(be aware of a problem whendoes arrive)

Decisionmaking

(choose how tosolve the problem)

Actions

(try to solvethe problem)

Scientific Knowledge

Awareness Assessment Commitment

DecisionSupportTools

Monitoring& Evaluation

Tools

Scientists

Managers

Public

Problemavoidance

Problemsolving

PROCESS OUTCOMEINPUT

Social learning processSocial learning process

CitizensAdvice

ExpertsAdvice

AWARE CONCEPT/5Raising citizens awareness of EU research- BEFORE

Raising citizens awareness of EU transport research on urban sustainable transport

BEFORE:

Experts’Knowledge(based on

EU research)

Citizens’Knowledge(based oneveryday

experience)

URBANENVIRONMENT

A

B C

D

A = Common citizens’ and expert perception of urban transportproblems and solutions

B = Citizens’ perception of urban transportproblems based on their local experience

C = Experts’ perception of urban transportproblems based on their scientificknowledge

D = Hidden urban transport problems,risks, unintended consequences etc.

Popper’s World 3 : products ofEU Research (knowledge contents)

Popper’s World 2 : Consciousnessof people (mental world)

Popper’s World 1:Physical objectsand events (real world)

AWARE CONCEPT/6Raising citizens awareness of EU research - AFTER

Raising citizens awareness of EU transport research on urban sustainable transport

AFTER:

Experts’Knowledge

Citizens’Knowledge

URBANENVIRONMENT

A

B C

D

A = Increasingly shared citizens’ and experts perception of urban transport problems and solutions

B = Citizens’ perception of urban transportproblems based on their local experience

C = Experts’ perception of urban transportproblems based on their scientificknowledge

D = Hidden urban transport problems,risks, reduced unintended consequencesetc.

Popper’s World 3 : products ofEU Research (knowledge contents)

Popper’s World 2 : Consciousnessof people (mental world)

Popper’s World 1:Physical objectsand events (real world)

A number of successfull pilot projects …

RAISE - European Citizens Declaration on theSustainable City of Tomorrow

Key messages delivered by a group of 25 EU citizensrelated to EU 5° Framework research on urban topics:

- Urban governance- Sustainable built environment- Sustainable transport- Cultural heritage

Available at: www.raise-eu.org

A number of successfull pilot projects …

MOVE TOGETHER – Raising citizens awareness of EU research on sustainable urban transport

Citizens panels delivered “Move Together”declarations with key messages for the orientation and implementation of EU research on urban transport, at EU and local level

A “Better Mobility Exhibition” will travel now across Europe toshow the results and share the key messages of the citizenswith the large public

See: www.move-together-exhibition.net

… and the AWARE project

AWARE - How to achieve sustainable water ecosystems management connecting researchers, people and policy makers in Europe

Groups of citizens, scientists and policy makers will be engaged in participatory scenario building and assessment:

- In 3 coastal areas (Gulf of Riga, Po Estuary, France?)

- at EU level (International citizens panel and final conference)

AWARE consortium

Beneficiary Number *

Beneficiary name Beneficiary short name

Country Date enter project**

Date exit project**

1 (coordinator)

Istituto di Studi per l'Integrazione dei Sistemi ISIS Italy 1 30

2 BIOFORSK BIOFORSK Norway 1 30

3 ADELPHI Research ADELPHI Germany 1 30

4 ICCR – Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in Social Sciences

ICCR Austria 1 30

5 UU - University of Uppsala UU Sweden 1 30

6 MP - MISSIONS PUBLIQUES MISSIONS PUBLIQUES

France 1 30

7 European Commission - Institute for Environment and Sustainability EC-JRC EU 1 30

8 UNISI - Università di Siena UNISI Italy 1 30

9 UNIPR - Università di Parma UNIPR Italy 1 30

10 POLIEDRA – Politecnico di Milano POLIEDRA Italy 1 30

11 UPMC – Université Pierre & Marie Curie UPMC France 1 30

12 PROVFE - Servizio Ambiente, Provincia di Ferrara PROVFE Italy 1 30

13 ULB – Université Libre de Brussels ULB Belgium 1 30

AWARE work structure

WP1 – Design and inception of pilot experiments of participatory scenario-buildingTask 1: System overview of sustainability concerns and existing EU researchTask 2: Stakeholder analysis and identification of key contacts ( stakeholder representatives)Task 3: Analysis of the institutional and policy framework and identification of key contacts (policy makers) Task 4: Selection and recruitment of 30 members of the AWARE citizens panel (10 from each case study)

WP2 – Pilot case studies of participatory scenario-building

Task 1 – First citizens panel workshop (30 people):“Citizens meet scientists” to understand the sustainability concernsand what research tell us about causes and effects

Task 2 – Participatory scenario of Gulf of Riga case study

Scientists + 10 pannelistsScientist + 10 pannellists meet key contacts

Local ConferenceLinking Research toPolicy

Task 3 – Participatory scenario of North Sea case study

Scientists + 10 pannelistsScientists + 10 pannellists meet key contacts

Local ConferenceLinking Research toPolicy

Task 4 – Participatory scenario of the Po delta case study

Scientists + 10 pannelistsScientist + 10 pannellists meet key contacts

Local ConferenceLinking Research toPolicy

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AWARE timing

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30WP0

SC Meetings C C C C C CPSAG meetings C C CWP1

Task 1.1Task 1.2Task 1.3Task 1.4

WP2Task 2.1Task 2.2Task 2.3Task 2.4Task 2.5

WP3Task 3.1Task 3.2Task 3.3Task 3.4

WP4Task 4.1Task 4.2Task 4.3Task 4.4Task 4.5

AWARE management structure

European Commission

CoordinatorC. Sessa (ISIS)

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEEChair: C. Sessa

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEEChair: F. Somma

Policy &Stakeholders

AdvisoryGroup

Financial Officer(ISIS)

SecretariatISIS

Scientific pilotcase study managers

AWAREPartners

AWARE distribution of effort

Participant no./short name

WP0 WP1 WP2 WP3 WP4 Total person months

1 - ISIS

12 5 3 2 15,37 37,37

2 - BIOFORSK

0,5 5 7 0 4,27 16,77

3 - ADELPHI

0,5 0,5 0 3 20 24

4 – ICCR

1 0 0 14,6 0,5 16,1

5 – UU

0 0 12 0 0 12

6 – MP

0 0,5 8 0 1,8 10,3

7 – JRC-IES

5 2,5 8 2 6,5 24

8 – UNISI

0 2 4 1 0 7

9 – UNIPR

0 0 7 0 0 7

10 – POLIEDRA

0 1 7 4,7 2 14,7

11 – UPMC

0 1,5 17 0 2 20,5

12 – PROVFE

0 0 2 0 0 2

13 – ULB

0 0 6 0 0 6

Total

19 18 81 27,3 52,44 197,74

AWARE impact and exploitation strategyMAINSTREAMING !

It is important to create the possibility for partnershipsconnecting scientists, policy makers and citizens:

- within the EU water and marine policy frameworks

- in relation to adaptive management tasks, at global, regional and local level

- with the contribution of EU, national and local institutions (i.e. providing budget for citizens participation in research and implementation projects)

AWARE contribution to EU water planning

Water Policy Assessment Process

Checkingthe

significanceof nutrientsenrichment

and/orconcentrationof pollutants

IF

One of the mostsensitive biologicalquality elements

to nutrients enrichment and/or

pollutants concentration

OR

One of the nutrients/pollutantsbeing discharged

in significant quantities

Do not meetthe conditionsrequired for

good ecologicalstatus

THEN

Cost-effectivenesscheck:

There exist cost-effective optionsto achieve good

ecological status ?

PRESSURE STATE - IMPACT RESPONSE

Yes

Most cost effective

programme of measures

Goodecological status

by 2015

Moderate or worse

ecological statusby 2015

Exemptions:- Extension of deadlines- Temporary deterioration

or new modifications- Programme of measures

to achieve less stringentobjectives

No

COST

EFFECTIVENESS

ANALYSIS

AWARE kick-off agenda/1

Thursday 4th June 12.00 – 12.15 Welcome and Introduction

Introduction from the Project Coordinator (Carlo Sessa) Partners introducing themselves

12.15 – 13.30 Project overview

AWARE concept and inception (WP1) Pilot case studies (WP2) Evaluation approach (WP3) Networking and dissemination (WP4)

Lunch Break 14.30 – 15.30 Discussion of WP1

Task 1.1/1.2 – System overview of existing research and stakeholder analysis (Bioforsk) Task 1.3 – Identification of key policy makers (EC-JRC) Task 1.4 – Selection of the citizens’ panel (ISIS)

Coffee break 16.00 – 18.00 Discussion of WP2

Task 2.1 – Citizens panel workshops (Missions Publiques) Task 2.2 – Gulf of Riga case study (UU) Task 2.3 – North Sea case study (UPMC) Task 2.4 – Po Delta case study (UNIPR)

20.30 Social Dinner

AWARE kick-off agenda/2 Friday 5th June 9.15 – 11.00 The AWARE project context and administrative issues

Introduction from the European Commission Grant Agreement (GA) Consortium Agreement (CA) Opportunities for third parties involvement (local authorities in the case studies) Any other administrative issue

Coffee break 11.30 – 12.15 Discussion of WP3

Task 3.1 – Evaluation methodology (ICCR) Task 3.2/3.3 – Evaluation of case studies Task 3.4 – Ex-post evaluation workshop (ICCR)

12.15 – 13.00 Discussion of WP4

Task 4.1/4.2/4.4 – Communication strategy and tools (ADELPHI) Task 4.4 – Dissemination activities (ISIS/ADELPHI)

Lunch Break 14.00 – 15.30 Detailed planning of first 6 months activities

Organisation of the AWARE citizens panel (ISIS/Missions Publiques) Key stakeholder and policy makers identification (EC-JRC and BIOFORSK) Preparation of the pilot case studies (case study partners) Planning of web-site development and update (ISIS + ADELPHI Research) Planning of leaflet and logo production (ISIS + ICCR)

15.30 – 16.00 Next meetings and A.O.B.

Dates and venues of the AWARE consortium meetings Any Other Business

AWARE deliverables – WP1

D1.1

Digest on water ecosystems concerns and EU research achievements

1

BIOFORSK 1

R PU 6

D1.2 AWARE case studies inception report

1 JRC-IES 0,5

R PU 6

D1.3 Database of key stakeholder representatives

1 BIOFORSK 1

O RE 7

D1.4 Report on relevant institutional and policy framework

1 JRC-IES 0,5

R PU 7

D1.5 Database of AWARE citizens panel

1 ISIS 0,5

O RE 9

AWARE deliverables – WP2/1

D2.1 Report on Gulf of Riga case study design

2 UU 1

R PU 11

D2.2 Report on North Sea case study design

2 UPMC 1

R PU 11

D2.3 Report on Po delta case study design

2 UNIPR/UNISI 1

R PU 11

D2.4

Practical management model to support scenario building in the Gulf of Riga case study

2

UU 2

O RE 15

D2.5

Practical management model to support scenario building in the North Sea case study

2

UPMC 2

O RE 15

AWARE deliverables – WP2/2

D2.6

Practical management model to support scenario building in the Po delta case study

2

UNIPR/UNISI 2

O RE 15

D2.7 Gulf of Riga report 2 UU 1 R PU 20

D2.8 North Sea case study report

2 UPMC 1

R PU 20

D2.9 Po delta case study report 2 UNIPR/UNISI 1 R PU 20

D2.10 AWARE citizens panel assessment

2 Missions Publiques

1 R PU 23

D2.11 EU Citizens and Stakeholders conference

2 JRC-IES 1

O PU 24

AWARE deliverables – WP3

D3.1 AWARE Evaluation Methodology

3 ICCR 1

R PU 11

D3.2 Comparative report on the process employed in pilot case studies

3 ICCR 0,5

R PU 21

D3.3 Comparative report on learning outcome evaluation

3 ICCR 1,5

R PU 24

D3.4 Ex-post evaluation workshop

3 ICCR 2

R PU 28

AWARE deliverables – WP4

D4.0 Project web site (inception)

4

ISIS 2 O PU 4

D4.1 Project leaflet

4 ISIS 0,2

O PU 5

D4.2 Press releases

4 JRC-IES 0,2

O PU 9, 18, 24

D4.3 Brochures

4 ADELPHI 0,4

O PU 9

D4.4 Dissemination plan 4 ISIS 0,5 R RE 12

D4.5 e-newsletters

4 ADELPHI 0,5

O PU 6,12,18,24

D4.6 Case studies survey reports

4

BIOFORSK

UPMC POLIEDRA

0,5 0,5 0,5

R PU 16

D4.7 Case studies interviews reports

4

BIOFORSK

UPMC POLIEDRA

0,5 0,5 0,5

R PU 19

D4.8 EU level survey reports 4

ADELPHI JRC-IES

0,5 0,5

R PU 24

D4.9 AWARE communication kit 4 ADELPHI 2 O PU 26

D4.10 EU level interviews reports 4

ADELPHI JRC-IES

0,5 0,5

R PU 28

D4.11 Report on the assessment of lessons learned

4

ISIS 1

R PU 30

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