Project: Advancing non conventional water management for innovative climate-resilient water governance in the Mediterranean Area

Acronym	AG-WaMED
Project Topic	The AG-WaMED project aims at unveiling Non Conventional Water (NCW) future potential to reinforce climate change adaptation in Mediterranean, by piloting comprehensive and inclusive technological solutions to support multiple stakeholders addressing water scarcity issues. To achieve this aim, the AG-WaMED project has the following goals within the 3-year duration of the project: i) Foster participatory and equitable water governance models for Mediterranean catchments which are also socially sustainable and cost-effective, developing innovative procedures for multi-actor stakeholders involvement in selected demo site; ii) Innovate water resources and crop production systems modelling procedures and Decision Support Systems (DSS) by including NCW as a method for increasing water availability also considering climate change scenarios; iii) Cover the implementation gap between European, national and international rules and societal and institutional compliance through the definition of integrated watershed management plans in the demo sites and at regional scale; iv) To exploit and out-scale AG-WaMED approach through communication, dissemination and exploitation, including production of local-, national-, and Mediterranen-scale policies for better land and water governance, water allocation and stakeholders involvement, and including training activities. In accordance to the expected impacts and priorities of the call, the project will follow the approach fostered by the “European R&I partnership on agroecology living labs and research infrastructures” creating Living Labs where all the relevant stakeholders will evaluate existing NCW solution (i.e. Managed Aquifer Recharge, Flood spreading structures, Wastewater reuse and Desalination) and will codesign future scenario development through a dedicated software platform (including hydrological modelling, water and crop allocation modelling and socioeconomic analysis). The full process will inform new water allocation models and will produce an innovative framework for improving water governance and reducing conflicts in water-stressed contexts of Mediterranean.
Network	PRIMA
Call	Section 2 – Multi-topic 2021

Project partner

Number	Name	Role	Country
1	Università degli Studi di Firenze	Coordinator	Italy
2	Politecnico di Milano	Partner	Italy
3	Université Larbi Tebessi de Tébessa	Partner	Algeria
4	Alexandria University	Partner	Egypt
5	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid	Partner	Spain
6	Hellenic Agricultural Organization ELGO-DIMITRA, Agricultural Economics Research Institute	Partner	Greece
7	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Partner	Netherlands
8	Institut des Régions Arides	Partner	Tunisia