The European Innovation Partnership on Water (EIP Water) was an initiative within the EU 2020 Innovation Union. The EIP Water facilitated the development of innovative solutions to address major European and global water challenges.
At the same time, the EIP Water supported the creation of market opportunities for these innovations, both within and outside of Europe. A consortium led by Fresh-Thoughts Consulting GmbH was responsible for providing support services as the EIP Water Secretariat.
The EIP Water Secretariat was established by the European Commission’s DG Environment to support the kick-off of the European Innovation Partnership on Water and to ensure high impact and good performance. This required the organisation events (5 conferences – 2013 in Brussels with 370 participants, 2014 in Barcelona with over 400 participants, 2016 in Leeuwarden with almost 600 participants, 2017 in Porto with over 1.000 participants and 2019 in Zaragoza with 750 participants – and 14 stakeholder meetings – incl. Steering Group and Task Force meetings), the maintenance and upgrade of the EIP Water Online Marketplace, communication activities and the preparation of documents as well as other support work to stimulate innovation, e.g. via EIP Water Action Groups, or specific work on barriers and bottlenecks to innovation in the water sector. In addition, the EIP Water Secretariat supported the activities of the India-EU Water Partnership and the China-Europe Water Platform.
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1st Meeting of the Steering Group for the EIP on WaterKick-off meeting of the Task Force for the EIP on Water
2nd Meeting of the Task Force for the EIP on Water
2nd Meeting of the Steering Group for the EIP on Water
3rd Meeting of the Task Force for the EIP on Water
3rd Meeting of the Steering Group for the EIP on Water
4th Meeting of the Task Force for the EIP Water
EIP Water Annual Conference 2013
4th Meeting of the Steering Group for the EIP Water
5th Meeting of the Steering Group for the EIP Water
5th Meeting of the Task Force for the EIP Water
EIP Water Conference 2014
6th Meeting of the Steering Group for the EIP Water
7th Meeting of the Steering Group for the EIP Water
EIP Water Conference 2016
8th Meeting of the Steering Group for the EIP Water
9th Meeting of the Steering Group for the EIP Water
EIP Water Conference 2017 – Water Innovation: Bridging Gaps, Creating Opportunities
EU Water Innovation Conference 2019
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