Objective European policy makers and researchers recognise the large policy potential of research in the field of sustainable development, but the potential is not fully used. PSI-connect wants to contribute to bridging the gap between science and policy in the field of the impacts of climate change on water management. The decoupling challenge from the EU Sustainable Development Strategy implies that impacts of climate change on the river basin system should be diminished. This is a policy issue of contemporary urgency and it is a topic where large quantities of high quality knowledge (‘untapped potential’) are available. The consortium partners are all involved in different EU-projects with high relevance and have excellent contacts with relevant national research programs and easy access to national and regional policy makers. PSI-connect will experiment with and develop innovative knowledge brokering instruments in the field of impacts of climate change impacts on river systems. These instruments will be developed from available candidates such as Communities of Practice, games, group model building, and scenario workshops. We will develop and test these instruments in six case studies: • Working group Climate Change and Water of the CIS of the WFD; • Committee on Climate Change of the EU Parliament; • German Ministry of Environment; • Dutch Ministry of Traffic, Public Works and Water management; • River basin Community Elbe (Germany) • Water Board Rivierenland (the Netherlands); The final results of PSI-connect will be tested knowledge brokering instruments for different policy levels. Furthermore, ‘knowledge brokerage communities’ will be established that act as learning communities and have the capacity to maintain European leadership in this field beyond the lifetime of the PSI-connect project itself. Results will be disseminated to the relevant audiences through summer schools, a web-site and a final conference. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologydrainage basinsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changesengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementwater management Keywords Science policy interface climate change knowledge brokering instruments water management Programme(s) FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) Topic(s) ENV.2008.4.2.3.2. - Enhancing connectivity between research and policy-making in sustainable development Call for proposal FP7-ENV-2008-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO EU contribution € 423 567,25 Address ANNA VAN BUERENPLEIN 1 2595 DA Den Haag Netherlands See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Adriaan Slob (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY United Kingdom EU contribution € 236 153,00 Address College Road MK43 0AL Cranfield - Bedfordshire See on map Region East of England Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Central Bedfordshire Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Paul Jeffrey (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STOWARZYSZENIE CENTRUM ROZWIAZAN SYSTEMOWYCH Poland EU contribution € 166 320,00 Address ULICA STEFANA JARACZA 80B LOK 10 50 305 Wroclaw See on map Region Makroregion południowo-zachodni Dolnośląskie Miasto Wrocław Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Magdalena Liszka Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITAET OSNABRUECK Germany EU contribution € 272 760,00 Address NEUER GRABEN/SCHLOSS 29 49074 Osnabrueck See on map Region Niedersachsen Weser-Ems Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Claudia Pahl-Wostl (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data POTSDAM-INSTITUT FUR KLIMAFOLGENFORSCHUNG EV Germany EU contribution € 162 220,00 Address TELEGRAFENBERG A31 14473 Potsdam See on map Region Brandenburg Brandenburg Potsdam Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Valentina Krysanova (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data VITUKI KORNYEZETVEDELMI ES VIZGAZDALKODASI KUTATO INTEZET NONPROFIT KOZHASZNU KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG Hungary EU contribution € 68 670,00 Address Kvassay Jeno ut 1 1095 BUDAPEST See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Gaborne Balazs (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STICHTING DELTARES Netherlands EU contribution € 43 391,75 Address BOUSSINESQWEG 1 2629 HV Delft See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Delft en Westland Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jos Brils (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
