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Using Economic Methods and Models for the Implementation of the Water Framework Directive:
Status, Options and Challenges for a better integration of water economic research into policy implementation
Date and Venue
This workshop *took* place on June 14 & 15, 2007 in Berlin, Germany
Aims of the workshop
Based both on background information provided (on existing economic methods and tools as well the current situation regarding their utilisation and additional research projects conducted for WFD-policy support in a number of selected EU-Member States) and mainly on the practical experiences of the participants, the workshop more specifically aims at:
identifying the main obstacles for a more wide-spread use of economics research in WFD implementation based on practical experiences that capture the variety of problems at stake;
foster the exchange between policy-oriented researchers and research-interested policy makers;
induce positive exchange of experience between different Member States/River Basins in order to enable wider application of integrated economic models and research results from one country to an other;
set the ground for a better use of economic research supporting the next round of WFD implementation (2009-2015) and the updated River Management Plans due 2015;
in this context, define a practically oriented research agenda in order to have useful and sufficient new developments in WFD-related economic research and esp. integrated economic modelling (including through the recently started 7th Research Framework Programme by the European Union) in due course
Documents
For further information on the background and topics of the workshop, please see the
documents in the download section below :
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Final version of background note for the 4th Harmoni-CA Policy Workshop presenting the state of application of econonomic instruments, models and tools in the context of the WFD. It is based on the results with selected water managers.
Final report of 4th Harmoni-CA/WP5 Policy Workshop on "Using Economic Methods and Models for the Implementation of the Water Framework Directive: Status, Options and Challenges for a better integration of water economic research into policy implementation”
The summary_brouweretal presents you summary and conclusions of the Harmoni-CA report on the state of the art on ecomonic methods, models and instruments for the WFD.
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