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„Connecting GEOSS and ist Stakeholders
in Science and Technology“
1st GEO/EGIDA Workshop
Bonn, 9-11 May 2011
Global Water System Project
(GWSP) Support Mechanism(s)
Janos J. Bogardi
Executive Officer GWSP IPO
Global Environmental Change
Programs
ESSP Structure and
Activities
Complicated structures prove that
scientists are not great organizers
• Donors (IGFA,NSF, BMBF, WMO, etc)
• Sponsors (ICSU, ISSC, UNESCO, UNU,
WMO, etc)
• ESSP (Earth System Science
Partnership) of the 4 Programs (IHDP,
IGBP, DIVERSITAS, WCRP) /SC/
• 4 joint projects (GWSP, GCP, GECHH,
GECAFS) /SSC/
• 4 Programs have several, sometimes
shared projects /SSC/
Nature of Networking Projects
• Very complex funding structure, multiple
obligations and potentially contradictory
rules and donor expectations
• Usually interdisciplinary and international
• Maturity (life cycle) of participating
projects can differ
• Mixture of paid and voluntary
contributors
• Governance and project cultures and
administartions may differ considerably
Which glue keeps it together?
• Trust and personal affinity
• Common objectives and scientific
values
• Mutual respect
• Mutual benefits (win-win)
• Complementarity
• Donor dictate
„Lethal“ ingredients
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Turf mentality
Budget discrepancies
Too much competition
Lack of data and information
exchange
• Donor jealousy
Science Framework and Implementation
Activities
(GWSP Report No.1.)
• Theme 1: Magnitudes and Mechanisms of Change
(What are the magnitudes of anthropogenic and
environmental changes in the global water system and what
are the key mechanisms by which they are induced?)
• Theme 2: Linkages and Feedbacks
(What are the main linkages and feedbacks within the earth
system arising from changes in the global water system?)
• Theme 3: Resilience and Adaptation
(How resilient and adaptable is the global water system to
change, and what are sustainable water management
strategies?)
2. Global Catchment Initiative:
Bringing the global perspective to
river basin research & management
3. Global Water Needs Initiative: Humans and
Nature
Policy Outreach & Capacity Building
METHODS & TOOLS
1. Global Scale Initiative:
Ranking of threats to the GWS, States
and Trajectories of Change
Simulation modelling
& scenarios
Observations
Climate change
Governance &
adaptation Strategies
SPECIAL INTERESTS
Medium-term Strategy:
Integrated Study Areas
New initiatives launched at the
7th GWSP-SSC meeting in 2009
• The Water and Climate Change
Mitigation Link
• Water and Migration
• Water and Health (with GECHH)
• National Water Stress/Susceptibility
Report Cards (potentially with
GEWEX and UN Water)
How to build the GWSP
Community
The concept of endorsed projects
Projects of high scientific quality, addressing
themes matching the GWSP Scientific Framework,
science driven, global perspective, scientifically
integrative, freshwater focussed, fostering the
goals of ESSP and the GEC programs, multi party,
international, scale medium watersheds and
above, interdisciplinary, considering human
dimensions
Submitted request of association is judged by the
SSC which invites the projects for a certain
duration
Endorsed (associated) projects
Set of actually active endorsed projects:
• Twin2Go (EU funded), Univ.
Osnabrück
• WATCH – Water MIP (EU funded),
Wallingford &Wageningen UR
• Consistent assessment of global
green, blue and virtual water flows
in food production (DFG funded),
PIK Potsdam
GWSP Products
• Peer reviewed papers
• Reports
• Workshops – special issues
• Conferences
• Lectures and presentations
• Newsletter
• Digital Water Atlas
• Data bases (GranD, etc)
IS GWSP a STAKEHOLDER?
GWSP-DIVERSITAS-ESSP paper
in Nature Sept. 2010
Prevailing Patterns of Threat to Human
Water Security and Biodiversity
Digital Water Atlas
Unexpected feedback after a
public lecture