The INNOWATER partnership is a public private partnership of public innovation agencies, water associations and technology specialists, innovation experts and eco-innovative cluster organisations from six European countries: Belgium The European Water Partnership (Coordinator) www.ewp.eu EURATEX – The European Apparel and Textile Confederation www.euratex.eu
Cyprus Atlantis Consulting | www.atlantis-consulting.eu Cyprus Institute of Energy | www.cie.org.cy
Denmark DHI Group | www.dhigroup.com Mermaid – InvestorNet-Gate2Growth www.gate2growth.com
The Netherlands Netherlands Water Partnership – Innovation Bureau Water Technology | www.nwp.nl Van der Meer & Van Tilburg | www.innovation.nl
Spain CRANA – The Navarran Environmental Resource Centre www.crana.org
The INNOWATER partnership facilitates the market access of
innovative water technologies by: I dentifying key institutions and support programmes for innovation; Developing and testing the most promising practical business support and internationalisation tools for innovative water technology developers;
of innovative water technologies
Developing and testing first user tools that create awareness about water use, pollution patterns, efficiency potentials and available new technologies to address them; Actively bringing together innovative technology developers and first-users; D esigning, developing and testing user-friendly innovation support delivery schemes.
Eco-Innovation INNOWATER
For more information go to www.europe-innova.eu/innowater Or send an email to innowater@ewp.eu
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Government of Navarra | www.navarra.es
Innovation partnership for better innovation support tools and delivery mechanisms in sustainable water and waste water.
Zabala Innovation Consulting | www.zabala.es
The United Kingdom EEDA – East England Development Agency www.eeda.org.uk Envirolink Northwest | www.envirolinknorthwest.co.uk Orion Innovations | www.orioninnovations.co.uk UKCEED – UK Centre for Economic and Environmental Development | www.ukceed.org
Facilitating the market access
This publication is financed under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) which aims to encourage the competitiveness of European enterprises.
Eco-Innovation INNOWATER
INNOWATER activities per target group
For innovative water-technology developers Developing and testing better tools to support the market transition of innovative technologies, taking into consideration financial and regulatory barriers and risks; Developing and testing internationalisation support tools; Actively bringing technology developers and water-consuming industries together.
Public innovation support schemes Setting up a think tank to exchange better practices between authorities and the water sector, improving schemes to better fit the needs of the sector and remove the current barriers to innovation.
For water-consuming industries R aising awareness by identifying the need to, and the potential for improving sustainable water management; Setting up a benchmark to compare different industries' efforts on sustainable water management; D eveloping and testing a water audit giving a detailed analysis of the potential, and providing a roadmap for improving sustainable water management, including the identification of innovative solutions;
Europe needs
innovative water-technologies One of the most important challenges Europe faces is its water challenge, threatening sustainable development and economic growth and having large effects on health issues. Europe has most instruments in place to address these challenges, but their effective adoption is lacking. This fact also holds true for the need to implement innovative technologies. Technologies are available and much needed, potentially reducing Europe’s water consumption by over 40%, but their adoption is limited due to large barriers for these technologies to reach the market, including: Inability of innovative SMEs to commercialise innovation - lack of knowledge and expertise on market transition of innovative technologies;
Showcasing the most innovative technologies and actively bringing the water-consuming industries in contact with technology developers.
Lack of awareness of the water challenge and potential solutions in water-consuming companies;
Innovation consultancies
INNOWATER – providing better tools to address these barriers
P roviding consultancies with new, targeted and tested tools to better support their customers in the water sector.
The INNOWATER partnership will develop, test and adapt the most promising existing tools to address these barriers, targeted at technology innovators, water-consuming industries, innovation consultancies and public innovation support schemes.
Lack of cooperation between innovative SMEs and potential first users.