Eval

uatin

g Ec

onom

ic P

olic

y In

stru

men

ts fo

r Su

stai

nabl

e W

ater

Man

agem

ent i

n Eu

rope

The

rese

arch

lead

ing

to th

ese

resu

lts h

as re

ceiv

ed fu

ndin

g fro

m th

e E

urop

ean

Com

mun

ity’s

Sev

enth

Fra

mew

ork

Pro

gram

me

(FP

7/20

07-2

013)

/ gr

ant a

gree

men

tn°2

6521

3 –

proj

ect E

PI-W

ATE

R “

Eva

luat

ing

Eco

nom

ic

Pol

icy

Inst

rum

ent f

or S

usta

inab

le W

ater

Man

agem

ent i

n E

urop

e”.

Pro

ject

Pre

sent

atio

n

0.0.O

utlin

eO

utlin

e •B

ackg

roun

d

•P

roje

ct in

brie

f

•P

roje

ct S

truct

ure

•A

ims

and

Obj

ectiv

es

•K

ey d

eliv

erab

les

•C

ase

stud

ies

•P

olic

y tie

s

•O

vers

eas

expe

rienc

es

•D

isse

min

atio

n

•P

roje

ct P

artn

ers

1

1.1.B

ackg

roun

dB

ackg

roun

d

In a

wor

ld o

f eve

r inc

reas

ing

wat

er d

eman

d an

d de

clin

e in

w

ater

ava

ilabi

lity

and/

or re

liabi

lity,

whe

re w

ater

-rela

ted

haza

rds

are

on ri

se, w

here

clim

ate

chan

ge th

reat

ens

to u

ndo

deca

des

of d

evel

opm

ent e

fforts

, the

onl

y w

ay to

sus

tain

abilit

y is

a ri

ght m

ix o

f mut

ually

stre

ngth

enin

g po

licy

inst

rum

ents

.

In th

is p

olic

y m

ix, E

cono

mic

Pol

icy

Inst

rum

ents

(EP

Is) a

re

best

sui

ted

to fo

ster

an

effic

ient

allo

catio

n an

d us

e of

wat

er,

redu

ce h

arm

ful e

xpos

ure

and

impa

cts

on th

e co

mm

uniti

es

and

envi

ronm

ent,

and

prot

ect n

atur

al c

apita

l.

2

3

2.Pr

ojec

t in

brie

f

Proj

ect t

ype:

C

olla

bora

tive

proj

ect

(sm

all o

r med

ium

siz

e)

Fund

ing

sche

me:

7th

Fram

ewor

k P

rogr

amm

e, T

opic

EN

V.2

010.

2.1.

2-1

(Eva

luat

ion

of e

ffect

iven

ess

of e

cono

mic

in

stru

men

ts in

inte

grat

ed w

ater

pol

icy)

Star

t/End

dat

e:

Jan.

1st,

2011

−D

ec. 3

1st ,

2013

Coo

rdin

atio

n:

Fond

azio

ne E

ni E

nric

o M

atte

i, Ita

ly (w

ww

.feem

.it);

Sci

entif

ic c

oord

inat

or: J

aros

lav

Mys

iak,

PhD

Pro

ject

Man

ager

: M

artin

a G

amba

ro

Gra

nt A

gree

men

t N.:

2652

13

EU

con

trib

utio

n:

€3,

472,

438.

00

Web

site

/con

tact

:ht

tp://

ww

w.e

pi-w

ater

.eu,

epi

wat

er@

feem

.it

4

3Pr

ojec

t str

uctu

re

5

4.A

ims

& O

bjec

tives

•A

sses

s th

e ef

fect

iven

ess

and

effic

ienc

yof

Eco

nom

ic

Pol

icy

Inst

rum

ents

in a

chie

ving

Wat

er P

olic

y G

oals

,

•Id

entif

y th

e pr

econ

ditio

nsun

der w

hich

eco

nom

ic p

olic

y in

stru

men

tsde

liver

sus

tain

able

use

reso

urce

s an

d ac

hiev

e ef

ficie

nt a

nd e

quita

ble

wat

er s

uppl

y,

•C

ompa

reth

e pe

rform

ance

of s

ingl

e ec

onom

ic in

stru

men

ts

or th

eir c

ombi

natio

ns w

ith th

e pe

rform

ance

of a

ltern

ativ

e,

regu

lato

ry in

terv

entio

ns, p

ersu

asiv

e in

stru

men

ts o

r vo

lunt

ary

com

mitm

ents

.

•C

ompr

ehen

sive

ass

essm

ent f

ram

ewor

k fo

r a

syst

emat

ic a

nd in

-dep

th a

sses

smen

t of e

cono

mic

pol

icy

inst

rum

ents

–

draf

t due

by

June

201

1, F

inal

ver

sion

by

Janu

ary

2012

•E

x-po

st re

view

ass

essm

ento

f som

e 30

app

licat

ions

of

EP

Is in

cas

e st

udie

s ac

ross

Eur

ope

and

beyo

nd–

due

by J

anua

ry 2

012

•Ex

-ant

e as

sess

men

t of n

ovel

and

mos

t pro

mis

ing

EP

Is

in in

sel

ecte

d riv

er b

asin

s: T

isza

(Hun

gary

), S

egur

a an

d Ta

gus

(Spa

in),

Sei

ne-N

orm

andi

e(F

ranc

e), a

nd O

dens

e (D

enm

ark)

rive

r bas

in–

due

by J

une

2013

6

5.K

ey D

eliv

erab

les

7

6.Ex

ampl

es o

f Eco

nom

ic P

olic

y in

stru

men

ts

subsidies

8

7.Ex

-pos

t rev

iew

ass

essm

ents

Rev

iew

of s

ome

30

EPIs

app

lied

thro

ugho

ut

Euro

pe a

nd

beyo

nd.

8. E

x-an

te in

-dep

th a

sses

smen

ts

Stak

ehol

der a

dvis

ory

grou

p

Act

ors

in th

e ca

se ri

ver b

asin

s

Hel

p to

set

up

the

anal

ysis

, re

gula

rly a

dvis

e th

e re

sear

ch in

pr

ogre

ss,

Pro

vide

con

stan

t fee

dbac

k on

re

sear

ch re

sults

,

Hel

p to

tran

slat

e th

e ou

tput

s in

to ri

ver b

asin

wat

er p

olic

ies

and

man

agem

ent.

10

9.Po

licy

ties

Polic

y Th

ink

Tank

Hig

h-le

vel p

olic

y ex

perts

Hel

p to

iden

tify

the

polic

y in

stru

men

ts to

be

asse

ssed

(b

oth

for t

he e

x-po

st a

nd e

x-an

te a

sses

smen

ts);

Hel

p to

mak

e th

e as

sess

men

t fra

mew

ork

resp

onsi

ve to

pol

icy

need

s;

Rev

iew

of t

he in

term

edia

te

resu

lts.

11

10. O

vers

eas

expe

rienc

e an

d in

sigh

ts

“Insp

iratio

n be

yond

the

EU”g

roup

com

pris

ed b

y ac

adem

ic e

xper

ts fr

om th

e U

SA

, Can

ada,

Chi

le, A

ustra

lia

and

othe

r cou

ntrie

s w

ith a

dvan

ced

wat

er p

olic

ies

will

co

ntrib

ute

to th

e ac

hiev

ing

the

proj

ect o

bjec

tives

by

•C

ondu

ctin

ga

revi

ew o

f exi

stin

g ec

onom

ic p

olic

y in

stru

men

ts in

ow

n co

untri

es

•P

rovi

ding

feed

back

and

adv

ice

on th

e pr

ojec

t wor

k in

pr

ogre

ss, b

y co

nduc

ting

the

in-d

epth

ex-

ante

cas

e st

udie

s,

•H

elpi

ng to

syn

thes

ise

and

diss

emin

ate

the

proj

ect

outp

uts

12

11.D

isse

min

atio

n

•R

esul

ts a

nd le

sson

s le

arne

d fro

m th

e an

alys

is w

ill be

tra

nsfe

rred

to w

ater

man

ager

s an

d po

licy

mak

ers

•U

sing

mem

bers

of l

ocal

adv

isor

y co

mm

ittee

s in

the

case

st

udy

area

s pr

ovid

ing

dire

ct in

put t

o lo

cal p

olic

y is

sues

•A

ddre

ssin

g w

ater

man

ager

s an

d po

licy

mak

ers

at

Eur

opea

n le

vel i

n re

latio

n to

less

ons

lear

ned

•A

ddre

ssin

g th

e re

sear

ch c

omm

unity

and

pol

icy

mak

ers

in

rela

tion

to k

now

ledg

e ga

ps id

entif

ied.

13

12.P

roje

ct P

artn

ers

(team

lead

ers)

Jaro

slav

Mys

iak,

Fon

dazi

one

Eni

Enr

ico

Mat

tei,

Italy

Pier

re S

tros

ser,

AC

Teon

, Fra

nce

Man

uel L

ago,

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logi

c, G

erm

any

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s-Pe

terW

eika

rd, W

agen

inge

n U

nive

rsity

, The

Net

herla

nds

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ia M

imik

ou, N

atio

nal T

echn

ical

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vers

ityof

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ns, G

reec

e

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los

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titut

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adril

eño

de E

stud

ios

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nzad

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pain

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cesc

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in G

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dles

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esea

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tre,

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chou

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n, A

arhu

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atio

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tal

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earc

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stitu

te, D

enm

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orU

ngva

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vers

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apes

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egio

nalC

entre

forE

nerg

y P

olic

y R

esea

rch,

Hun

gary

Than

k yo

u!Th

is re

sear

chpr

ojec

t has

rece

ived

fund

ing

from

th

e E

urop

ean

Com

mun

ity’s

Sev

enth

Fra

mew

ork

Pro

gram

me

(FP

7/20

07-2

013)

/ gr

ant a

gree

men

tn°2

6521

3 –

Pro

ject

EP

I-WA

TER

“Ev

alua

ting

Eco

nom

ic P

olic

y In

stru

men

t for

Sus

tain

able

Wat

er M

anag

emen

t in

Euro

pe”.