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Welcome to the EPI-WATER Website!

The EPI-WATER Project (suggested pronunciation: / ɪ pɪ aɪ ˈwɔːtə(r)/ ) sets to assess the effectiveness and the efficiency of Economic Policy Instruments in achieving water policy goals, and to identify the preconditions under which they complement or perform better than alternative (e.g. regulatory or voluntary) policy instruments.

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News

• First EPI-WATER Discussion paper available »
  June 10, 2013. The first Epi-Water discussion paper on "Changing current practice in the application of EPIs to achieve the objectives of the WFD; issues and options" is available in the Working Papers section
• Second EPI-WATER Conference presentations available »
  Apr 16, 2013. The presentations of the Second Epi-Water Conference (February 6-7 in Alcalá de Henares - Madrid) are now available. More …
• New report »
  Feb 7, 2013. Prof Mike Young one expert of Epi-WATER "Inspiration beyond the EU" group has just published the report: "Towards a generic framework for the abstraction and utilisation of water in England and Wales".
  It is downlodable at UCL Environmental Institute Research Reports page.
• 3rd IWA International Conference on Water Economics, Statistics and Finance, Marbelle (Spain) 24-26 April 2013 »
  Sep 24, 2012. UNIVEG partner leader, Francesc Hernándezis is the Chair of the Scientific Committee of the 3rd IWA International Conference on Water Economics, Statistics and Finance that will be held in Marbella (Spain) 24-26 April 2013. Call for paper deadline: Oct 5th. More ...

INFO BOX

• Project type:
  Collaborative project
• Funding scheme:
  7th Framework Programme [THEME ENV.2010.2.1.2-1: Evaluation of effectiveness of economic instruments in integrated water policy]
• Start date: 1st Jan 2011
• End date: 31st Dec 2013
• Coordinator:
  Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Milan, Italy
• Grant Agreement no: 265213
• EU contribution: €3,472,438.00

HIGHLITS

• Alcalá de Henares - Madrid (Spain), 6-7 February 2013
  Second EPI-WATER Conference
  Anticipating the Performance of Economic Policy Instruments (EPIs) in Water Management
  Further info at the Conference website.
• EPI-WATER in Spanish »
  A micro-website of EPI-WATER is now available. See the EPI-WATER Spanish Website
• Berlin (Germany), 26-27 January 2012
  First EPI-WATER Conference
  Understanding the Application of Economic Policy Instruments (EPIs) in Water Management
  Review of Empirical Evidence, Experiences and Lessons Learned from Europe and Elsewhere
  Further info at the Conference website.
• EPI-WATER is in Wikipedia »
  EPI-WATER is in Wikipedia. See the Wikipedia page.
• EPI-WATER is on Facebook »
  EPI-WATER is on Facebook. See the FB page.
• EPI-WATER RSS available »
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• Belpasso (Italy), September 4th - 10th, 2011
  University of Catania - EAERE - FEEM
  Belpasso International Summer School on Environmental and Resource Economics
  Extremes: Natural Disasters in Changing Climate
  Furher info at: http://www.feem-project.net/belpasso_2011/
  Deadline for applications: May 15th, 2011