XEROCHORE CORE PARTNERS
The XEROCHORE Support Action are implemented by a Consortium of 11 Partners. The Consortium composition ensures interdisciplinary and multiplicity of skills in order to allow the achievement of the multifaceted project objectives and ensure a successful implementation of the outreach strategy by reaching all the different target groups addressed by the project activities.
1. Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Italy [Coordiantor]
www.feem.it2. Wageningen Universiteit (WU), The Netherlands
www.wu.nl/3. Water Management Center GbR (WMC), Germany
www.wmc-engineers.eu4. Universitetet i Oslo (UiO), Norway
www.uio.no5. Ministero dell'Ambiente, della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare (MATTM), Italy
www.minambiente.it6. Ministerio de Medio Ambiente (MMA), Spain
www.marm.es7. Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK
www.nerc.ac.uk8. National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
www.ntua.gr9. DG Joint Research Centre, European Commission (JRC), EU
www.jrc.ec.europa.eu10. Centre National du Machinisme Agricole, du Genie Rural, des eaux et des Forets (CEMAGREF), France
www.cemagref.fr11. The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), NGO
www.iucn.org
THE CONSORTUM AS A WHOLE
The XEROCHORE Consortium, experienced in the different fields that lead toward a European Drought Policy, is well balanced as four main different partner types are represented:
International Recognised Research Centres (FEEM, WMC, NERC, CEMACREF, JRC ): The involved International Research Centres contribute to long-term interactions with national and international meteorological services and will support the XEROCHORE roadmap on applied projects and consulting. These research centres enable sufficient consideration of practical needs and requirements for private sector markets, within the roadmap towards EU drought policy.
Academic Institutions (WU, UiO, NTUA): The involvement of these type of institutions together with similar Network Partners will ensure that the very first outcome of ongoing international academic research on different drought issues that is carried out by PhD students and postdocs (e.g. Aquastress, WATCH) will be integrated in the round table discussions that eventually will lead to the XEROCHORE roadmap for future research.
National Authorities (MATTM, MMA): The involved National Authorities contribute to the XEROCHORE project by interactions with national and international hydrometeorological services and will support the roadmap in consideration of institutional links and requirements from national authorities and governmental organisations.
International Organisation (JRC, IUCN): The involvement of International Organisations contributes to the embedding of international NGO's and support to policy making at EU and international level in consideration of environmental aspects and sustainable development.