Science-Policy Communication for Improved Water Resources Management: Contributions of the Nostrum-DSS Project

14 Pages Posted: 1 Apr 2008

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Carlo Giupponi

Ca Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia; Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)

Yaella Depietri

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)

Date Written: November 18, 2008

Abstract

The Nostrum-DSS EU funded Co-ordination Action (CA) aims at contributing to the achievement of improved governance and planning in the field of sustainable water management within the Mediterranean Basin by establishing a network between the science, policy, and civil society spheres and through the development and dissemination of Best Practices Guidelines (BPGs) for the design and implementation of DSSs for IWRM in the Mediterranean Area. Decision Support Systems (DSS) have a great theoretical potential as tools for the identification of optimal water resource management regimes in the Mediterranean basin, thus helping policy makers (PMs) to bring the principles of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) into practice. However, such tools are only episodically exploited outside the academia. This article presents the outcomes of project activities targeting the development of more effective communication strategies, in order to facilitate the development of research products with greater potential for been up taken by the expected end-users, i.e. the community of policy makers, and their staffs, advisors, consultants, etc., in the Mediterranean Region.

Keywords: Science-Policy Interface, Policy Making, Water Resources Management, Mediterranean Region

JEL Classification: Q2, H7, O2, R5

Suggested Citation

Giupponi, Carlo and Depietri, Yaella, Science-Policy Communication for Improved Water Resources Management: Contributions of the Nostrum-DSS Project (November 18, 2008). FEEM Working Paper No. 14.2008, University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. 38/WP/2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1105314 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1105314

Carlo Giupponi (Contact Author)

Ca Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia ( email )

Cannaregio 873
Venice, 30121
Italy

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) ( email )

Corso Magenta 63
20123 Milan
Italy

Yaella Depietri

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) ( email )

Campo S. M. Formosa, Castello 5252
Venezia, 30122
Italy

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