Natural Water Retention Measures (NWRM) are multi-functional measures that aim to protect and manage water resources using natural means and processes, therefore building up Green Infrastructure, for example, by restoring ecosystems and changing land use. NWRM have the potential to provide multi...
The NEPAD SANWATCE network investigation in collaboration with the European Commission Joint Research Centre looks into the skills shortages that exist in the SADC region in water resources management, and further discusses how the Water Centres of Excellence could better address sector expertis...
Through the Administrative arrangement No 2009-09-31487 NFP CSP between DG JRC and EuropeAid, the DG JRC Unit H01 implemented the project “Support to the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) water centres of excellence (CoE)”. This document is the Final Report describing the activiti...
D’ici à 2025, 800 millions de personnes vivront dans des régions ou des pays confrontés à une pénurie extrême d’eau et deux tiers de la population mondiale ressentiront les effets négatifs de la diminution des ressources en eau. Cette situation fait de la sécurité hydrique l’une des grandes préo...
Following the identification of the need to find innovative solutions to water challenges in the urban, industrial and agriculture contexts, an EU regulatory instrument for water reuse has to be developed by 2015. Despite the water reuse applications already developed in many countries, there ar...
Este estudio se realiza en el marco de los proyectos RALCEA, Centros de Excelencia en Aguas para América Latina, el cual refuerza el componente agua del Programa EUROCLIMA, ambos implementados por el Joint Research Centre de la Comisión Europea y financiados por la misma Comisión Europea. Como c...
Dental amalgam and its substitutes are regulated under Council Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices, according to which they must comply with the essential requirements laid out in the directive, in particular in relation to the health and safety of patients. Dental amalgam has been us...
After drawing up an inventory of the energy and water resources of the South and East Mediterranean Countries (SEMCs) and presenting their political, economic and social challenges, this report takes stock of the European neighbourhood policies conducted following the Arab revolutions in these c...
Soil and water are two key resources that directly or indirectly affect our everyday activities and are closely linked through the capacity of soil to retain water. A better understanding of the SWR-capacity underlying mechanisms and factors of influence is important to ensure and enhance the lo...
