Eco-InnovationINNOWATER

INNOWATER Innovation partnership for better innovation

support tools and delivery mechanisms in sustainable water and waste water.

This publication is financed under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) which aims to encourage the competitiveness of European enterprises.

Facilitatingthe market access of innovative water technologies

The INNOWATER partnership is a public private partnership of public innovation agencies, water associations and technology specialists, innovation experts and eco-innovative cluster organisations from six European countries:

BElgIumThe European Water Partnership (Coordinator) www.ewp.eu

EuRATEX – The European Apparel and Textile Confederation www.euratex.eu

CyPRusAtlantis Consulting | www.atlantis-consulting.eu

Cyprus Institute of Energy | www.cie.org.cy

DENmARkDHI group | www.dhigroup.com

mermaid – InvestorNet-gate2growthwww.gate2growth.com

THE NETHERlANDs

Netherlands Water Partnership – Innovation Bureau Water Technology | www.nwp.nl

Van der meer & Van Tilburg | www.innovation.nl

sPAINCRANA – The Navarran Environmental Resource Centrewww.crana.org

government of Navarra | www.navarra.es

Zabala Innovation Consulting | www.zabala.es

THE uNITED kINgDOmEEDA – East England Development Agencywww.eeda.org.uk

Envirolink Northwest | www.envirolinknorthwest.co.uk

Orion Innovations | www.orioninnovations.co.uk

ukCEED – uk Centre for Economic and Environmental Development | www.ukceed.org

The INNOWATER partnershipfacilitates the market access of innovative water technologies by:

Identifying key institutions and support pro-grammes for innovation;

Developing and testing the most promising practical business support and internationalisation tools for innovative water technology developers;

Developing and testing first user tools that create awareness about water use, pollution patterns, efficiency potentials and available new technologies to address them;

Actively bringing together innovative technology developers and first-users;

Designing, developing and testing user-friendly innovation support delivery schemes.

For more information go towww.europe-innova.eu/innowater

Or send an email toinnowater@ewp.eu

Europe needsinnovative water-technologies

One of the most important challenges Europe faces is its water challenge, threatening sustainable development and economic growth and having large effects on health issues. Europe has most instruments in place to address these challenges, but their effective adoption is lacking.

This fact also holds true for the need to implement innovative technologies. Technologies are available and much needed, potentially reducing Europe’s water consumption by over 40%, but their adoption is limited due to large barriers for these technologies to reach the market, including:

Inability of innovative smEs to commercialise innovation - lack of knowledge and expertise on market transition of innovative technologies;

lack of awareness of the water challenge and potential solutions in water-consuming companies;

lack of cooperation between innovative SMEs and potential first users.

INNOWATER – providing better tools to address these barriers

The INNOWATER partnership will develop, test and adapt the most promising existing tools to address these barriers, targeted at technology innovators, water-consuming industries, innovation consultancies and public innovation support schemes.

Eco-InnovationINNOWATER

INNOWATER activities per target group

For innovative water-technology developers

Developing and testing better tools to support the market transition of innovative technologies, taking into consideration financial and regulatory barriers and risks;

Developing and testing internationalisation support tools;

Actively bringing technology developers and water-consuming industries together.

For water-consuming industries

Raising awareness by identifying the need to, and the potential for improving sustainable water management;

Setting up a benchmark to compare different in-dustries' efforts on sustainable water management;

Developing and testing a water audit giving a detailed analysis of the potential, and providing a roadmap for improving sustainable water management, including the identification of innovative solutions;

Showcasing the most innovative technologies and actively bringing the water-consuming industries in contact with technology developers.

Public innovation support schemes

Setting up a think tank to exchange better practices between authorities and the water sector, improving schemes to better fit the needs of the sector and remove the current barriers to innovation.

Innovation consultancies

Providing consultancies with new, targeted and tested tools to better support their customers in the water sector.