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WssTP,
A Common Vision
for Water
Research and
Innovation
Corporate Presentation
EU Water, a key sector
 Considerable assets:
> 3.5 Million Km water distribution pipes
> 2.5 Million Km waste water sewers
 Large social impact:
> 600,000 direct jobs in Europe
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€10,5 Bn for water and wastewater equipment
for industrial markets
EU annual Investment:
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€33 Bn invested in water infrastructures
SMEs:
136.000 employees, 9.000 SMEs
Characteristics of the water sector
 Water: a necessary but low cost good
 water is a local issue
 Fragmented and diverse sector,
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70,000 water utilities over 27 EU countries,
More than 3000 technology providers
• Pollutec : 2300 exhibitors; IFAT: 3000 Exhibitors 2000 European suppliers,
• A lot of different expertise: Hydrology, Hydraulics, Biology, Chemistry and
physics, Health…
• knowledge is scattered
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Many stakeholders, highly visible (First basic need!)
Different operational models
 Investment rate to research is low
Benefit from the « best in class »
European water research!
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WssTP benefits:
 WssTP advises the EC on drafting future calls and programmes. Don’t miss the
opportunity to see you research guidelines reflected in upcoming calls!
 Increase your chance of success! Latest analysis on FP7 2013 Inno-Demo call shows
that WssTP members had a success rate of 54% compared to an average success rate
of only 13%. WssTP members 4 times as successful in applying for EU funds that none
members.
 Strategic policy work to make sure that the European policy and funding framework is
as beneficial as possible to the RTD&I and the competitiveness of the EU water sector.
 Get support in project consortia and benefit from WssTP communication channels.
Over 12.000 readers!
 Be involved with the best domain expertise in Europe trough WssTP Working Groups.
We already count with 16 Working Groups!
 Grow your network at WssTP brokerage events, workshops and the stakeholder event.
The last edition counted with over 250 attendees!
 Distance is not a problem anymore! Stay easily connected to your network with WssTP
online tools.
 Expand your knowledge in the field with WssTP scientific publications and reports.
The water market
Global Water Related Economy
Adapted from GWI
The water market
Global water market, 2014 (capex & opex)
Source GWI
Regional Wastewater
Treatment Market
Source: GWI
Key facts on WssTP
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WssTP is the European Technology Platform
for Water. Initiated by the European
Commission in 2004 and recognized by the EC
as one of the best performing out of 36
European Technology Platforms in 2013!
Strives to:
 Improve coordination and collaboration in
RTD & Innovation
 Enhance competitiveness of the European
Water Sector
 Contribute to solving societal challenges
through RTD & Innovation
 Membership-funded ETP
 Legal entity since 2007
 Growing organization: From 11 to 127
members from 2008 to 2014
 Services to members
 Openness and transparency
A changing environment
WssTP always at the forefront!
2004
WssTP initiated
by EC
2006
WssTP Water
Vision
2007
2010
2011
WssTP SRA 1st
WssTP SRA 2nd
Expansion
WssTP staff
WssTP becomes a
legal entity
EU2020 strategy
Launch FP7
Initiation ACQUEAU
2012
Launch
EIP
Water
2014
ETP 2020
Horizon 2020
Regional
policy 2020
………….
5 EU targets for 2020
 Employment
 R&D/innovation
 Climate change/energy
 Education
 Poverty/social exclusion
A changing environment
Global drivers in SRA 2010
 Water: a necessary but low
cost good
 Demographic growth and
urbanisation
 Increasing globalisation and
wealth
 Spatial and temporal
pressure
(coastal urbanisation,
tourism)
 Global warming
Major Challenges in SRA 2010
 Coping with increasing water stress
(quantity & quality)
 Reducing impact of extreme events
(droughts and floods)
 Managing aging or lacking
infrastructure
 Facilitating technology transfer
 Establishing an “Enabling Framework”
 The MDGs for Sustainable Water
Supply and Sanitation Services
in Developing Countries
Address research and innovation
based on the water cycle
Extreme events
Agriculture
Industry
Degraded zones
Urban Areas
Coastal Zones
WssTP, a growing organization!!
Members
140
129
120
1
32
66
3
27
28
14
15
100
80
60
43
40
20
54
11
0
1816
117 1 5
1 5
11
910
22
1
2
1
6
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
WssTP membership colleges:
6
College A: Multinational corporations
College B: Research & Technology developers
1
College C: Utilities
College D: Suppliers & SMEs
2
College E: Large water users
44
131
Whole water cycle!!
WssTP Members
Industrie and SME’s
WssTP Members
Industrie and SME’s
WssTP Members
Academics & Research I
WssTP Members
Academics & Research II
WssTP Members
Academics & Research III
WssTP Members
Utilities
Membsership Fees
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Corporate Membership
 College A: Multinational corporations
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College B: Research & Technology developers
College C:Utilities
College D: Suppliers & SMEs
College E: Large water users
30.000 €
3.000 €*
* Members from EU member states with a GDP of less than 75%, can apply for a membership fee reduction
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Associate Membership
 Who can apply for it?Legal entities active in the water sector that are involved in some of the activities of
the WssTP, but do not meet the criteria to qualify as a Corporate Member (e.g. regulators, regional
authorities, municipalities…
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SME’s
Turnover
≤ €2
€2M - €5M
€5M - €50M
Regular SME fee
Reduced SME fee for SMEs that are already
part of a WssTP (associate) member
10-25 SMEs (50%)
€500
€1.500
€3.000
€250
€750
€1.500
Services to members
 Bringing actors together from all aspects of
the EU water sector through a variety of
activities and our working group structure
 Further elaboration of the RTD&I state of
the art and needs of specific topics resulting
in specialist reports and presentations
 Discussions with the EC to make sure that the RTD&I needs we
identify are reflected in the call for proposals for EU funding
 Strategic policy work to make sure that the European policy and
funding framework is as beneficial as possible to the RTD&I and the
competitiveness of the EU water sector
 Water value chain cooperation
Services to members II
 Organization of brokerage events
for calls for proposals for EU funding
 Support to project to project
consortia that are in line with
WssTP Vision and SRA and involve
members
 Participation to project consortia
for communication and
dissemination of project activities
and results.
 Monthly internal and external
newsletter
 Tailored membership services
WssTP Gouvernance Structure
M
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M
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WssTP Membership Colleges
MNC
RTD
Utilities
Board
Ex Comm
WssTP WGs
WssTP Office
Suppliers
SME’s
Large Water
Users
iTAB
Associate
Members
WssTP Board Members
Tomas Michel
Chair
Suez
Boris Lesjean
KWB
Theo van den
Hoven
Vice Chair
KWR
Arturo
Buenaventura
Abengoa Water
Marie-Renée
de Roubin
Treasurer
Veolia
Dirk Van der
Stede
VLAKWA
Philippe Bréant
Veolia
Carlos Campos
Suez
Jens Prisum
EUREAU
WssTP innovation and Technology
Advisory Board (iTAB) 2014-2015
WssTP iTAB Mission
 Advise the WssTP Board on the consistency and relevance of the WssTP WG structure.
 Evaluate and advise the board on the relevance of bottom-up proposals for new WG.
 Monitor, guide, and supervise the quality of the work done in the individual WGs and
the WG. structure as a whole.
 Guide the WssTP Director and the Technical Officer in the management of the WGs.
Pascal Dauthuille
SUEZ Environment
College A
Daniel Hellström
Svenkst Vatten
College C
Gilbert Rios
EMH
College B
Marie Renée de
Roubin
Veolia
College A
Wolfgang Walter
DVGW
College B
WssTP Working Groups
Working Group
Lead Member
Lead Person
Financing for EU Competitiveness
Abengoa Water
Arturo BUENAVENTURA
Water & ICT
Suez
Pascal BLANC
Water-Energy-Food biodiversity nexus
Deltares
Michiel BLIND
International Relations
UNESCO-IHE
Gaetano CASALE
Water in industry
TNO
Albert JANSEN
Resource Recovery
Wetsus
Martijn Bijmans
Membrane Technologies
EMH
Gilbert RIOS
Emerging Compounds
Deltares
Harm DUEL
Urban Water Pollution
KWR
Adriana HULSMANN
Bathing Water
KWB
Ulf MIEHE
Agriculture & Irrigation
IRSA
Antonio LOPORTO
Eco-systems Services
Pôle Dream
Gaëtane SUZENET
Green Infrastructure
Deltares
Victor BEUMER
Managing HydroClimatic Extremes in a changing Environment
CEH
Alan JENKINS
Shale Gas
Veolia
Bruno TISSERAND
Techwatch
KWR
Gerard VAN DER BERG
Web services
Web services
WssTP project place
WssTP Observatory
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What is the Observatory?  A vector relational database with a graphic representation
Current status First stage completed. Further relations amongst vector to be
developed.
WssTP Observatory II
MAIN ELEMENTS
 Vectors
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Individuals General personal details
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Companies General WssTP members contact details
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NUTS Regions European
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Technologies  Different technologies within the water sector
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Documents  Relevant documents for the water sector and WssTP
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Projects Past and ongoing projects with WssTP members involvement
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Working Groups Factsheet of the different WssTP WGs
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Events Agenda & Factsheet of the event
 Tags Relevant keywords that facilitate the search of different elements
WssTP Observatory III
INTERESTING INTERECTIONS AMONGST VECTORS
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Companies
Individuals
Projects
Technologies
Docs
WGS
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Tecnologies
Companies
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Events
Docs
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Companies
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Technologies
Docs
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Documents
Companies
Projects
Individuals
WGs
Technologies
Multidirectional relations amongst vectors!!!
Use of tags to see funding scheme
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Projects
Companies
Individuals
Technologies
Docs
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WGs
Companies
Individuals
Docs
Technologies
WssTP Publications
Communication of the WssTP
Examples of research projects supported
and/or inspired by WssTP (FP7)
2009
2011
2010
Prepared
Chemwater
2012
Saph Phani
Demeau
BioEcoSIM
Trust
NetSoc
Ecowama
2013
Demoware
Ecowater
Dessin
Effesus
Desire
Marsol
Water4India
R3Water
Nawades
WaterPipp
P-Rex
WssTP project statistics
FP7 2013 Inno-Demo call (€50M)
Number of proposals submitted
Proposals rewarded
Total number of consortium members
Successful consortium members
133
11
1335
168
Overall WssTP consortium members
54
Successful WssTP Consortium members
29
Success rate total number of consortium members
Success rate WssTP consortium members
Successful consortia coordinated by a WssTP member
Successful consortia with WssTP members
13%
54%
64%
91%
Key Dossiers
WssTP driver behind EIP Water
t.b.c.
10/09/2012
First HLSG
10/05/2012
Announcement
EIP Water
May ‘12
WIE2012 Event
contributes to shape
EIP Water
Commissioner
Potocnik adresses
WssTP members
05/2011
WssTP
presents
demo sites
proposal
06/2011
WssTP hosts EC
Member States’
stakeholder workshop
on EIP
Sept/Oct
Active WssTP
participation in
selection of topics
17/12/2012
Adoption SIP
Nov
WssTP proposals
actions taken up by
EC
10/2011
12/2011
1st EC EIP
stakeholder
workshop
WssTP first to
express support
WssTP facilitates
organization of ETP
workshop on EIP
Water
4/4/2013
Commitment Action
Groups
20/2/2013
WssTP & ERRIN
workshop icw EC on
Action Groups
1/2012
2nd EIP stakeholder
workshop with WssTP
participation in the
programme
Key representation of WssTP
members in EIP Water
High Level Steering Group
Task Force
14 representatives from WssTP members out of 45 Task Force members
European Innovation Partnership
on Water
Some key Partners
European Technology Platforms (ETPs)
cooperation
Water sector coordination
WATER from FP7 to HORIZON
SSH 0,7%
Transport 2,0%
CIP-EIP 0,2%
Space 9,2%
Energy 6,1%
Environment
38,5%
SME 9,4%
Science in
Society 0,2%
€130million per year in FP7
900 projects on Water from
a multidisciplinary sectorial
approach in FP7
Securities 0,7%
NMP 2,9%
Regions KN/CAP
0,7%
KBBE 4,3%
A transdiciplinary and
cross-sectorial approach in
HORIZON 2020
INFRA 5,0%
ICT 6,7%
INCO 0,3%
People 8,2%
ERC 4,6%
Health 0,3%
13th European Forum on Eco-innovation
WATER in HORIZON
European Research Area
SOCIETAL CHALLENGES 31.7 billion €
International
cooperation
 Health, demographic change and wellbeing
 Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and
maritime research and the bioeconomy
 Secure, clean and efficient energy
 Smart, green and integrated transport
 Climate action, Resource Efficiency and Raw
Materials
 Inclusive, innovative and secure societies
Simplified access
INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP 17.9 billion €
 Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
(ICT, nano, materials, bio, manufacturing, space)
 Access to risk finance
 Innovation in SMEs
EXCELLENT SCIENCE 24.6 billion €
Dissemination &
knowledge transfer
 European Research Council
 Future and Emerging Technologies
 Marie Sklodowska Curie actions on skills, training and career
development
 Research infrastructures
European Institute for Innovation and Technology
Supporting EU policy priorities while enhancing synergies and cross-cutting competences
Joint Research Centre
13th European Forum on Eco-innovation
Water becomes
a new oil as the
World runs dry
Thank you
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