January 30th
12:00 – Start of registration
12:30 – Lunch
- Welcome, opening, expectations – The workshop co-organisers
- Let’s remember…. the reality we are shedding light on – a roundtable discussion with sectors and decision-making representatives
- Miguel Polo Cebellán, President, Júcar river basin organization (Spain)
- Leon Dhaene, Secretary General, International Scheldt Commission (Belgium)
- Gerard Stroomberg, Director, RIWA-Rijn – Association of River Water Companies (The Netherlands)
- Brian O’Riordan, Policy advisor – Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) Platform (Belgium)
- SETTING THE SCENE – TARGETED TOPIC-SETTING PRESENTATIONS
- Capturing the socio-economic importance of freshwater and marine ecosystems
Rianne van Duinen, ACTeon (France) - Cost recovery and financing
Aude FARNAULT, OECD (France) - Decrypting our future
Gloria de Paoli, ACTeon (France) - Supporting choices and decisions on priority actions
Taher Kahil, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria)
- Capturing the socio-economic importance of freshwater and marine ecosystems
15:15 – Energy break
2. ALL HANDS ON DECK – SHARING EXPERIENCES, IDENTIFYING BOTTLENECKS AND FACTORS FOR SUCCESS,IMAGINING THE WAY FORWARD…
- Capturing the socio-economic importance of freshwater and marine ecosystems
- Cost recovery and financing
- Decrypting our future
- Supporting choices and decisions on priority actions
18:00 – 3. FRESH FROM OUR DISCUSSIONS: KEY ANNOUNCEMENTS! AND CLOSING…
18:15 – Dock for the night – End of day 1
19:00 – Dinner on board
January 31th
09:00 – 4. BACK AT SEA! INTRODUCTION TO DAY 2
09:15 – 5. IF I WOULD NEED TO SAIL AGAIN… (continues from Day 1)
WHAT WOULD I DO DIFFERENTLY? AND HOW COULD IT WORK (BETTER)?
- Capturing the socio-economic importance of freshwater and marine ecosystems – Rianne van Duinen, ACTeon (France)
- Cost recovery and financing –
Aude FARNAULT, OECD (France) - Decrypting our future –
Gloria de Paoli, ACTeon (France) - Supporting choices and decisions on priority actions –
Taher Kahil, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria)
Reporting and discussion
10:30 – Energy break
1. HOIST NEW SAILS TO ADDRESS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES – A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
- Juan P. Velásquez, Department of Design, Linnaeus University: Innovative approaches at the interface between science and art (Sweden)
- Marine Severin, Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: How can (environmental) psychologists help (Belgium)
- Muriel LUX, MERCATOR Ocean: Is there space in our debate for observation, prediction, artificial intelligence… and maybe more? (France)
- With a surprise guest from the virtual world…
12:15 – Lunch breack
- Uncertainty, shocks and resilience
Carlos Mario Gomez, Universidad de Alcala/IMDEA Water, (Spain) - Bringing a natural capital perspective
Rob van der Veeren, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water management (Netherlands). - Social challenges and change of behaviour
Julien Gauthey, Office Français de la Biodiversité (France) - Policy processes and governance
Josefina Maestu, International water economics expert, University of Alcala (Spain)
- Uncertainty, shocks and resilience
- Uncertainty, shocks and resilience
- Supporting policy making with a natural capital perspective
- Social challenges and change of behaviour
- Policy processes and governance
15:00 – Energy break
15:30 – 4. ALL HANDS ON DECK (continued)
16:45 – 5. FRESH FROM OUR DISCUSSIONS: KEY ANNOUNCEMENTS! AND CLOSING…
17:00 – Dock for the night – End of day 2
17:30 – Discovering unknown facets of Rotterdam (Dutch society): enjoying food, drinks and informal talks
20:00 – Back to the SS Rotterdam
February 1st
09:00 – 6. BACK AT SEA! INTRODUCTION TO DAY 3
09:15 – 7. HOW TO BRING NEW PERSPECTIVES TO REAL-LIFE DECISION MAKING? (continues from Day 2)
WHAT WOULD I DO DIFFERENTLY? AND HOW COULD IT WORK (BETTER)
- Uncertainty, shocks and resilience –
Carlos Mario Gomez, Universidad de Alcala/IMDEA Water, (Spain) - Bringing a natural capital perspective –
Rob van der Veeren, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water management (Netherlands). - Social challenges and change of behaviour –
Julien Gauthey, Office Français de la Biodiversité (France) - Policy processes and governancer –
Josefina Maestu, International water economics expert, University of Alcala (Spain)
- Uncertainty, shocks and resilience –
Reporting and discussion
10:20 – Energy break
1. KEY BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE ROAD MAP – FACILITATED DISCUSSION
2. WHO IS INTERESTED IN WHAT? – FIND YOUR NEW PARTNERS … AND THINK OF FUTURE INITIATIVES
1. WHAT EMERGED FROM THE WORKSHOP
- Reflecting on the science-policy interface –
Durk Krol, Water Europe (Belgium) - Refreshing our political economy perspective –
Carlos Mario Gomez & Josefina Maestu, Universidad de Alcala/IMDEA Water (Spain)
- Reflecting on the science-policy interface –
2. THE WAY FORWARD? COMPLEMENTARY PERSPECTIVES WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM:?
- Frédéric Lagneau & Paulus Arnoldus, European Commission, DG Environment – EU freshwater and marine water policies
- Bertrand Vallet, European Commission, DG Research & Innovation
- Ariane Blum, ANR – French National Research Agency : Water4All
- Aude Farnault, OECD : The Global Commission on the economics of water
- Niels Vlaanderen, Coordinator International Water Affairs Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management Directorate-General for Water & Soil Marine and International Water Policy : The UN 2023 Water conference
3. HAS THE WORKSHOP BEEN USEFUL? – A COLLECTIVE EVALUATION
4. WORDS OF THANKS FROM THE WORKSHOP CO-ORGANISERS
13:00 – ALL ASHORE: WE HAVE REACHED OUR DESTINATION… SAFELY! END OF THE WORKSHOP
13:00 – Lunch