Today, Water Europe co-chaired Ecomondo 2021, the benchmark event in Europe for technological and industrial innovation. The event, held on 26-29 October 2021, brings together all sectors of the circular economy to help companies become world leaders in innovation, promoting the development of an innovative and sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Our Director of Operations, Andrea Rubini co-hosted the “European Horizon2020 systemic actions for water-smart circular cities, regions and industries” session, held today at 10:00 – 13:00. The focus of the workshop revolved around the promotion of living lab gathering several local and territorial innovative case studies.
Water is transversal in systemic strategies for circular transition and sustainable development of cities, regions, industries and communities. Green, grey and digital solutions, combined with proper governance and business approaches are being developed in Horizon2020 Innovation Actions and can make a crucial socio-economic impact towards the Green Deal objectives.
A variety of ongoing EU-funded projects took the floor during the Workshop to present their outstanding work and objectives and offering interesting solutions within the topic. The Water Europe’s projects that joined the session were: AquaSPICE, B-Water Smart, HYDROUSA, and NextGen Water.
