The pollution of our water sources – including rivers, estuaries and coastal ecosystems – by anthropogenic activities is one of the biggest concerns facing the world today. These pollutants, or contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), include chemicals like antibiotics, as well as microorganisms, such as antibiotic resistant bacteria and their antibiotic resistance genes, and are sourced from consumer products, urban areas, agriculture, animal husbandry farms, industry and maritime activities.
The three European Joint Programming Initiatives (JPIs) on Water, Oceans, and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) set up the ERA-Net Cofund AquaticPollutants to carry out the necessary research and innovation to address this challenge. The approach includes two calls:
AquaticPollutantsTransNet supports the funded research projects by:
Pinpoint water stakeholders and governance mechanisms most relevant in addressing aquatic pollutants and identify their knowledge needs that need to be addressed via knowledge transfer channels
Create or identify innovative methods/tools to close the knowledge gaps and improve the transfer of knowledge about CECs, pathogens and AMR to and among the various target groups
Establish synergies between the research projects by identifying and elaborating on cross-cutting issues via co-design/co-creation methods
Facilitate the transfer of research results to key water stakeholders and encourage the uptake of these results
Apply various dissemination and exploitation channels to target various groups, including thematic (non-scientific) groups, political fora, scientific networks and citizens
Achieved through identifying stakeholder groups, defining knowledge needs and demands of these stakeholders, and co-creating innovative methods to support the transfer of research results to each group
Achieved through implementing the results from Theme 1, conducting scientific networking through meetings/workshops, and increasing the knowledge and involvement of stakeholders and citizens
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The AquaticPollutantsTransNet project is a consortium comprised of partners from France (BRGM – French Geological Survey, ACTeon Environment), Germany (DECHEMA – Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (TP coordinator), ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research (sub-contractor)), and Sweden (IVL – Swedish Environmental Research Institute).
DECHEMA is an expert network for chemical engineering, biotechnology and environmental protection. As a non-profit professional society, we represent these fields in science, industry, politics and society. Our focus is on the interface between research and application.
ACTeon is a French research and consulting company that supports the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and policies in the field of freshwater and marine water, mobilising methods and tools from human sciences (sociology, economics, analysis of institutions etc.).
BRGM is a public research institution responsible for supporting the public policy mission for the collection, capitalization and dissemination of knowledge in the field of earth sciences.
IVL is a non-profit limited company, owned by the Stiftelsen Institutet för Vatten- och Luftvårdsforskning (SIVL). IVL’s mission is to provide scientifically-sound solutions to environmental challenges. IVL provides services as well as partakes in and leads research projects.
ISOE is a sustainability research institute that develops scientific bases for decision-making and future-orientated concepts for policy makers, civil society and economy on both regional and international levels.
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