
STARS4Water will hold its 1st Workshop with the stakeholders of the Rhine River Basin in Bienne (CH) on the 29th of March 2023. The Workshop will be held back-to-back with the official biannual meeting of the International Commission for the Hydrology of the Rhine Basin (CHR). The CHR is the Rhine commission in which all riparian countries work together to provide a scientific knowledge base for the hydrology of the Rhine catchment area. The CHR makes research results available to scientists, decision-makers and stakeholders in the region. Key organizations in this respect are the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR) and the Central Commission for Navigation of the Rhine (CCNR). The CHR supports them with reliable science-based information for the implementation of guidelines, policy, management and decision-making. The aim of the STARS4Water Workshop is to present, on one hand, the STARS4Water project scope and where it fits in the Rhine River Basin’s own process, and to engage, on the other hand, in a dialogue and a co-development process with the stakeholders represented by the ICPR and CCR secretariats. During the workshop we will discuss: the main issues for water resources management in the Rhine under changing climate, the needs for data and/or modeled information for getting a better understanding of the system, the needs for accessible and actionable information to support planning and decision making (water balances, safe operating space, solutions, etc.).