STARS4Water

UNECE ‘Global Workshop on Droughts in Transboundary Basins’ and the 14th Meeting of the ‘Taskforce on Water and Climate’, Geneva Switzerland
2024-02-26 - 2024-02-28 | Palais des Nations, 8, Av. de la Paix 14, Geneva, 1202, Switzerland
The Global Workshop on Droughts in Transboundary Basins is organized under the auspices of the Water Convention serviced by UNECE, under the leadership of the Netherlands and Switzerland, in cooperation with UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the International Network of Basin Organisations (INBO).
The global workshop will bring together water, agriculture, climate and environment communities as well as drought experts to jointly discuss best practices and lessons learned in addressing droughts in transboundary basins.  Working languages of the workshop will be English, French, Russian and Spanish.
The workshop will be followed by the fourteenth meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate under the Water Convention on 28 February 2024, which will review all climate change activities as well as plans for the future under the Convention.
STARS4Water will participated and present in the Workshop.
For more information visit the Workshop webpage
The Workshop Programme is available here

Deltares Hydrology Software Suite – International User Days
2023-11-28 - 2023-12-01 | Deltares Campus in Delft, The Netherlands
Join us for a 4-day event on hydrological modelling. Engage with our global community, gain inspiration from showcases and demos of our software and discover how the water sector can harness the potential of cutting-edge technologies. Participate in hands-on breakout sessions and courses to master the effective use of our hydrological software products.

PROGRAMME
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REGISTRATION
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We look forward to welcoming you in Delft to the Deltares International Hydrology Software User Days!

STARS4Water Annual General Assembly and Steering Group Meetings, Heraklion Crete
2023-10-10 - 2023-10-12
STARS4Water will hold its annual General Assembly meeting in Heraklion Crete on the 10-12th of October 2023. The meeting is organized by Deltares and the Region of Crete, and supported by SEVEN. During this all partners’ meeting will we discuss the up-to-date project progress, will interact across teams and work packages, and will plan ahead for the 2nd year of our project. A field trip to the Messara River Basin Hub is also planned, where the participants will visit the basin area, the Faneromeni Dam and the control room of the Local Land Reclamation Organisation (TOEV) of Zone A’ of Messara, and will have the opportunity to interact with local stakeholders. The Deputy Regional Governor will address an opening speech.

STARS4Water Special Session in the 40th IAHR World Congress: Stakeholder driven unlocking of data for river basin management
2023-08-21 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Room 0.12 / 40th IAHR World Congress, Austria Centre,, Vienna, Austria
Theme:
According to IPCC, worldwide freshwater resources are under increasing pressures of rapidly intensifying climate change effects putting the availability and quality of water resources and socio-economic developments at risk. To face this, better quantitative assessments and projections of the impacts of climate change on the water resources availability and water-related risks for society, ecology and economic sectors are needed, and the activities of the STARS4Water project have the ambition to provide this (EU Grant Agreement 101059372). To this end, STARS4Water develops, delivers and demonstrates new data services and data-driven models for better supporting the decision making on planning on actions for adaptive, resilient and sustainable management of freshwater resources.
Focus of the STARS4Water special session:
During this special session we will have an interactive dialogue between the audience and members of the panel (representing the scientific and river basin organisations community) to discuss the (hampering) uptake of available global data sources (incl. remote sensing) into current river basin planning and climate adaptation studies on the river basin scale.
Based on several questions and propositions, we will discuss the needs of stakeholders in river basins and what knowledge and innovative developments are needed to unlock the full potential of new and under-used datasets that support their work and decision making. Four panellists are invited to provide their experience and knowledge on this topic. Audience members are invited to comment and formulate questions based on their own experiences.
The session starts with a short introduction of the ambition of the STARS4Water project and a sneak preview of the new metadataportal supporting river basin management that is under development in the project.
Session Programme:
To download the session programme click here.

STARS4Water Stakeholders Workshop on the Danube hub
2023-04-19
STARS4Water will hold its 1st Workshop with the stakeholders of the Danube River Basin in Vienna (AT) on the 19th of April 2023. The aim of the STARS4Water Workshop is to present, on one hand, the STARS4Water project scope and where it fits in the Danube River Basin’s own process, and to engage, on the other hand, in a dialogue and a co-development process with the stakeholders. 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.).

STARS4Water Stakeholders Workshop on the Rhine hub
2023-03-29
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.).

STARS4Water Stakeholders Workshop on the Duero hub
2023-03-29
STARS4Water will hold its 1st Workshop with the stakeholders of the Duero River Basin in Arévalo (Ávila, ES) on the 29th of March 2023. The aim of the STARS4Water Workshop is to present, on one hand, the STARS4Water project scope and where it fits in the Duero River Basin’s own process, and to engage, on the other hand, in a dialogue and a co-development process with the stakeholders. During the workshop we will discuss: the main issues for water resources management in the Duero 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, mainly the identification of key indicators.

STARS4Water Stakeholders Workshop on the Drammen hub
2023-03-28
STARS4Water will hold its 1st Workshop with the stakeholders of the Drammen River Basin in Drammen (NOR) on the 28th of March 2023. The aim of the STARS4Water Workshop is to present, on one hand, the STARS4Water project scope and where it fits in the Drammen River Basin’s own process, and to engage, on the other hand, in a dialogue and a co-development process with the stakeholders. During the workshop we will discuss: the main issues for water resources management in the Drammen region under a 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.).

STARS4Water Stakeholders Workshop on the East Anglia hub
2023-03-23
STARS4Water will hold its 1st Workshop with the stakeholders of the East Anglia region in Huntingdon (UK) on the 23rd of March 2023. The Workshop will be held back-to-back with the ‘Water for tomorrow’ event. The aim of the STARS4Water Workshop is to present, on one hand, the STARS4Water project scope and where it fits in the East Anglia’s region own process, and to engage, on the other hand, in a dialogue and a co-development process with the stakeholders. 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.).

STARS4Water Stakeholders Workshop on the Seine hub
2023-02-15
STARS4Water held its 1st Workshop with the EPTB Seine Grands Lacs, stakeholders in the Seine River Basin, in Paris (FR) on the 15th of February 2023. The aim of the workshop was to present, on one hand, the scope of the STARS4Water project and where it fits in the Seine River Basin’s own requirements towards improved water management, and, on the other hand, to engage in a dialogue and a co-development process with the stakeholders. During the workshop, the following was discussed: the main issues for water resources management in the Seine River, and in particular for the management of the upstream reservoirs, under extreme events and a changing climate, the needs for additional data and/or model output information for better operations, and the needs for accessible and actionable information to support planning and decision making.
