STARS4Water will co-create dashboards in 7 river basins, jointly with the competent stakeholders. Dashboards can best be described as a type of graphical user interface or interactive information visualization tool, which can provide a direct, coherent, and intelligible view of data, results, and key performance indicators. Dashboards need to be co-created to ensure that the dashboard coincides well with the stakeholder requirements and needs (fit-for-purpose). Two types of dashboards will be co-created within STARS4Water, based on the specific needs derived from the stakeholders in the 7 river basins:

1. a Generic Dashboard, primarily designed to see how global/less-specific indicators change depending on the various climate and socio-economic scenarios selected within STARS4Water.The generic dashboard will provide basic practical information about the 7 river basins hubs and expected water related changes in each of the river basins. This dashboard unlocks different sources of open global datasets to provide this information, drawing on the pre-defined tier-1 and tier-2 indicators of STARS4Water. The dashboard makes it possible to get a first impression of the status of the basin and compare it with other basins, based on the same information.
2. Tailor-made Dashboards, made for selected river basin hubs, which incorporate specific information relevant to the river basin’s specific context, priorities, and spatial scale. Such tailor-made dashboards empower the river basin stakeholders to enrich their analyses with locally relevant information, fostering more informed decision-making and effective management of water resources. Tailor-made Dashboards will be developed for the Drammen RB in Norway and the Messara RB in Crete – Greece. A wide range of different indicators is determined for each river basin, as different stakeholders have different needs and value different levels of complexity. Currently, conversations with river basin organizations is ongoing, to make final decisions on these tailored version.

More information can be found in the following STARS4Water project Deliverable:
Edler, T. & Mes, E.M. (2024): Dashboard to support decision-making on water resources management at river basin level: prototype. Horizon Europe project STARS4Water. Deliverable 1.4
References: ¹Deltares. (2022). BlueEarth Dashboards: Co-creation of river basin and coastal management plans through participatory development of dashboards. [Deltares report].