1. Global Water System Project (GWSP) Support Mechanism(s)
„Connecting GEOSS and ist Stakeholders in Science and Technology“ 1st GEO/EGIDA Workshop Bonn, 9-11 May 2011
Global Water System Project (GWSP) Support Mechanism(s)
Janos J. Bogardi
Executive Officer GWSP IPO

2. Global Environmental Change Programs

3. ESSP Structure and Activities

4. Complicated structures prove that scientists are not great organizers
Donors (IGFA,NSF, BMBF, WMO, etc)
Sponsors (ICSU, ISSC, UNESCO, UNU, WMO, etc)
ESSP (Earth System Science Partnership) of the 4 Programs (IHDP, IGBP, DIVERSITAS, WCRP) /SC/
4 joint projects (GWSP, GCP, GECHH, GECAFS) /SSC/
4 Programs have several, sometimes shared projects /SSC/

5. Nature of Networking Projects
Very complex funding structure, multiple obligations and potentially contradictory rules and donor expectations
Usually interdisciplinary and international
Maturity (life cycle) of participating projects can differ
Mixture of paid and voluntary contributors
Governance and project cultures and administartions may differ considerably

6. Which glue keeps it together?
Trust and personal affinity
Common objectives and scientific values
Mutual respect
Mutual benefits (win-win)
Complementarity
Donor dictate

7. „Lethal“ ingredients Turf mentality Budget discrepancies
Too much competition
Lack of data and information exchange
Donor jealousy

8. Science Framework and Implementation Activities (GWSP Report No.1.)
Theme 1: Magnitudes and Mechanisms of Change (What are the magnitudes of anthropogenic and environmental changes in the global water system and what are the key mechanisms by which they are induced?)
Theme 2: Linkages and Feedbacks
(What are the main linkages and feedbacks within the earth system arising from changes in the global water system?)
Theme 3: Resilience and Adaptation
(How resilient and adaptable is the global water system to change, and what are sustainable water management strategies?)

9. Medium-term Strategy: Integrated Study Areas
Global Scale Initiative:
Ranking of threats to the GWS, States
and Trajectories of Change
adaptation Strategies
Governance &
Simulation modelling
& scenarios
Observations
Climate change
2. Global Catchment Initiative:
Bringing the global perspective to
river basin research & management
METHODS & TOOLS
SPECIAL INTERESTS
3. Global Water Needs Initiative: Humans and
Nature
GSI: Constructed, Developed, translated
GCI: Define a new set of global-oriented questions for river basin researchers and managers. “A GWS research template” Address and discuss these questions in an international intercomparison of river basins.
Educate water managers & other stakeholders about the importance of global change on the catchment scale.
What are the types and magnitude of potential changes in particular catchments due to climate change?
GWNI: Develop a global consensus on assessment of environmental flow needs.
Valuate freshwater ecosystem goods and services.
Devise strategies for harmonising water needs of humans and nature
Policy Outreach & Capacity Building

10. New initiatives launched at the 7th GWSP-SSC meeting in 2009
The Water and Climate Change Mitigation Link
Water and Migration
Water and Health (with GECHH)
National Water Stress/Susceptibility Report Cards (potentially with GEWEX and UN Water)

11. How to build the GWSP Community
The concept of endorsed projects
Projects of high scientific quality, addressing themes matching the GWSP Scientific Framework, science driven, global perspective, scientifically integrative, freshwater focussed, fostering the goals of ESSP and the GEC programs, multi party, international, scale medium watersheds and above, interdisciplinary, considering human dimensions
Submitted request of association is judged by the SSC which invites the projects for a certain duration

12. Endorsed (associated) projects
Set of actually active endorsed projects:
Twin2Go (EU funded), Univ. Osnabrück
WATCH – Water MIP (EU funded), Wallingford &Wageningen UR
Consistent assessment of global green, blue and virtual water flows in food production (DFG funded), PIK Potsdam

13. GWSP Products Peer reviewed papers Reports Workshops – special issues
Conferences
Lectures and presentations
Newsletter
Digital Water Atlas
Data bases (GranD, etc)
IS GWSP a STAKEHOLDER?

14. GWSP-DIVERSITAS-ESSP paper in Nature Sept. 2010
Prevailing Patterns of Threat to Human Water Security and Biodiversity

15. Digital Water Atlas

16. Unexpected feedback after a public lecture