Water Innovation Europe 2020 – NextGen Water

Water Europe took its entire event digital 22-26 June, total with an ingenious exhibit location, which included NextGen.

The digital nature of the occasion imposed by COVID-19 pandemic brought a fresh sense of seriousness to the sessions and connected with a major policy paper related to the EU’s ‘Green Deal’, Horizon Europe and waters place in our recovery and relationship with the environment.

The Water Europe 2020-2027 vision for the Horizon Europe programme sets out the urgency of these concerns strongly.

“Water is the “life-blood” of our economy, markets, societal functions, nature as well as health and wellness of our residents. Without water whatever else in the 69.8 Trillion Euro international economy would stop working. 75% of our jobs depend on water and water crises rank amongst the top 5 international threats in regards to effect.” is says