Last week, on 5 December in Bologna (Emilia Romagna, Italy), the first LivingLab of the MAR2PROTECT project was publicly launched: The Emilia Romagna Living Lab!
30 external stakeholders, representatives of various organizations, including water utilities, technology providers in the water sector, local governments, environmental protection agencies, universities and civil society organizations met with 10 researchers from the University of Bologna (Italy) 1 from IHE Delft (The Netherlands), and 3 representatives of HERA, one of the major water utilities in Northern Italy and a partner of MAR2PROTECT. During the meeting, participants shared their views on the upcoming challenges with sustainable groundwater management in Emilia Romagna, and co-designed the objectives and planned activities of the Living Lab.
We thank all participants for attending this event and sharing their valuable insights and feedback, and we look forward to working together in this Living Lab!”
