Practical and scientific knowledge related to hydrogeology research and innovation are scattered amongst various actors in Europe. The KINDRA project (Knowledge Inventory for hydrogeology research, Grant Agreement No. 642047) aims at taking stock of this knowledge with the help of an inventory of research results, activities, projects and programmes, and then use the inventory to identify critical research challenges and gaps, with a view to avoiding overlaps. This approach takes into account the implementation of the WFD and new innovation areas within integrated water resources management, allowing at EU scale the future correct management and policy development of groundwater. KINDRA (www.kindraproject.eu) is funded by the European Commission’s HORIZON2020 Framework Programme. The overall duration of the project is 36 months. Work under its domain is divided into five work packages (Methodology framework development, Data collection processing, Research gaps recommendations, Dissemination communication and Project management) and started in January, during a kick-off meeting held in La Palma.
Partnership
Project Coordinator: Universita Degli Studi di Roma la Sapienza, Italy
European Federation of Geologists, Belgium
Agencia de Medio Ambiente y Agua de Andalucia, Spain
La Palma Research Centre for Future Studies S.L., Spain
Miskolci Egyetem, Hungary
GEUS – Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Project Coordinator
Marco Petitta, Associate Professor of Hydrogeology
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università La Sapienza di Roma
Email: marco.petitta@uniroma1.it
