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MAGIC Moving Towards Adaptive Governance in Complexity:

Informing Nexus Security

GA No. 689669, Funding type RIA

Deliverable number (relative in

WP) D1.5

Deliverable name: Synergy Exploitation Plan – First Revision

WP / WP number: WP1

Delivery due date: Project month 6 (30/11/2016)

Actual date of submission: Original submission: 28/11/2016; Revision: 15 November 2017

Dissemination level: public

Lead beneficiary: UAB

Responsible scientist/administrator: Violeta Cabello Villarejo (UAB)

Estimated effort (PM): 2.0 PM

Contributor(s): Violeta Cabello Villarejo (UAB), Mario Giampietro (UAB), Sandra G.F. Bukkens (UAB), Samuele Lo Piano (UAB), Maddalena Ripa (UAB), Zora Kovacic (UAB), Louisa Di Felice (UAB), Kirsty Blackstock (HUTTON), Kerry Waylen (HUTTON), Roger Strand (UiB), Luis Zamarioli (CA)

Estimated effort contributor(s) (PM): UAB 1.7 PM; HUTTON 0.1 PM; UiB 0.1 PM; CA 0.1 PM

Internal reviewer: Mario Giampietro (coordinator)

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1. Changes with respect to the DoA None.

2. Dissemination and uptake The Synergy Exploitation Plan is predominantly intended for internal use within the MAGIC project consortium to guide the activities of synergy exploitation. It will be shared with the sister project SIM4NEXUS, with whom earlier drafts were already exchanged.

3. Short Summary of results The Synergy Exploitation Plan summarizes the planning and monitoring of the exploitation of

synergies with relevant EU Projects, in particular SIM4NEXUS, and various other Water-Energy-Food

Nexus initiatives. These synergies include regular exchange of information, joint participation in

relevant conferences and policy events, alignment of dissemination activities and social media

campaigns, joint preparation of policy briefs or exchange and consolidation of results for related

case studies. Synergy activities also seek to contribute to the involvement of relevant stakeholders in

the Nexus Dialogue Space of MAGIC.

The present Synergy Exploitation Plan is a (first) revision of the original plan that was submitted on 28/11/2016. It describes the evolvement of the activities originally proposed and motivates why certain activities have been abandoned and others added. The time-line (months 18-30) and contingency measures have been updated.

4. Evidence of accomplishment The enclosed report.

Horizon 2020 Societal challenge 5:

Climate action, environment, resource

efficiency and raw materials

www.magic-nexus.eu

Deliverable 1.5

Synergy Exploitation Plan

Contributors:

Violeta Cabello Villarejo (UAB), Mario Giampietro (UAB), Sandra G.F. Bukkens

(UAB), Samuele Lo Piano (UAB), Maddalena Ripa (UAB), Zora Kovacic (UAB),

Louisa Jane Di Felice (UAB), Kirsty Blackstock (HUTTON), Kerry Waylen

(HUTTON), Roger Strand (UiB), Luis Zamarioli (CA)

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Content

Content ............................................................................................................................................. 2

Document history .............................................................................................................................. 3

List of Acronyms ................................................................................................................................ 4

List of Tables ..................................................................................................................................... 4

1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 5

2. Synergies with SIM4NEXUS .................................................................................................... 6

3. Synergies with other WEF Nexus-related projects and initiatives............................................ 8

3.1. Other EU-funded Nexus projects .................................................................................... 9

3.2. EU Projects related to MAGIC’s policy areas and innovations.......................................... 9

3.3. ETPs, EIPs and JPIs ........................................................................................................ 10

3.4. Other Relevant WEF-Nexus initiatives........................................................................... 12

3.5. Strategy to exploit synergies with WEF-Nexus and related initiatives ............................ 14

4. Synergy Plan Timeline M18-M30 .......................................................................................... 16

5. Monitoring and evaluation ................................................................................................... 17

References .................................................................................................................................. 18

Annex 1 Selected list of EU-funded projects with a focus on the water-energy-(food) nexus

and/or on EU policy areas or innovations of interest to MAGIC ……….…………………………………………….19

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Document history

HISTORY OF CHANGES

Version Publication date Change

1.0 25.11.2016 Initial version

1.1 15.11.2017

First revision: Update on the synergies with SIM4NEXUS (section

2); expansion and update of the synergies with other projects and

initiatives (section 3); updated timeline (M18-M30) (section 4);

updated Annex 1

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List of Acronyms

EC – European Commission

EIP – European Innovation Partnership

EU – European Union

IIASA – International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

IRENA – The International Renewable Energy Agency

JPI – Joint Programming Initiative

MAGIC – Moving towards Adaptive Governance In Complexity

MuSIASEM – Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism

SEP – Synergy Exploitation Plan

WEF-Nexus – Water-Energy-Food Nexus

WssTP – Water and Sanitation Technology Platform

List of Tables

Table 1 Strategies to exploit synergies with different initiatives ....................................................... 15

Table 2 Gantt chart of synergy exploitation activities − months 18-30 (01/11/2017– 30/11/2018) ... 17

Table 3 Monitoring criteria for impact assessment of the SEP .......................................................... 18

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1. Introduction

The Synergy Exploitation Plan (SEP) summarizes the planning and monitoring of activities related to

Task 1.4 Coordination/Synergies with Relevant EU Projects and Other Initiatives that will take place

during the entire duration of the project. The task is part of Work Package 1 (Management) and

covers the interaction with related projects and initiatives, especially the sister project SIM4NEXUS

funded under the same WATER-2b-2015 call as MAGIC. This first revision of the SEP also covers the

evolvement of the proposed activities during the first year of project implementation and

corresponding adjustments in the proposed course of action.

The concept of Water-Energy-Food Nexus (WEF-Nexus), key to the project MAGIC, flags the

interconnectedness of problems related to the human use of finite natural resources, of their

governance regimes and of the biophysical and geopolitical contexts in which these problems ripen.

The science and policy realms are sensitive to the new wave of knowledge needs that is arising from

the new inter-sectoral approach, and motley research projects devoted to key WEF-Nexus

challenges are emerging around the globe. MAGIC is one of the prominent commitments of the

European Commission on the search for new avenues to understand, analyze and generate

adequate policy responses to this type of challenges in the EU context. As such, it cannot be isolated

from the rich network of related initiatives, since cooperation and reciprocity are safe means to

guarantee a higher impact and effectiveness in the actions that the project aspires to implement.

The SEP will specifically contribute to MAGIC’s key objective of generating and testing new

narratives to render mainstream salient terms such as ‘Nexus-analysis’, ‘Nexus-security’ and ‘Nexus-

consistency’. For this purpose, the creation of new analytical tools by itself is insufficient because in

order to be influential they must be embedded in socially-defined processes of decision-making.

Dialogue spaces need to be opened with a wide variety of initiatives and dissemination strategies

enacted in the context of a community building exercise transcending mechanistic scientist-policy

maker separation (Funtowicz and Strand 2007), but taking full advantage of the rich spectrum of

actors and institutions active in the WEF-Nexus. For this reason MAGIC will also devote this task to

initiating and maintaining a network of contacts working on WEF-Nexus issues at different scales and

in different contexts, actively looking for and where possible implementing fruitful synergies during

the project and after its conclusion. Amongst these synergies are regular exchange of information,

joint participation in relevant conferences and policy events, alignment of dissemination activities

and social media campaigns, joint preparation of policy briefs or exchange and consolidation of

results for related case studies.

The proposed strategy for exploitation of synergies with relevant EU projects and other initiatives is

roughly divided along two lines:

To coordinate and create synergies with the sister project SIM4NEXUS;

To position MAGIC into the current constellation of WEF-Nexus initiatives and create a

sustainable network for collaboration with relevant WEF-Nexus initiatives at national, pan-

European and United Nations levels.

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2. Synergies with SIM4NEXUS

The primary focus of the synergy activities is directed to the sister project SIM4NEXUS. The following

strategies for synergy have been identified in agreement with the coordinator of SIM4NEXUS:

1) Exchange of information on project progress: SIM4NEXUS (Floor Brouwer) and MAGIC (Mario

Giampietro) are represented on each other’s External Advisory Board. This ensures that they

actively follow each other’s project evolution by attending Project Progress and Advisory

Board Meetings, and provide relevant input when and where needed. In addition, regular

skype meetings are held in regard to the specific joint activities listed below.

2) Alignment, exchange and consolidation of project results: The two projects have selected

one common case study, which both projects are elaborating by applying their different

approaches and methods. The selected case focuses on the potential of biomass (energy

crops) and biofuels to replace nonrenewable energy sources in the Netherlands.

Methodologies employed and results obtained will be compared and discussed in one or

more joint papers, possibly as part of a special issue of a scientific journal. Joint

presentation of the results at a local event in the Netherlands is also planned in the last year

of the project (2019-2020).

MAGIC will approach the common case by first applying MuSIASEM to assess the extent of

externalization of required ‘production factors’ (land, labor, water, energy) in the Dutch

economy because of imports. This first step will identify and quantify the implications of the

terms of trade that hide the existence of biophysical internal constraints on the expression

of the metabolic pattern of the Dutch economy (building on the work in WP4). The analysis

consists in: (1) Use of the End-Use Matrix to identify the input flows (food, energy and water

inputs) in the different sectors of the Dutch economy; (2) Calculation of the corresponding

requirements of water, energy, land, and labor for each of these consumed inputs; (3)

Tracking the inputs that are imported and calculating the embodied (virtual) quantities of

labor, land, energy and water in these flows. This system of accounting identifies ‘what

element of society is using which inputs, why and how’ and provides the basis for a flexible

quantitative analysis in support of policy discussions. In a second phase, the MuSIASEM

analysis will be translated into Quantitative Storytelling in relation to the specific policy

narrative proposed by SIM4NEXUS, that is replacement of nonrenewable energy by biomass

(energy crops and biofuels) to achieve a low-carbon economy, and the corresponding policy

interventions and technological innovations (which SIM4NEXUS will propose by the end of

2017). The second phase relates to WP5-Task 5.3 Quality check energy and WP6-Task 6.2

Innovation biofuels.

SIM4NEXUS, on the other hand, will examine the potential of biomass in achieving a low-

carbon economy in the Netherlands by 2050. The study includes a participatory approach

(including business and policy), examining opportunities and threats of increasing the role of

biomass.

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A first meeting to align work between the MAGIC and SIM4NEXUS partners involved in the

common case study is planned in February 2018 (MAGIC: UAB, WU, UT; SIM4NEXUS: WUR-

LEI, PBL, UNESCO-IHE).

Although SIM4NEXUS defines it cases on a geographic basis and MAGIC on a thematic basis

(policy, innovation) it is very well possible that other common grounds (e.g., water-saving

irrigation and/or alternative water sources in water-scarce areas) will emerge during the

course of the project that will lend itself for joint presentation and/or publication.

3) Joint organization of a European policy workshop: The two projects will organize a policy

workshop in Brussels in the first half of 2018 around the theme “Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Policy Challenges”. This event was originally planned for November 2017 but postponed

because timely commitment of invited speakers from DG AGRI and DG ENVI could not be

obtained. The policy workshop aims at stimulating and improving dialogue between

policymakers and scientists with regard to the Nexus (mutual learning process).

4) Joint organization of a clustering event: The two projects will organize a clustering event in

2018 with the aim to identify common challenges and synergies among EU nexus projects

and initiatives, and to explore the possibility of establishing an (open) European Nexus

platform. The clustering event will possibly be linked to either the policy workshop (see

point #3 above) or the science event (see point #5 below).

5) Joint organization of a science event: The two project consortia will organize a joint science

event in the third year of the projects (2018-19), in the form of a special session of an

international conference. The focus of the event will be on reaching a common

understanding of the Nexus, and on comparing and complementing approaches and

methodologies. The event will either be directly linked to the clustering event or build on its

outcomes.

6) Joint participation in workshops, conferences, and other events, possibly upon suggestion of

the Project Advisor, to promote the visibility and outputs of the projects. MAGIC and

SIM4NEXUS have already jointly participated in the workshop “Understanding the Water-

Energy Nexus: Integrated Water and Power System Modelling”, organized by the European

Commission and the US Department of Energy, September 28-29, 2016, at the DG Joint

Research Centre's Laboratories, Ispra, Italy; the European Geosciences Union (EGU) general

assembly, 23-28 April 2017, Vienna; and the first meeting of the Energy Modelling Platform

for Europe (EMP-E), hosted on 17-18 May 2017 by the European Commission DG Research &

Innovation in Brussels.

Further joint participation to disseminate the projects’ results is planned in the ‘Nexus 2018:

Water, Food, Energy and Climate’ conference (April 2018, Chapel Hill, NC), and the EU side

event of the COP24 in Katowice, Poland (3-14 December 2018). Other possibilities,

depending on location, topics and costs, include the annual editions of the EU Sustainable

Energy Week (www.eusew.eu/), the European Geosciences Union General Assembly, and

the SIWI World Water Week, and the biennial editions of the Conference on Sustainable

Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES), the European Society

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for Ecological Economics, and the International Conference on Environmental Science and

Technology (CEST).

Other local opportunities (e.g., Spain, Netherlands) may present themselves and, depending

on available projects results, will be explored in due time. One such opportunity is the X

Iberian Congress for Water Management and Planning (Porto, October 2018; in

Spanish/Portuguese).

7) Alignment of other communication and dissemination activities:

Joint policy briefs – One or more joint policy briefs will be released in the second half

of the project in relation to the Nexus approach, the common case study, and possibly

other common grounds.

Joint popular (non-scientific) publications − SIM4NEXUS and MAGIC have jointly

prepared an article for the quarterly journal PEN Science & Technology of Pan

European Networks. Other possible channels for joint outreach are being explored.

Joint twitter and social-media campaigns − Both projects are active on Twitter

(@MAGIC_NEXUS; @SIM4NEXUS) and Facebook and plan to launch specific joint

campaigns around key project results or events, such as the joint policy workshop,

clustering event, and science event, to improve their visibility and effectiveness.

MAGIC terminated its involvement in and joint lead of the Water-Food-Energy-Biodiversity Nexus

Working Group of the Water Supply and Sanitation Platform (WssTP), after one year of participation.

The compulsory WssTP membership fee of 3.000 €/year resulted a major obstacle for participation

in the WG, not least for the MAGIC consortium itself. Given the limited number and poor diversity

of participants in the Nexus WG (mostly limited to SIM4NEXUS and MAGIC consortium partners), it

was not considered cost-effective to continue. In addition, the MAGIC consortium did not feel

comfortable with the obligation of having to advocate the WssTP Strategic Innovation and Research

Agenda (SIRA).

3. Synergies with other WEF Nexus-related projects and initiatives

This section commences the map of WEF-Nexus-related initiatives that are potentially relevant for

synergies with MAGIC. The map is continuously updated and expanded in parallel with project

progress and project-network growth. In addition, a more detailed analysis of similarities and

differences with these initiatives will be undertaken during the course of the project with the aim of

maximizing the impact of synergistic efforts.

While at the onset of MAGIC synergy efforts were focused on projects and initiatives that explicitly

address the WEF Nexus or at least two of its components, it has become evident during the first year

of project activities that widening the interaction to include projects and initiatives broadly related

to the policy areas and innovations addressed by MAGIC can produce reciprocal benefits.

Coordination and Support Actions (CSA) in particular offer potential for synergies with regard to

stakeholder involvement for selected policies and innovations.

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3.1. Other EU-funded Nexus projects

Several other EU-funded projects have been identified that specifically address the water-energy-

food nexus, or the energy-water nexus (see Annex 1), the majority of these with a geographical focus

on the Mediterranean area. (Annex 1 is far from exhaustive and will be expanded during the course

of the project.) These projects offer opportunities for synergy exploitation with regard to

innovations in industry (e.g., energy efficiency of industrial water uses –ENERGYWATER,

WATERWATT– and waste water treatment plants–ENERWATER), the development of alternative

energy technologies (e.g., development of water-efficient CSP plants −WASCOP– and solar thermal

energy for desalinisation−STAGE-STE) and agriculture (energy and water efficient

irrigation−WEAM4i, MADFORWATER), as well as with regard to dissemination and networking (e.g.,

IC4WATER, 4PRIMA, MEDSPRING, 5TOI_4EWAS). By far the most interesting projects for synergy

exploitation are DAFNE, given its similarity in project objectives, and 5TOI 4EWAS, given that it is also

coordinated by the UAB.

DAFNE (“Use of a Decision-Analytic Framework to explore the water-energy-food Nexus in complex

and trans-boundary water resources systems of fast growing developing countries”,

http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/203272_es.html, coordinated by the Swiss Federal Institute of

Technology (ETH), project duration 01-09-2016 to 31-08-2020): DAFNE focuses on the development

of a decision-analytic-framework to quantitatively assess the social, economic, and environmental

impact of expanding energy (hydropower) and food production in complex physical and political

contexts, where natural and social processes are strongly interconnected and the institutional

setting involves multiple stakeholders and decision-makers. DAFNE explicitly explores the water-

energy-food Nexus at the river basin level, namely the Zambezi and Omo rivers in Africa. While this

geographic area (Africa) in itself is not of direct interest to MAGIC, the project is relevant for the

exploitation of synergies with regard to the development of a decision-analytical framework at the

level of the river basin/watershed. Claudia Pahl-Wostl, director of the Institute of Environmental

Systems Research (IUSF) of the University of Osnabrück, DAFNE consortium partner, serves on

MAGIC’s Advisory Board. Attempts to involve DAFNE in a joint proposal to the Global Challenges

Research Fund (GCRF) through MAGIC’s UK partner HUTTON were unsuccessful. Other opportunities

for synergy will be explored, but the distinct targets and stakeholders of the two projects (EU versus

international development) do present an obstacle.

5TOI 4EWAS (“Quintuple Helix Approach to Targeted Open Innovation in Energy, Water, Agriculture

in the South Mediterranean Neighborhood”, http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/204477_en.html,

coordinated by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, project duration 01-05-2016 to 30-04-2019).

Mario Giampietro (coordinator UAB) joined the Nexus Think Tank of the project 5TOI_4EWAS in

January 2017, and actively contributes to their position papers. 5TOI 4EWAS provides an interesting

network of potential partners for applying to forthcoming PRIMA calls.

3.2. EU Projects related to MAGIC’s policy areas and innovations

During its first year, MAGIC (jointly with SIM4NEXUS) participated in the First Meeting of the Energy

Modelling Platform for Europe (EMP-E), organized by the H2020 project REEEM, and hosted on 17-

18 May 2017 by the European Commission DG Research & Innovation in Brussels. The objective of

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this first EMP-E meeting was to provide a peer-reviewed digest of model and policy insights for

European energy scenario projects. Key themes highlighted in the meeting were the ‘energy union’,

‘GHG mitigation targets’, ‘transparency’, ‘scenario definitions’ and the ‘SET Plan’. MAGIC will also be

participating in a workshop of the H2020 project “EU Calculator: Trade-offs and pathways towards

sustainable and low-carbon European Societies” (EUCALC) in December 2018 to explore the social

impacts of climate change mitigation in Europe. In addition, MAGIC is exploring to participate in a

H2020 sandpit event of SHAPEENERGY. These initiatives are of interest to MAGIC with regard to its

focus on EU Energy and Climate Policy in WP5.

Further participation in initiatives of other H2020 projects that focus on the policy areas and

innovations addressed by MAGIC (WP5 and WP6) will be actively explored by its consortium partners

during the second half of the project and are expected to support the stakeholder engagement

strategy for WP5 and WP6 activities. Projects of potential interest include SUPEMA (with regard to

the Common Agricultural Policy); THINKNATURE (environmental policy); CIRCULAR IMPACTS (circular

economy); REEEM, REFLEX, MEDEAS, SET-Nav, SHAPE-ENERGY, EUCALC and INNOPATHS (energy

policy, climate) (See Annex 1).

3.3. ETPs, EIPs and JPIs

During the last decade, the European Commission (EC) has put significant effort in sustaining an

active ecosystem of public-private partnerships for the development and implementation of the EU

strategy for research and innovation. Several supporting structures (European Technology Platforms

(ETP), Joint Programming Initiatives (JPI) and European Innovation Partnerships (EIP)) have been

created attending to specific policy-relevant topics with the aim of coordinating and maximizing the

impact of public investments in the consecutive Framework Programs. Several of these initiatives

relate to the water-energy-food nexus and are of potential interest for MAGIC to create synergies:

Relevant ETPs

Among the relevant European Technology Platforms, the WssTP has already been mentioned in

section 2. Other ETPs that are of potential interest include the European Biofuels Technology

Platform in relation to Task 6.2 Innovation Biofuels (WP 6), and the Zero Emissions Platform in

relation to Task 6.7 Innovation EU low-carbon strategy (WP 6).

EIP WATER

The European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Water is one of five EIP initiatives launched by the EC

within the EU 2020 Innovation Union. The EIP Water facilitates the development of innovative

solutions to address major European and global water challenges. At the same time, the EIP Water

supports the creation of market opportunities for these innovations, both inside and outside of

Europe. The platform has 29 action groups focused on specific Priority Areas. The following action

groups in the Priority Area Water-Energy Nexus are of interest for MAGIC:

Renewable Energy Desalination (http://www.eip-water.eu/RE_Desalination), relevant in

relation to Task 6.6 Innovation Alternative Water Sources (WP 6). MAGIC partner ITC is

already a member of this action group.

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Industrial Water Re-use and Recycling (http://www.eip-water.eu/InduRe), also potentially

relevant with regard to Task 6.6 mentioned above.

Water for Energy Framework (http://www.eip-water.eu/W4EF)

However, initial contacts show that not all of these action groups are very active.

EIP Water also runs the website My Marketplace, which is an important hub for networking and

dissemination of water research projects in Europe. It connects projects, people, organisations,

products and services. MAGIC has already been added to the repository (http://www.eip-

water.eu/projects/magic-moving-towards-adaptive-governance-complexity-informing-nexus-

security).

EIP AGRI

EIP AGRI focusses on innovation challenges for a sustainable agriculture in Europe and around the

world. This platform is very active and provides regular up-to-date information on relevant events

and initiatives in the form of a newsletter. There are 21 focus groups, two of which are of potential

relevance for MAGIC:

Benchmarking of Farm Productivity and Sustainability Performance – this focus group could

be a potential valuable source of data for the Nexus Information Space, although first

explorations show that data are predominantly of economic nature only.

Water & agriculture – this group focusses on proposing adaptive strategies for dealing with

water scarcity at the farm level and could be a potential source of stakeholders for MAGIC’s

(new) innovation “Saving water in irrigation” (WP6).

AGRI-ENV Task Force on Water

In early 2017, DG AGRI and DG ENV established a Task Force on Water to develop a long-term

alliance between different Commission services. The task force looks at various ways of improving

water sustainability in EU agriculture in a cross-sectoral manner through an improvement in the

implementation of existing legislation, boosting necessary investment and spreading best practice

(as detailed in a speech of Commissioner Phil Hogan). MAGIC will seek synergies with these ongoing

efforts within the EC in relation to the nexus between water and agricultural policies. One of the

specific aims of the AGRI-ENV Task Force on Water is to reinforce the role of the EIP network and

specifically the collaboration between EPI AGRI and EPI WATER groups. As detailed in the Story Map

developed by the AGRI-ENV Task Force, EIP AGRI in particular has several operational groups related

to the work of the Task Force, some of them in MAGIC-targeted case study areas. Once the case

studies for WP5 and WP6 are set up (by the end of 2017), MAGIC will contact relevant operational

groups and seek collaboration in relation to the project research activities. MAGIC will also follow

the announced development (in 2018) of a ‘Knowledge Hub on Water and Agriculture’ by the AGRI-

ENVI Task Force in collaboration with the EU Joint Research Centre.

JPI WATER

The Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) on Water, launched in 2010, gathers Member States

representatives with the aim of improving the effectiveness of water research and innovation to

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meet the objective of achieving sustainable water systems in Europe. It is a relevant actor in the

structure of the Horizon 2020 program and works in close collaboration with both EIP Water and

WssTP. According to the new EU research and innovation strategy, the partnership between

European Commission and Member States will be improved, and designated EC representatives

belonging to various Directorates-General (DGs) will actively participate in the works of the

European Technology Platforms, of the Joint Programming Initiatives and European Innovation

Partnerships. Therefore, the JPI is an important synergy partner for MAGIC, not only for gaining

visibility but also for engaging with stakeholders from relevant DGs with whom they maintain

contact.

JPI runs an intense activity on systematization, dissemination and networking of water research in

Europe, as well as on training on several aspects such as improving impact and effectiveness of

water research. (On 24 September 2016, Violeta Cabello from the UAB team joined a webinar

organized jointly by JPI and EIP water on how to maximize the impacts of innovation.) It pursues its

own Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda with a different yet complementary vision than the

one of WssTP. In addition, the platform has two important dissemination tools: (i) a project database

where European research projects can be searched by country, institution or researcher; (ii) a

recently added open data platform where all the open access publications, models, data, videos or

events resulting from European projects are being gathered and made accessible to any citizen. Due

to consistent problems with the JPI website, MAGIC has not yet been added to the database.

The Water JPI also organizes joint calls for funding, such as the current Water JPI 2017 Transnational

Joint Call “Water resource management in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development

Goals”, which are closely monitored for eligibility for participation.

3.4. Other Relevant WEF-Nexus initiatives

During the past several years, the concept of WEF Nexus has gained prominence and a host of nexus

initiatives has been launched within the EU, notably in the UK. The following list is far from

exhaustive and only attempts to summarize those initiatives that appear promising for synergy

exploitation.

The Water, Energy & Food Security Resource Platform

At the international level, the Water, Energy & Food Security Resource Platform currently leads the

networking endeavors of Nexus initiatives. The platform was launched in 2011 after the Conference

“The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus–Solutions for the Green Economy” took place in Bonn,

Germany. It is funded by the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and the

European Union and serves as an independent global WEF-Nexus information hub. So far, most of its

research focus has been located in the Middle East and North Africa Region as well as in Latin

America and the Caribbean but their interviews and blog sections cover many other regions as well.

In addition to information on WEF-Nexus research projects, the platform website includes: (i) a

calendar of relevant WEF-Nexus conferences and events; (ii) a rich section of resources with all sorts

of information formats such as documents, publications, videos, policy documents, organizations,

case studies or infographics. Both of these are extremely useful, both for dissemination and

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synergies exploitation, and to feed the project list of conferences to attend as well as to gain

visibility of the different outputs expected from the MAGIC research activities by sharing them on

the platform.

Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area

PRIMA, Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area, is a joint program for

research and innovation on the WEF-Nexus in Mediterranean countries. Recently launched in 2014,

a network of 15 countries are participating (including Spain, Germany and Italy, which are

represented in MAGIC) and will open future calls for research proposals from 2018 to 2028. This

provides an excellent opportunity to seek new synergies, once MAGIC has reached its midterm, and

potentially join other partnerships within the programme.

The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is another important organisation to

develop synergies with because of its specific complex systems approach. In particular, IIASA has

recently launched a new project entitled Integrated Solutions for Water, Energy, and Land (ISWEL).

The project aims to identify solutions for nexus challenges in selected regions of the world linking

them to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. MAGIC has established firm

contacts with the coordinators of the ISWEL project. Future synergy activities are being jointly

explored. Last August 2016, IIASA organised a five days training workshop on Evidence Based Policy

together with the European Commission and the African Union. The workshop was attended by

Violeta Cabello from the UAB team, who presented the MAGIC project at the event.

Fundación Canal

Canal de Isabel II in Madrid recently published the first book on the WEF-Nexus situation and

challenges in Spain (Willaarts et al. 2016). This work presents relevant synergy options for the case

studies of MAGIC as well as SIM4NEXUS in this country. The first author of this work, Barbara

Willaarts, is now Project Manager of IIASA’s Integrated Solutions for Water, Energy and Land (ISWEL)

project (see above).

The International Renewable Energy Agency

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is an “intergovernmental organisation that

supports countries in their transition to a sustainable energy future, and serves as the principal

platform for international co-operation, a centre of excellence, and a repository of policy,

technology, resource and financial knowledge on renewable energy” (IRENA website accessed

October 2016). Even though its focus is on renewable energy, IRENA published in 2015 one of the

most significant systematic reviews of WEF-Nexus research and policy challenges (see Ferroukhi et

al. 2015) with the aim of promoting the role of these technologies to address WEF-Nexus challenges.

Given the international reach of this platform and its technological innovation focus, it is a potential

synergy partner for MAGIC activities.

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The Nexus Network

The United Kingdom is one of the countries where paramount attention is being paid to WEF-Nexus

issues on the science & policy interface. A leader initiative in this endeavor is the Nexus Network, co-

led by the University of Sussex, in partnership with the University of East Anglia and the Cambridge

Institute for Sustainability Leadership. The network is funded by the UK Economic and Social

Research Council (ESRC) and brings together researchers, policy makers, business leaders and civil

society to develop collaborative projects and improve decision making, running different types of

Nexus related projects with a particular focus on African countries and Ireland. In addition to the

above-mentioned universities, the STEPS Centre is another partner in this network that is of

particular interest for MAGIC given its focus on transdisciplinary sustainability research. MAGIC’s UK

partner HUTTON maintains contact with these research centers.

Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity across the Nexus

The Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity across the Nexus (CECAN), hosted by the University of

Surrey, UK, aims to pioneer, test and promote innovative evaluation approaches and methods across

nexus problem domains, such as biofuel production or climate change, where food, energy, water

and environmental issues intersect. In as such, this Centre presents an opportunity for synergy

exploitation.

Other UK Nexus initiatives

Potentially interesting nexus research projects, identified in the specific UK context, include:

WEFWEBs − aims to ‘map the nexus’ in various meanings of the word with a particular focus

on waste management.

Stepping up −Sustainability for Water, Energy and Food − focuses on showcasing how to

scale up nexus-friendly innovations using agent-based modelling.

Vaccinating the Nexus − focuses on “nexus shocks” and “WEF security” assessment in a wide

range of scenarios.

3.5. Strategy to exploit synergies with WEF-Nexus and related initiatives

The following table shows the proposed strategies to exploit synergies with the different identified

initiatives.

EU H2020 Projects

EU Projects Regular exchange of information with regard to project results and events

Participation, where possible and relevant, in partner events

Invitation to participate in MAGIC events

Exchange of analytical materials produced

Access to databases (if any)

Dissemination of MAGIC’s events, newsletter and other materials, and

vice versa

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ETP – JPI – EIP

EIP WATER Regularly update information on MAGIC in the project database ‘My

Marketplace’; Contact relevant Nexus initiatives in the database for

exchange of information and dissemination

Participate in the action group for Renewable Energy Desalination (ITC is

member)

Contact the action group for Water for Energy Framework and encourage

participation of interested MAGIC partners (e.g. UT, UAB)

Participation in EIP Water events and invitation to attend MAGIC events

EIP AGRI Contact relevant focus groups and encourage participation of interested

MAGIC partners (WU) in these groups

Establish and maintain contact with the AGRI-ENV Task Force on Water

and seek their participation in relevant MAGIC events (e.g., policy

workshop)

Access to databases

Participation in EIP AGRI events and invitation to attend MAGIC events

Dissemination of MAGIC’s newsletter and other material

JPI WATER Participation in JPI workshops and webinars. The UAB team will keep an

active role in informing MAGIC partners about this type of training events

and encouraging participation.

Add MAGIC to the JPI water project database and facilitate access to the

research outputs in their open data platform

Where possible, engaging relevant stakeholders in MAGIC

Other WEF Nexus-related initiatives

WEF Security

Platform, The

Nexus Network,

etc.

Subscribe to network/platform mailing list or newsletters

Dissemination of MAGIC’s newsletter, publications, workshop/conference

announcements, etc.

Support social media campaigns on relevant WEF Security topics

Publication of MAGIC’s outputs in relevant resources site

Mutual exchange of information (research projects)

Access to databases (if any)

Invitation to participate in MAGIC events

Participation, where possible and relevant, in events organized by these

platforms/networks/institutes

Table 1 Strategies to exploit synergies with different initiatives

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4. Synergy Plan Timeline M18-M30

Activity 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

SYNERGY WITH SIM4NEXUS

Regular (skype) meetings and exchange

of results and information

Participation in AB meetings

Development of common case study

Meetings task force common case

Organization European policy workshop

Organization clustering event

Organization joint scientific event

Joint participation in conferences and

relevant events

Joint publication (PEN Science &

Technology)

Follow Twitter and Facebook accounts

and support social media campaigns

SYNERGY WITH ETP – JPI – EIP

Update repositories with project

information and outputs

Contact relevant working/action groups

and task forces to support stakeholder

engagement for WP5 & WP6

Participation in relevant conferences,

webinars and events organised by these

platforms/groups

SYNERGY WITH OTHER EU PROJECTS

AND WEF-NEXUS INITIATIVES

Update map of relevant projects,

platforms, and initiatives

Follow Twitter and Facebook accounts of

relevant projects & initiatives; Support

relevant campaigns

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Establish contacts with identified

platforms and initiatives to explore

potential synergies; mutual exchange of

information

Participation, where possible and

relevant, in partner events and vice

versa

GENERAL ACTIVITIES

Update the SEP according to feedback

received

Update the ‘links’ section of MAGIC’s

website and report significant synergy

activities in the news section

Table 2 Gantt chart of synergy exploitation activities − months 18-30 (01/11/2017– 30/11/2018)

5. Monitoring and evaluation

Synergy exploitation will be monitored and evaluated against the criteria listed in Table 3 below by

the project coordinator and project manager. The adopted metrics and the periodicity will vary

according to specific synergy types identified.

Objective Action Evaluation criteria Contingency Measure

Synergy with

SIM4NEXUS

Organization of

scientific, policy and

clustering events

Number of events and number of

participants per event

Prepare specific campaigns to

raise visibility, employ

engagement strategies for

policymakers

Joint participation in

conferences and events

Number of attended events, and

number of audience

Early identification of key

conferences; Regular exchange of

information with SIM4Nexus;

Motivate partners to actively

participate in these events

Common case study;

Consolidation of results

from both approaches

Joint papers contrasting methods

and results; Number of papers

published and relevance; Joint

presentations of results

Prioritise the identified common

case study with SIM4NEXUS

(include in MS12), align with

work in MAGIC’s WP2, WP4,

WP5, and WP6

Social media campaigns

Analysis of the impacts of the

campaigns (users reached,

shares, new follows, etc.)

Regularly remind partners to

actively participate in the

campaigns with their official

accounts

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Synergy with

innovation

platforms

Regular update of

MAGIC information and

project outputs in their

repositories

Visits and downloads of MAGIC

information in these repositories

(if measurable).

Reminding the partners to

actively participate in the

platforms and attend the

relevant meetings

Participation in working

groups

Number of meetings attended

and diversity of working groups.

Seek participation through

known contacts to guarantee

acceptance

Participation in events Number of events

Early identification of key events

(e.g., through EPI AGRI

newsletter); Coordinate

participation of MAGIC partners

Synergy with

other

projects and

initiatives

Regular mutual exchange

of information

Number of effective contacts

established; Number and types of

information exchange channels

implemented

Remind the partners to prioritise

the travel budget for

participation in joint WEF-Nexus

initiatives over ordinary scientific

conferences

Participation in partner

events (workshops,

platforms), and vice

versa

Number of events attended;

Number of joint sessions

organised with other WEF-Nexus

initiatives

Early identification of key events;

Coordinate participation of

MAGIC partners

Synergies through social

media

Number of retweets and shares

from WEF-Nexus initiatives

accounts; numbers of followers

Recall partners to actively

participate in the campaigns with

their official accounts

Table 3 Monitoring criteria for impact assessment of the SEP

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