Work Package 1 : Project Management
Led by : TH Köln (University of Applied Sciences)
TH Köln performs the overall project management activities of the consortium, including communication and coordination between the project partners (e.g., monthly and annual meetings), project planning (i.e., determining activity deadlines, milestones, inputs, outputs, and budget), project quality control and monitoring, data management and IT support. Furthermore, TH Köln will organize the project’s events and annual workshops focused on science-policy interactions and stakeholder engagement.
Work Package 2 : Concepts of the Structure of Innovation Ecosystems
Led by : TH Köln (University of Applied Sciences)
This work package focuses on developing the concepts to structure the “Innovation Ecosystem.” It facilitates the interaction, flow of data and processes the findings of the work packages to produce the intended recommendations and concepts. TH Köln will lead this work package where partners from Jordan will be strongly involved in leading the sub-activities that are in direct contact with high-level stakeholders such as the Higher Council For Science And Technology (HCST) and the Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) in Jordan. Furthermore, TH Köln aims to further develop the concept for the Water Solution Lab by launching a water security case study in the Mujib Basin, systematically storing and sharing data, and finally coordinating among the “Pilot Projects.”
Work Package 3 : Innovation and Application
Led by : Inter-Islamic Network on Water Resources Development and Management (INWRDAM)
: German Jordanian University (GJU)
In this work package, Jordanian project partners will implement the pilot projects, where INWRDAM and GJU are responsible for projects 1 to 5 and 6 to 8, respectively. The primary purposes of pilot projects 1 to 4 and 6 to 7 are to co-create spaces for collaboration between scientists, policymakers, and stakeholders from various sectors and channel the existing capacities of academia towards demand- and market-oriented research and effective knowledge transfer. Pilot Projects 5 and 8 pursue trust-building and reciprocity between academia and stakeholders in data and information exchange. Moreover, the designed pilot projects test different interfaces between science, public and private stakeholders relevant to water.
Work Package 4 : Capacity Building
Led by : Free University of Berlin (FUB)
The hydrogeology group at FUB focuses the WaterD2D capacity-building activities on three key areas. Mainly systematically establishing and expanding entrepreneurship education and respective market linkages at the partner universities in Jordan, building capacity for water and wellfield management and hydrogeological/hydrogeochemical investigations, and finally developing communication and dialogue moderation capacities at GJU and INWRDAM. Throughout the project duration, WaterD2D will expand the capacities of Jordanian universities to create research and education in a demand and market-oriented manner. Furthermore, access to open-source data and open access educational materials, incubator development for students and researchers will be encouraged, and the systematic involvement of international partners for mutual benefit.
Work Package 5 : Outreach of the Platform and Dissemination
Led by : Technical University of Munich (TUM)
In this work package, the Chair of Hydrology and River Basin Management at TUM focuses on monitoring if the WaterD2D project can enhance trust among stakeholders and academia in areas of data and information exchange. Given that, the lack of trust was identified as a major limit for research-based innovation in the country and the development of demand-driven research. Equally important is disseminating the project’s platform resulting from activities carried out in work packages 2 and 3, and facilitating the grounding of start-ups and incubating new technologies in the water sector to promote knowledge and technology transfer from Jordan to Germany and vice versa.