The document discusses the FREEWAT project, an open source modeling platform created to help simplify and improve the application of various European water directives. The project involves 19 partners across Europe and has conducted over 14 case studies and trained around 100 people. The goal of the FREEWAT platform is to provide a free and open source GIS-integrated modeling tool to support scientifically sound decision making for water resource management from small to large scales.

1. Giovanna DE FILIPPIS 1
Davide RIZZO 1
Federico TRIANA 1
Matteo GHETTA 1
Iacopo BORSI 2
Enrico BONARI 1
Rudy ROSSETTO 1
Goal: simplifying
and boosting the
application of WFD,
GWD and other
water-related
Directives.
1 Institute of Life Sciences,
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa ITA
2 TEA SISTEMI SpA, Pisa ITA
ICT project aimed at
producing a free and
open source modelling
platform for improving
Water Resource
Managementpresenter
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2. 19 partners
Project coordinator:
Scuola Superiore
Sant’Anna, ITA
14 case studies
About 100
people trained
self-training & lectures
Initial questionnaire
to identify major
needs and priorities
more than 220
potential users
involved
Periodical
focus groups
to gather input data
and to discuss
the model
implementation
Project
philosophy
Supporting
scientifically and
technically sounding
decision and policy
making based on
participatory
approach
#TrainingTheTrainers
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3. Open source and
public domain
GIS-integrated
modelling platform
to promote
water resource
management
from grid cell to
landscape level
GIS layers
Model Data
Objects
Input files for
simulation codes
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Poster pdf