{"id":3302,"date":"2023-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/mediterranean\/news\/designing-a-sustainable-future-for-the-pinios-river-basin-together-with-stakeholders\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:35:52","slug":"designing-a-sustainable-future-for-the-pinios-river-basin-together-with-stakeholders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/mediterranean\/news\/designing-a-sustainable-future-for-the-pinios-river-basin-together-with-stakeholders\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing a sustainable future for the Pinios River Basin together with stakeholders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2nd<\/sup> Pinios Pilot Technical Workshop was organised by REXUS local pilot leader, Soil and Water Resources Institute of the Hellenic Agricultural Organisation \u201cDEMETER\u201d (SWRI) on 20th January 2023 in Larissa, at the premises of the Geotechnical Chamber-Central Greece Department, right in the heart of the Pinios River Basin.<\/p>\n

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Approximately 40 stakeholders, including representatives from the central and local government, management authorities, farmers\u2019 cooperatives, as well as academics and experts from all Nexus related fields<\/i> attended the Workshop.<\/i><\/p>\n

Pinios\u2019s River Basin stakeholders\u2019 invaluable contribution to the overall goal of moving from Nexus thinking to Nexus Doing<\/i>  <\/b><\/p>\n

The meeting built on the 1st<\/sup> Pinios Technical Workshop<\/a> that took place on May 2022 in the framework of the local Learning & Action Alliances (LAA), where stakeholders had collaboratively worked to identify Pinios River Basins\u2019s main challenges relating to Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystems their obstacles\/inhibitors, risks, impacts, strengths and opportunities. LAAs are at the core of REXUS project\u2019s implementation as they ensure the active engagement of stakeholders who provide input and share valuable knowledge with the project\u2019s Partners on how to progress towards a more integrated management of natural resources.<\/p>\n

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The 2nd<\/sup> Pinios Technical Workshop\u2019s ultimate goal was for stakeholders to provide insights and propose measurable targets to the identified  goals to be reached through tangible measures that could tackle the challenges faced by the Water, Energy, Food and Climate sectors in Pinios.<\/i><\/p>\n

After the welcoming speeches by Dr. Andreas Panagopoulos, Research Director of SWRI and the Secretary of Decentralized Administration of Thessaly and Central Greece, the REXUS team updated participants on the Pinios\u2019s pilot latest developments.<\/p>\n

Specifically, Dr. Dimitrios Malamataris Research Associate of SWRI summarized the 1st<\/sup> Workshop\u2019s key outcomes and Dr. Andreas Panagopoulos, presented the LAA participatory activities that had been implemented since May 2022. Ms. Antoniadou from DRAXIS Environmental S.A analysed the Climate Risk Assessment of Pinios Pilot area.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Andreas Panagopoulos highlighted a new methodology developed by Castilla de la Mancha University that has been applied on the pilot to calculate the irrigation water consumption of previous years at the field level and the corresponding water footprint.<\/i><\/p>\n

Participants were subsequently divided into two working groups. Capitalizing on the input they had already provided since the 1st<\/sup> Workshop, they discussed tangible targets for each goal related to the sustainable management of natural resources in the basin. Ultimately, they proposed specific and implementable measures, which they prioritized according to three criteria \u2013 necessity, justice and flexibility. Each group subsequently chose three measures per goal and evaluated them.<\/p>\n

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The two groups comprised of an equal number of participants representing similar bodies and entities across all sectors.<\/i><\/p>\n

Acknowledging the important work undertaken by REXUS in developing and validating knowledge and tools to facilitate the transition from WEFE NEXUS theory to practice, the majority of local media covered the event. Indicatively, almost all local news portals and newspapers shared the workshop\u2019s press release, the two main printed newspapers featured interviews and special articles covering REXUS\u2019s main pillars of work in the Pinios River Basin while Dr. Panagopoulos was hosted in both news radio and TV programs. <\/p>\n

The Workshop ended with the presentation by Mr Konstantinos Babakos SWRI\u2019s Research Associate of the meta-model mock-up developed for the Pinios River Basin by DELTARES with the contribution of SWRI and DRAXIS S.A. Stakeholders provided their input on the design of the platform and offered recommendations on how it can constitute a useful tool for all, that can ultimately contribute to reviewing concrete Nexus solutions impact that increase resilience across sectors.<\/p>\n

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The 2nd<\/sup> of a total of 3 Workshops confirmed the key role of stakeholders in designing and formulating participatory Water-Energy-Food Nexus solutions that can address Pinios River Basin\u2019s acute water challenges.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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