WaterAct project is approaching to its end. For this reason project partners and stakeholders met from 13.09. - 14.09. in Valmiera for closing event where all project results were presented from each workpackage - WP1, WP2 and WP3.
The first day was dedicated for result sharing to interested parties and stakeholders.
Alltogether project has been implemented successfully and all activities have been fullfilled:
Experience exchange between project partners and improvement of the knowledge base by analyzing the requirements of the EU water policy and the experience of other EU Member States (including attendance of international conferences);
development of tools for management needs and training (using R programming language);
assessment of the status of transboundary groundwater bodies using harmonized principles and tools developed within the project;
development of transboundary groundwater monitoring strategy for the Gauja-Koiva and Salaca-Salatsi river basins;
spring monitoring optimization and catchment modeling;
development of guide for habitat experts for identification and assessment of groundwater dependent ecosystems (including field approbation of guide);
implementation of public spring monitoring and creation of an online platform (including organization of social campaigns for public involvement).
On the second day partners discussed final management questions and how project communication and result dissemination went. Project manager had prepared also a small team building activity. To end the seminar, partners visited Vaidavas pilskalna spring where measurements were made.
All developed materials and project results are available in project home page bit.ly/estlat-WaterAct