Last week the Interreg Euro-MED Wetland4Change project took part in the 13th Iberian Congress on Water Management and Planning, held between 24 and 26 April in Salamanca, Spain.
This year, the congress aimed to foster critical and constructive dialogue on water policy focusing on the theme ‘From scarcity to the social and environmental reallocation of water’. This event was jointly organised by Fundación Nueva Cultura del Agua, University of Salamanca, IMDEA water, brought together more than 100 participants of experts, researchers, professionals and social agents from Spain and Portugal to promote a paradigm shift in water management.
Wetland4Change was featured in the thematic area of “Water Landscape |Paisajes del agua” led by project partner Christoph Schröder from ETC-UMA.
Wetland4Change & Natural Heritage Mission – Annelies Broekman, Maria Vives (Creaf) and Christoph Schröder (ETC-UMA) at the Iberian Congress of Water in Salamanca April 2025
Christoph presented the state of our project activities and shared insights into the upcoming steps of work related to carbon sequestration and flood regulation in the pilot sites. Participants from academia, public authorities and NGOs took part in the session enabling active discussion and synergies and collaborative opportunities.
The Congress offered the stage for representatives from other Interreg Euro-MED projects like LocAll4Flood and the Natural Heritage Mission (NHM). Conversations focused on amplifying projects impacts and exploring further opportunities. The Foundation of New Water Culture (Fundación Nueva Cultura de Agua), organiser of the Congress, is also an Associated Partner of the NHM.
‘The event represents more than a platform to share knowledge but also an extraordinary interface between different water-related organisations and, hence could be a platform to further disseminate the outcomes of the Wetland4Change project’ explained Christoph Schröder.
