The overall objective of this Horizon Europe funded project is to integrate and enhance existing observation efforts –including in-situ, satellite, modelling and citizen science – to better study the...

Researcher   MSc (Tech, Water and environmental engineering, Aalto university) Contact information firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel. +358 295 251 123 ......

  Zooplankton © Photo: Siru Tasala The BlueLights project aims to strengthen blue education, which involves marine and water literacy, in Europe by incorporating it ...

The project APRIORA aims to help prioritize urban wastewater treatment plants for enhanced micropollutant removal. The goal of the project is to produce a toolbox combining monitoring, modelli...

Figure 1. The DIWA co-operation, societal and economic impact (left) with the HYDRO-RI Platform infra with autonomous and remotely controlled survey and measuring platforms for studying hydrologi...

Current A publication on the results of the project is available in Spanish and English. Una publicación sobre los resultados del proyecto está disponible en español e inglés. ...

The annual Europe-INBO conference in October 2023 hosted hosted a workshop dedicated to water governance innovations by GOVAQUA and our sister projects InnWater and RETOUCH NEXUS. The workshop provide......

Eutrophication impacts the ecological state and ecosystem services provided by the Baltic Sea. So far there has been a limited set of measures to reduce phosphorus load from agriculture, which mai...

This transdisciplinary project will create a new boundary concept, ‘sense of water’ (veden taju), to understand, recognize and foster collective care for water. The research will produce new kno...

Earth's water resources (video, 3 min) Air travel and its climate impact (video, 3 min) Air travel and climate - a Guide for Teachers (pdf)     ...

Four new Flagships have been selected to the Research Council of Finland’s Finnish Flagship Programme, one of which is Digital Waters coordinated by the University of Oulu. Flagship Programme supports......

The Europe-INBO conference held next week in Valencia, Spain, will host a workshop dedicated to water governance innovations. The GOVAQUA project is one of the organizers of the workshop. The workshop......

Figure 1. Satellite image of Lake Näsijärvi in full ice cover in February 2023. Objectives  Exploiting the full potential of Copernicus (European Earth observation programme) da...

Press releases: Tackling Europe´s water problems requires new ways of governance (Press release, Finnish Environment Institute 19.6.2023, sttinfo.fi) News Identifyin...

Background Eutrophication of lakes results from excessive increase in nutrient concentrations, often phosphorus. Eutrophication weakens the ecological status of lakes, threatens lake habitat typ...

Development manager PhD (Environmental Engineering, University of Oulu) Associate Professor (Water and Environmental Engineering, University of Oulu) Contact firstname.......

The External Advisory Board provides advice and consultation to GOVAQUA on key questions ensuring relevance and accuracy of the project’s results.  Members: Dr. Josefina Maestu , ...

Water is everybody´s business. GOVAQUA aims to engage the many actors, decision makers and interest groups in the water field in the development of innovative governance instruments and approach...

Finnish Environment Institute, Finland Coordinator, main contact,  Consortium co-lead Suvi Sojamo (suvi.sojamo@syke.fi) Consortium co-lead Antti Belinskij (antti.belinsk...

The results of GOVAQUA project will include:  Good practice repository  Transition pathways  Assessment tools   Online academy  Publications...