Representatives of institutions of water treatment, countries in the southern Mediterranean region industry, visit the INTEXTER

Jul 12, 2016

On Wednesday 20 July, representatives of twelve institutions of water treatment, countries in the southern Mediterranean region industry, visit the INTEXTER

The visit stems from the activities carried out under the European project FP4BATIW funded 7 of the EU framework program and coordinated by the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

In this project, a call for funding of a number of institutional missions of representatives of institutions in countries of the southern Mediterranean region, in the water treatment sector performed. After the call, they are having received 26 applications, 12 candidates were finally selected to make the aforementioned missions.

These candidates made a stay of 9 days in the metropolitan area of Barcelona, for participation in various events organized by the FP4BATIW project and conducting various visits to technology centers and companies in the value chain of the water treatment industry one of them INTEXTER - INNOTEX CENTER.

 

The FP4BATIW Project

FP4BATIW is a coordination and support action addressed to foster partnerships and networking for best available water treatment technologies implementation in the MPC region by promoting the interaction between highly qualified members, both from EU and MPC, of the knowledge value chain (KVC) on water treatment and corresponding stake holders community (national water agencies, municipalities, industrial waste water producers, entities managing business incubators, etc.). Such action will lead to new approaches, tools and innovation. Integrating sustainability aspects and allowing the collaboration between experienced and new teams for coaching and capacity building in cooperation. Such fostering activities will contribute to reduce the gap between research & innovation and the water treatment market enhancing synergies and allowing the concentration of efforts, know-how exchange, coownership and dialogue.

More information:

http://www.fp4batiw.eu/ and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84CrbllfwA4