Science-policy Integration Needs in Support of the Implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive

Science-policy integration is one of the most complex challenges that scientific and policy-making communities are facing in that it involves knowledge sharing and exchanges among a wide range of disciplines and actors. In many instances, the lack of communication and of clear coordination mechanism leads to research outputs not being used or simply known by policy-makers, and to policy research needs not being communicated to the scientific communities in a timely fashion. This paper discusses the integration of scientific and technological progress into the policy-making and implementation process, taking the European Union Water Framework Directive (WFD) as an example to illustrate the necessity and complexity of the knowledge-based approach.

QUEVAUVILLER Philippe;  BALABANIS Panagiotis;  FRAGAKIS Christos;  WEYDERT Marco;  OLIVER Michael;  KASCHL Arno;  ARNOLD Geo;  KROLL Adeline;  GALBIATI Lorenzo;  ZALDIVAR COMENGES Jose';  BIDOGLIO Giovanni; 

2005-09-01

Elsevier

JRC30414

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC30414,   

10.1016/j.envsci.2005.02.003,