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Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR RI)

INAR RI (Integrated Atmospheric and Earth System Research Infrastructure) has been on the National Research Infrastructure Roadmap since 2014. In 2025 INAR RI was selected as a “Lighthouse” research infrastructure. Lighthouse status was granted to...

Finnish Marine Research Infrastructure  (FINMARI)

FINMARI is a distributed, multiplatform and multidisciplinary Research Infrastructure. It combines the major components of Finnish marine research community, and creates solid knowledge base for the protection of the Baltic Sea. FINMARI is a...

South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses (CENAKVA)

CENAKVA serves as an RI and a unique centre of knowledge, science, services and education in fisheries and water protection. CENAKVA aims to understand the ongoing processes in freshwater ecosystems and their importance in biodiversity conservation...

French Critical Zone Observatories Network - Applications and Research (OZCAR RI)

OZCAR (Critical Zone Observatories: Research and Application) is a national distributed research infrastructure associating most of the French observation sites dedicated to the observation and monitoring of the Critical Zone, CZ, the thin outer...

RI Type : 
Distributed RI (Central Hub and interlinked National Nodes RI)
Domains and thematic area : 
Sustainable Water Management

Analysis and experimentation on ecosystems France (AnaEE France)

AnaEE France offers the scientific community, companies and civil society organisations full access to the study of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems through its experimental platforms distributed throughout mainland France and the French overseas...

DRIAS_Eau

Drias the Futures of Water aims to provide hydrological projections of surface and groundwater, carried out as part of the national Explore2* project, as well as all the information useful for their proper use, in different forms. graphic or...

RI Type : 
Single Site RI (Geographically localised central facility)
Domains and thematic area : 
Sustainable Water Management
Variables Provided : 
Projected river discharge rates, soil moisture

Observatory of AgrHydroSystem Critical Zone (AgrHyS (OZCAR-RI))

response time of biogeochemical fluxes in catchments to global and local forçages

RI Type : 
Single Site RI (Geographically localised central facility)
Domains and thematic area : 
Ecosystems - Water Value and Usage

Zone Atelier Seine, Zone Atelier of the Rhone Watershed, Zone Atelier Loire, Zone Atelier Moselle Watershed (RZA-RI)

The Zones Ateliers (ZA) focus on a functional unit (a river and its watershed, landscapes - agricultural or urban - and biodiversity, from Antarctica to sub-Saharan Africa, or the coastline, or the environments characterized by chronic radiation of...

Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure - France (ACTRIS-Fr)

ACTRIS-FR is the French component of ACTRIS for the observation and exploration of aerosols, clouds, and reactive gases and their interactions. ACTRIS is a distributed European research infrastructure supporting research on climate and air quality...

RI Type : 
Distributed RI (Central Hub and interlinked National Nodes RI)
Domains and thematic area : 
Ecosystems

The Water4All Partnership - Water Security for the Planet - is a funding programme for scientific research in freshwater. It aims to tackle water challenges to face climate change, help to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and boost the EU’s competitiveness and growth.

It is co-funded by the European Union within the frame of the Horizon Europe programme (a key funding programme for research and innovation). The Partnership duration is for seven years from 2022.

The Water4All objective is to enable water security at a large scale and in the long term. Its goal is also to tackle water issues in a holistic frame. 

All forms of life on earth need water. All human activities operate with this resource. Water is part of our everyday life. It is also integrated within urban and countryside landscapes. It is one of the most valuable elements we share with plants and animals.

These simple facts must be kept in mind to understand the Water4All ambition.

This resource is weakened in many places due to climate changes, and human habits. We know that we can improve the way we use water. Everyone has a role to play and especially the scientific research community.

Scientific research is the heart of the Partnership as It is a powerful tool to improve knowledge on preserving, restoring, and managing this essential resource. 

International cooperation is also needed as water has no borders on Earth and runs from one country to another.

Water4All brings together a broad and cohesive group of 90 partners from 33 countries in the European Union and beyond. This consortium gathers partners from the whole water Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) chain.