2.
Methodology:
the Process towards the Strategic
Research and Innovation Agenda
(SRIA) 1.0
The Water JPI’s SRIA results from a collective, shared and forward-looking exercise that iden-
tifies and prioritises RDI directions. The development of the SRIA is a long process that started
with the preparation of a Vision Document. This Vision Document, which defines the research
scope of the Water JPI in the form of objectives and research questions, was endorsed by the
Governing Board in 2011. Research questions were derived from partners’ contributions and
from a preliminary analysis of national RDI agendas.
Following the first consultation with the members of the Water JPI Scientific and Technological
Board (STB) and the Stakeholders Advisory Group (SAG), a number of specific proposals on
RDI topics and the most appropriate instruments for their implementation were outlined.
Both the Vision Document and the proposals made by the Advisory Boards were taken into ac-
count in the preparation of SRIA 0.5. The Water JPI’s SRIA 0.5, adopted in May 2013 (and avail-
able on the Water JPI’s website) lists a number of RDI needs for each of the five core themes
of the Water JPI, as well as specific objectives linked to those needs and potential implemen-
tation instruments.
The Water JPI’s SRIA 1.0 builds on SRIA 0.5, and follows the same structure. However, in Ver-
sion 1.0, specific instruments are not proposed for the identified needs, as this information will
be included in the Water JPI Implementation Plan, which is currently under development. Fol-
lowing the release of SRIA 0.5 in May 2013, further needs and objectives were identified
through the review of numerous information sources (e.g. national agendas, strategic agendas
of other European initiatives). Additional feedback was provided by: (i) the Advisory Boards of
the Water JPI and national experts, in an ad hoc consultative workshop; and (ii) the wider public
via an online public consultation. This feedback has proven very useful for refining the contents
of the Agenda. Figure 1 depicts the activities leading to SRIA 1.0.
Figure I.
Methodological approach
for elaboration of SRIA 1.0
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