Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform
- Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform
The Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform (WSSTP) is a European Technology Platform (ETP) initiative to improve the competitive situation of the European Union in the field of water supply and sanitation.
The programme is a joint initiative (Public-Private Partnership) of the European Commission, representing the European Communities, and the industry. The main objective of the programma is to produce and implement a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA).
Goals
* Competitiveness of the European water industry (Lisbon Strategy);
* Solving the European water problems
* Reaching the Millennium Development Goals (Johannesburg).
ee also
* European Technology Platform
* Joint Technology Initiative
References
* [ftp://ftp.cordis.lu/pub/era/docs/6_water_supply_sanitation_tp_en.pdf Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform]
External links
* [http://www.wsstp.org/default.aspx Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform]
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