Program & presentations
8:30-9 :00
Welcome
of participants and registration
9 :00-15
Introduction
· Opening (Ph. Dupont, Onema)
· Policy context : the Blue Print (L. Latala, EU Commission)
· Objectives and expected output of the
workshop (JD Rinaudo,
9 :15-10:30
Session 1 :
Water trading: current practices, issues and options
· What do we mean by water markets? Presentation
of the diversity of existing situations (J. Calatrava,
University Cartagena, Spain)
· An historical perspective on the development
of water markets in Spain (A. Garrido,
University of Madrid, Spain)
· Water markets in stressed basins. Segura river basin experience, Spain (M. A. Ródenas,
Presidente Confederación Hidrógrafica del Segura)
· The case for water allocation reform in England and Wales (Ian Barker, Environment Agency of England and Wales)
Discussion: Are water markets compatible
with EU institutional set-up ?
Chair: A. Garrido
Coffee
break
10:45-12:30
Session
2: Economic gains from water trading:
· Why water trading theoretically improves
welfare, and under which conditions.
Javier Calatrava
(Polytechnic University of Cartagena)
· Water markets in EU agriculture: results
from ex-ante economic evaluation. Davide Viaggi (University of Bologna)
· Water markets for urban water management
JD Rinaudo (Brgm,
France)
· Drivers of value in water markets
R. Smale (VIVID
Economics, UK)
Discussion –Costs and benefits - It is
worth developing WM? Chair:
E. Interwies (Germany)
12:15-13:45
Lunch
break
13:45-15:00
Session 3: Social acceptability
and barriers to trade
· Social acceptability of water markets:
analytical framework and conclusion of existing studies
· The perception of water markets by European
farmers: results of surveys and focus groups in Spain
· Barriers to trade: results from scenario
workshops in France
Discussion: which institutional set-up for
developing water markets in various EU contexts?
Chair: European Environment Agency (name to be confirmed)
15:00-16:00
Session
4: Positioning water markets in the economic tool box
· A critical perspective on water markets:
market versus common pool resource (O.
Petit, University of Artois, France)
· Markets and alternative instruments for
groundwater management: lessons learnt from stakeholder workshops in France (M. Montginoul, Irstea, France)
· Final statement of the Water Cap &
Trade project (JD Rinaudo, Brgm)
Discussion: Why and in which context should
WM be considered as a useful instrument for Europe?
Chair: X. Leflaive,
OECD
16:00-16:30
Policy
recommendations