Building and optimizing water infrastructure in Italy: from Next Generation EU to the water resilience strategy

The Next Generation EU is having a significant impact on water infrastructure and the European and Italian industry, particularly to increase efficiency, digitalization and resilience. Although these projects have addressed very relevant cases, the EU is still facing structural mismanagement and widespread degradation of water resources and ecosystems that are damaging the EU's environment, economy and people. To restore the compromised water cycle by addressing three specific objectives:
(1) restore and protect the water cycle;
(2) ensure clean water and accessible sanitation for all;
(3) promote a competitive European water industry as part of a clean and water-conscious circular economy, the Water Resilience strategy is a priority of the European Commissioner.

In the first session this workshop will present an assessment of the main results of projects and infrastructures funded by Next Generation EU, while the second session will introduce the main points of the EU water resilience strategy focusing on infrastructure, finance and investments.

Session Chairs

Attilio Toscano, Ecomondo STC
Rosario Mazzola, UTILITATIS
Roberto Mantovanelli, UTILITALIA
Representative of the European Commission, DG ENV

Program

10.00 Introduction by the Session Chairs

10.10-10.30 Assessment of Next Generation EU water-related actions: institutional perspective
Representative of the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (TBD)

10.30-10.50 Assessment of Next Generation EU water-related actions: institutional perspective
Representative of the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (TBD)

10.50-11.10 Assessment of Next Generation EU water-related actions: operators' perspective
Representative of UTILITALIA, Italian federation of energy, water and environmental services (TBD)

11.10-12.00 The EU Water Resilience strategy: objectives and expected impacts

Panel discussion:
European Commission
Water Europe
Aqua Publica Europea
EUREAU
UTILITALIA
ANBI

Discussion and closing remarks by the Session Chairs