This year the OurMED project has reached its halfway stage, highlighted by the second annual meeting of the consortium in Ifrane, Morocco, in May 2024. This event provided a comprehensive overview of project progress and included a field visit to the Sebou River Basin demo site as well as working group sessions. To promote the project’s first year activities, OurMED’s first newsletter was published in July 2024.
in October 2024 he first regional Living Lab called “SustainMED” took place in Istanbul, Turkey. OurMED partners and sister projects were brought together to discuss perspectives on water management in the Mediterranean and exchange knowledge and solutions in facing challenges in the region.
The 3-Co-De-s Webinar co-organised with NatMED and SALAM-MED was held in the same month. It outlined the impact of co-design, co-demonstration and co-decision on project work, with contributions from 6 PRIMA projects and over 30 attendees. Stemming from this successful event, two initiatives are being launched: SUSTAIN-MED, a working group providing an exchange platform for lessons learnt and good practices in water management projects in the Mediterranean, and NextGen4MED, a young scientists network aiming to foster collaboration and promote young researchers’ work through publications and events.
OurMED contributed to several papers, including the collaborative research publication titled “Multi-decadal groundwater observations reveal surprisingly stable levels in southwestern Europe”. This scientific article was relayed in several press outlets from multiple countries reaching a significant audience.
