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The Education, Scholarships, Apprenticeships and Youth Entrepreneurship Programme                                                           

EEA Grants 2014-2021

 

“Working together for a green, competitive and inclusive Europe”

 

                                                                                                                                                                              

Project title: Digitalisation of water sector and water education – DIGIWATRO

Project No: 20-COP-0050

Project implementation period: 01/09/2021-31/08/2023

Project Promoter: Universitatea “Dunărea de Jos” din Galați – UGAL (www.ugal.ro)

Project Partner: Norwegian University of Life Sciences – NMBU (www.nmbu.no)

 

Transnational Project Meeting 1

 

This meeting acted as a kick-off meeting of the project. The aspects approached in this meeting were:

- presenting the groups and their research and didactic interest;

- presentation of the project (intellectual outputs, meetings, deliverables, original schedule, financial aspects etc.);

- each objective and intellectual output were deeply presented and discussed, responsibilities and a more detailed schedule were established;

- a field trip to a wastewater treatment plant, considered as a state of the art related to digitalization, and some achievements of the team members regarding the digitalization in the water industry were also included in the program;

- planning of the next mobilities and activities were established.

 

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Agenda Transnational Project Meeting 1

 

26/11 Friday

09:00

Welcome to NMBU and brief intro about NMBU/ Research group for Process analytics and water treatment

09:20

Brief intro about UGAL and research group

09:40

Presentation of participants: Research profiles

10:00

Brief intro/recap of the project proposal

11:00

Deliverables, milestones and original schedule

12:00

Aspects regarding the progress and reporting of the project (technical and financial issues)

12:30

Lunch

13:00

Visit to the Søndre Follo WWTP (25 000 pe) and the digital solutions: Process control and process surveillance

16:00

Discussion on experiences from the excursion

17:30

Back at the hotel

27/11 Saturday

09:00

Lecture on digitalisation of the water sector: opportunities and challenges & discussion

10:00

Challenges in digitalising of the water sector in Romania and discussion

11:00

SO1: Reducing the digital skills mismatch in the water industry: tasks and responsibilities

11:45

SO2: Increase the process surveillance and process control in water supply and wastewater management with a high cost-benefit ratio

12:30

Lunch

 

13:00

IO 1: Enhancing digital surveillance, automation and cyber security in water utilities

14:00

IO 2: Promoting life-long learning in the water sector using hybrid education

15:00

IO 3: Boosting the digital skills of teachers and learners to promote digital Innovations in the water sector with hybrid learning

16:00

IO 4: Develop digital tools to strengthen involvement in water issues by the general public especially the Roma population

17:30

Back at the hotel

28/11 Sunday

09:00

Presentations from UGAL

Testing Platform for Real-Time Controllers Based on Hardware In the Loop Simulation

10:30

Presentations from NMBU:

·         Surveillance of emerging pollutants

·         Image analysis / Cyber threats

12:30

Lunch

13:00

Planning of mobilities to UGAL and NMBU

14:30

Planning of activities, deliverables and deadlines

16:00

Planning and discussion of next steps

17:00

Closure

17:30

Back at the hotel

 

 

Disclaimer

 

This document was realised with the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 financial support. Its content (text, photos, videos) does not reflect the official opinion of the Programme Operator, the National Contact Point and the Financial Mechanism Office. Responsibility for the information and views expressed therein lies entirely with the author(s).

 

 

 

 

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