WQ Innovation Hackathon Summary, Findings and Recommendations

WQ Innovation Workshop, Petten, 27.-29.09.2023

Challenge 1: From Data to Action

Ideas for carrying on/next steps

• Work out toolbox, collecting collective experience from the group

Examples of tools

• WWF Canada Watershed reports
• LAWA New Zealand
• AquaExplorer
• ANA WQ Dashboard
• WQ Platform Bogota,Colombia
• Stiemer lab
• CNEMC Water quality indicators, China
• Chesapeake Bay Dashboard

Results

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Take aways

• Challenge is not unique to participants, it's widespread issue
• We can do better in bringing data to action, many people face the same issues but they are not being tackled although we have good examples how to
• Interpret the data into plain language easily understandable
• Importance of combining natural science with socio-economic data (costs of inaction)
• Start with the audience, not with the data
• What is important for the stakeholder / solution implementer? You have to change your perspective
• For next hackathon we need a wider mix of experts (social scientists)
• Make better use of existing data, collecting new data in not always the solution

Recommendations

• Webinar to collect solutions form around the world to be integrated into the toolbox (lightning talks) => WWQA
• Webinar to test the framework with people
• Collect and share more tools/examples (working and not)
• Peer-reviewed journal publication on generic framework
• Promotion through Social Media, starting from Challenge participants
• Make a storymap out of the challenge => WWQH
• Outreach through citizen platforms
• Share the outout on the WWQH, make it open for testing
• Invite feedback

Support

• Tap into the WWQA