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Connecting Scotland’s Water Research with Policy: Centre of Expertise for Waters

The Centre of Expertise for Waters aims to connect research and policy to support water policy in Scotland. The organization's purpose is to provide timely advice, coordinate research efforts, stimulate innovative thinking, and facilitate knowledge exchange. By prioritizing policy impacts, economic growth, collaboration, and scientific excellence, the Centre works with stakeholders from academia, business, scientists, and policy providers to address challenges in the water sector. Through briefings, syntheses, expert opinions, and capacity-building projects, the Centre enhances impact by fostering communication, policy awareness, relevance, and effective dissemination.

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Connecting Scotland’s Water Research with Policy: Centre of Expertise for Waters

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  1. Centre of Expertise for Waters connecting Scotland’s water research with policy Name of Speaker Organisation Name of Lecture, date

  2. The Vision “To connect research and policy, delivering objective and robust research and professional opinion to support the development and implementation of water policy in Scotland”

  3. Purpose • To deliver timely and accurate advice to the SG and implementation partners • To develop the co-ordination of research, analysis and interpretation • To stimulate innovative thinking • To develop a programme of knowledge exchange

  4. Underpinning Philosophy • Policy as the starting point • Shortening supply and demand chains • Collaborations across the supply base • integrated evidence • broadening networks of expertise • Better use of existing evidence

  5. Strategic Priorities • Impacts on policy and practice • Supporting economic growth and innovation • Collaborative and inter-disciplinary research • Scientific excellence • Scientific resilience

  6. Stakeholders Stakeholders Academia in Scotland, UK and overseas Translation of policy context into scientific questions Business R E S A S Scientists within Agencies & NDPBs Policy Main Research Providers Sector Research providing science for application in policy

  7. SG RESAS Research Portfolio

  8. RESAS Water Research

  9. Working with Scotland’s Universities Scottish Universities have been involved in delivering all aspects of CREW during the first year of operation including: • CREW co-ordination • MASTS provide the administrative conduit to the HEI sector • CREW project scoping • through HEI networks: MASTS, Telford Institute, SAGES, and IHP-HELP Dundee • Research projects • Capacity building projects have included Heriot-Watt, Stirling, Dundee, St Andrews and UHI • Call down service for advice – • Dundee, Heriot-Watt and St Andrews University have all provided experts so far The CREW Register of Expertise (open to all) aims to facilitate access to a wider expert base from more Universities in the future http://www.crew.ac.uk/get-involved

  10. The What • Briefings • Syntheses • Think pieces • Advice • Expert opinion • Translation • Integration • Synthesis • Interpretation

  11. Challenges – Policy Environment • Understanding and translating needs • Timescales • Time horizons • Simplifying complexity • Politics (democracy!)

  12. CREW • Steering Group • Strategic direction • Policy:Research Advisory Group (PRAG) • provides central mechanism for knowledge exchange between science, policy and practice • identify “demand” led priorities through Scoping Activities • Enquiry service • Access to experts and information

  13. Capacity Building • Projects 2011/12 • Natural flood management • River functioning and resilience • Diffuse pollution management • Coastal flooding • Mapping of climate change on water demand and supply • Catchment management planning advice • Hydro-literacy • Water, health and well-being

  14. Enhancing Impact • Communication and engagement • Policy aware and policy focused • Relevance and timeliness • Managing uncertainty • Holistic / Integrated • Effective dissemination

  15. Partners

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