Madre Acqua (ISIC / NACE / NOGA classes 9900 and 7219; PIC number 954763629) is an international non-governmental organisation, established in Geneva to promote and protect the right to water. The Organisation serves no trend, political, religious or economic interests. The Organisation builds upon the 2003 motion of recognition of the right to water, the 2010 ratification by the United Nations, and is presided by its original proposer.
The consortium was born on December 2010, with members from 6 Universities and a research institute. The present consortium (May 2012) includes members from 20 Universities, 18 Enterprises, and a social base of local authorities, individual members and supporters. We are in consultative status with the Department of Water Scarcity and Droughts of the European Commission, the International Association for Water Law, and Rotary International.
Our present geographical distribution is as follows, by nation, in plain alphabetical order: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. We are from 20 nations across three continents.
We pursue our mission as an international project of interdisciplinary research, from Science to Society and open to competing methodologies.
We research and develop highly efficient materials and methods to solve local problems in an open, interoperable, and integrated environment.
All areas of activity are led by personalities with an international profile, capable of making a valuable contribution with their experience and network, and with relevant expertise in fields as diverse as law, health, water quality, water quantity, energy efficiency, green energy harvesting, green computing, computational logic, cognitive robotics, and management.
The consortium's expertise is currently organised into eight Special Interest Groups (SIGs).
Moral rights and moral duties inform all aspects of the project.
We collect motivating evidence in the following RSS: demand, quantity, quality, energy, economy and governance. Further information is available from our flagship site.
If you wish to participate, please submit your profile, including the following data: (1) the legal name of the entity; (2) the PIC number, if available; (3) a short description and relevant experience of the entity; (4) a short description and relevant experience of two representative persons; (5) the high-resolution logo of the entity; (6) the contact details. The applicant is assumed acquainted with Madre Acqua's mission and motivation, its articles of association, its regulations, and its integrated areas of research and development.
If you wish to leave a record of your interest, constructive criticism or other motivating communication, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Although we are a research charity, donations are currently not accepted. We have been working on a voluntary basis since May 2010.
In the interests of transparency, accountability and efficiency, the Organisation publishes its proceedings, including resolutions, resources, projects and results. There are no restrictions on access to the Proceedings.
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