The Water4All Partnership -Water Security for the Planet- is a co-funding programme for scientific research in freshwater. It aims to tackle water challenges to face climate change, help to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and boost the EU's competitiveness and growth.

The objective of the initiative is to boost systemic transformations across the entire water research – innovation pipeline, fostering the matchmaking between problem owners and solution providers.

It proposes a portfolio of multi-national, multi-faceted and cross-sectoral approach, encompassing policy, environmental, economic, technological and societal considerations to enable water security for all on the long term.

By 2030, it intends to achieve reduced water stress, increased protection of water resources and ecosystems and enhanced resilience, mitigation and adaptation of water systems to global changes.

Draft partnership proposal(May 2020)

Partnership Coordinator: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)

Update: 

The partnership has announced the launch of a call on "Water and Health", which is planned to be officially opened on 12 September 2025. Find out more about this call on this page. 

For more information, visit the Water4All pre-proposal webpage and keep an eye on updates from NCP Flanders and FWO for further support. The FWO can be contacted directly at europe@fwo.be.