Consortium

Partners are presented in alphabetic order.

BRGM

BRGM is the French national institute for research in the earth and environmental sciences. This public institution also hosts the French Geological Survey. In addition to contributing to the advancement of basic knowledge in earth sciences and sustainable management of natural resources, BRGM aims to provide support for public policies and decision making at national, regional and local administrative level. It also contributes to the development of innovative technologies in public/private partnership.

International Office for Water

Website : www.oieau.fr/anglais

The International Office for Water (IOW) is an independent organisation whose principal aim is to develop skills for improving water and river management. Main spheres: Institutional development for water management; integrated catchment management; professional training in all water vocations and documentation and information. IOW manages many networks in the world with INBO (World), EMWIS (EU and Mediterranean basin), IWRM-net (EU) notably. IOW will act as an external assistance.

UNESCO

Website : www.unesco.org/water

UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, deploys its action in the fields of Education, Natural Sciences, Social and Human Sciences, Culture, Communication and Information. The main objective for UNESCO is to build a knowledge society based on the sharing of knowledge and incorporating all the socio-cultural and ethical dimensions of sustainable development. The UNESCO will host the final international conference as well as provide part of the necessary logistic (the UNESCO's contribution to the project will be made on its own funding).

UNIVERSITEIT GENT

Website : www.ugent.be/en

ISOFYS is part of the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering of Ghent University (UGent). Its general mission is teaching, academic research and services. ISOFYS specialises in C and N biogeochemistry of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. For over 30 years, ISOFYS has been carrying out research related to nitrate dynamics in soils, including denitrification (in the subsoil, riparian zones and tidal mudflats of the river Scheldte), nitrate leaching and direct/indirect emission of N2O. Within the Belgian university community, ISOFYS is an expertise centre for stable isotope analyses. Since 1999 ISOFYS has been operating 3 isotope ratio mass spectrometers (IRMS) with different sample preparation modules. ISOFYS has published numerous publications using stable isotope fingerprinting as biogeophysical indicators. The laboratory is also equipped with instrumentation for conventional chemical water analyse.

VITO

Website : www.vito.be/english/

Vito, the Flemish institute for technological research, is an independent research centre, a crossroads of knowledge where the latest technologies and practical applications meet. Vito conducts customer oriented contract research and develops innovative products and processes in the fields of energy, environment and materials, for both the public and the private sector. The soil, groundwater and surface water problems project group and the Vito laboratory for inorganic analyses (reference laboratory for Flanders) will be participating in ISONITRATE project. Vito participants are recognised experts in hydrology-hydrogeology and groundwater modelling, as well as in studies of the unsaturated zone and soil pollution problems including environmental measurements. The main client of the participating groups are governmental organisations mainly policy makers.