AQUA ! Patrimoines de l'eau - Water Heritage
Recent meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.
Mission & Goals
The AQUA ! association, launched on the 15th of December 2023 in France, is dedicated to the study, protection and promotion of water heritage. With a European dimension, it is open to citizens, associations, local and public stakeholders, experts and scientists. AQUA ! promotes a civic, democratic and societal vision of water as a common good at the crossroads of a number of specific expectations. It focuses in particular on "hybrid" hydrosystems, notably hydraulic structures and all their appendages (ponds, swamps, water bodies, reservoirs, lakes, canals, diversion bays, managed rivers, etc.), their conception, management, landscapes, uses and the socio-economic life that surrounds them, through various actions: • advocacy / publications; • training / coaching; • collaborative projects ; • mapping and data analysis ; • toolkits on mediation and consultation; • communication and territorial animation
EU Legislative Interests
The main EU legislative proposals and policies targeted concern water and rivers management and water heritage, especially the Water Framework Directive, but also the Green Deal, RePowerEU, the Renovation Wave, Culture and Heritage policies, and the regional policies (land planning).
Communication Activities
The AQUA ! Association will publish articles on social media (LinkedIn), internally to its members via emails, and will also organise public events (webinars, conferences, workshops...) in link with water heritage in Europe. Moreover AQUA will develop an Editorial committee with scientists and researchers to produce regular publications.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
AQUA ! is not member of any network or association.
Organisation Members
https://aqua-asso.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/AQUA-STATUTES-EN.pdf
Additional Information
AQUA ! aims at developing activities thanks to EU grants but has not the capacity yet to raise enough cofunding