Action Groups (AGs) are at the core of EIP Water. These voluntary, multi-national, multi-stakeholder groups collaborate around themes related to one of the eight EIP Water priority areas; their activities form the foundation of EIP Water's implementation phase.

The EIP Water is looking forward to new Action Group proposals through its second call for expressions of commitment to establish an Action Group. The objectives for Action Groups is to develop, test, scale up, promote, disseminate and stimulate the uptake of innovative approaches and solutions to major water-related challenges by the European and global markets. The EIP Water is looking for Action Groups to work on both technical and non-technical innovations which can be applied and implemented. The European Commission will not directly fund any Action Group activities.

A call for expression of commitments is opened twice a year to allow for new Action Groups to join the EIP Water. Proposals are evaluated by the European Commission, based on the evaluation criteria and excellence of the proposals. The first call in April this year attracted over 60 proposals out of which nine were selected and established as the nine initial EIP Water Action Groups in May 2013.

In order to participate please register your user profile first and download the Application Form and Guideline for Application subsequently here

This second call will close on the 31^st of December 2013.