Managing Water for the City of the Future

How to use this website

This page aims to give some guidance on how different audience groups might use the SWITCH web site, based on the resources and information that might be most relevant to them.

• Academic and research community
• Urban water sector professionals
• General public
• EU personnel
• SWITCH Consortium / Learning Alliance members

Academic and research community

For those within the academic and research community with associated interests to SWITCH, the website offers a good introduction and overview to the project. Of particular interest might be the following:

• Research theme pages provide clear introductions to the various themes, their work packages, objectives, deliverables, milestones and planning for each task.
• Resources pages: all public resources are stored in a searchable database, including some project deliverables
• SWITCHED ON! newsletters communicate updates on what have been the recent highlights and achievements of the SWITCH project, the key events, and publications and products of interest.
• Cities pages outline what is happening in each of the SWITCH cities, in terms of their Learning Alliance and Demonstration Project activities. Links to publications associated with the cities are available at each city page.
• Learning Alliance pages provide an introduction to this central concept of the SWITCH project, and includes links to key documents and training activities.

Urban water sector professionals

For those working as urban water sector professionals with associated interests to SWITCH, the website offers a good introduction and overview to the project. Of particular interest might be the following:

• SWITCHED ON! newsletters communicate updates on what have been the recent highlights and achievements of the SWITCH project, the key events, and publications and products of interest.
• News and events: Details of specific future or past events relevant to the project, with which SWITCH members have some involvement.
• Resources pages: all public resources are stored in a searchable database, including some project deliverables.
• Other introductory information is available within the Research themes, Cities and Learning Alliance pages. There are also links to key documents and training activities.

General public

The SWITCH website aims to provide a clear introduction to the project for a general and non-specialist audience. Of particular interest might be the following:

• SWITCHED ON! newsletters communicate updates on what have been the recent highlights and achievements of the SWITCH project, the key events, and publications and products of interest.
• Resources pages: all public resources are stored in a searchable database, including some project deliverables.
• Other introductory information is available within the Research themes, Cities and Learning Alliance pages. There are also links to key documents and training activities.

EU personnel

For those working for the EU, the SWITCH website offers a good introduction and overview to the project. Of particular interest might be the following:

• Resources pages: all public resources are stored in a searchable database, including some project deliverables.
• SWITCHED ON! newsletters communicate updates on what have been the recent highlights and achievements of the SWITCH project, the key events, and publications and products of interest.
• News and events: Details of specific future or past events relevant to the project, with which SWITCH members have some involvement.
• Other introductory information is available within the Research themes, Cities and Learning Alliance pages. There are also links to key documents and training activities.

SWITCH Consortium / Learning Alliance members

The SWITCH website offers useful resources for Consortium and Learning Alliance members, especially where a clear explanation or overview is required. These include:

• News and events: Details of specific future or past events relevant to the project, with which SWITCH members have some involvement.
• SWITCHED ON! newsletters communicate updates on what have been the recent highlights and achievements of the SWITCH project, the key events, and publications and products of interest.
• Resources pages: all public resources are stored in a searchable database, including some project deliverables.
• Research theme pages provide clear introductions to the various themes, their work packages, objectives, deliverables, milestones and planning for each task.
• Cities pages outline what is happening in each of the SWITCH cities, in terms of their Learning Alliance and Demonstration Project activities. Links to publications associated with the cities are available at each city page.
• Learning Alliance pages provide an introduction to this central concept of the SWITCH project, and includes links to key documents and training activities.