OBJECTIVES
     (1) Linking nudges and water demand functions of the households (identification 
     of transmission channels) to infer implications for (local) DSM Policy. 
     This includes :
     -  Evaluation  of  socio-economic  performance  of  water  tariffs  by  means  of 
     appropriate  indicators  (in  every  dimension  of  the  WDF)  using  information  on 
     water demand functions as provided by econometric work;  
     -  Assessment  of  nudges  contribution  to  this  socio-economic  performance 
     (through their effects on water demand functions) 
     (2)  Making  progress  in  the  field  of  behavioural  interventions  (quality  of  the 
     information in particular)  
     (3)  Contributing  to  the  dissemination  of  economic  and  social  sciences  with 
     decision support tools to inform (local) decision-making processes about water 
     management (DSM policy in particular). 
      
  www.waterjpi.eu
                                        CONSORTIUM DESCRIPTION
                    Partners / Expertise                        Nudge Unit                         Econometric Unit                        Evaluation Unit
                        CEMOI (France)                                                      Database building - Water demand -       Transfer analysis - Tariff design – 
                    University of La Reunion                                                    Tariff perception - Panel data        Optimization - Simulated data 
                        CREM (France)                 Nudges design - Decontextualized                                                      Gender dimension
                     University of Rennes I                    lab experiments
                      EPRU (South Africa)            Nudges design - Randomized control                                                      Survey analysis
                    University of Cap Town                trials (experimental design, 
                                                              treatments effects)
                        GAEL (France)                  Nudges design - Lab experiments                                               Differences between lab and field 
                   University Grenoble Alpes                   with real people                                                                Experiments
                      GRANEM (France)                  Multi-agents models - Design of              Spatial econometrics
                      University of Angers                    nudging programs
                     LAREQUAD (Tunisia)                                                      Water demand - Time series data -        Water poverty - Index building
                 University of Tunis - El manar                                              Seasonality - Forecasting methods
                          OEG (Spain)                                                         Water demand - Measure of basic        Affordability - Incentive effect of 
                      University of Oviedo                                                   water needs - Impact of water using               water tariff
                                                                                            equipments - Productive inefficiency
              Stakeholders (CREMIDE, EMASA,          Nudges design - Knowledge of local                                              Indicators selection - Institutional 
               La Créole, Office de l'Eau Réunion,        conditions and population                                                    knowledge for DSM micro-
                 SEMIDE / EMWIS, SONEDE)                                                                                               simulations and tariff design
   www.waterjpi.eu
                                   WP DESCRIPTION
                WP Title                       WP Description
         WP1    Nudges set-up, lab             implements the tasks related to behavioural economics 
                experiments and analysis       (design of nudges, implementation and analysis of related lab 
                                               experiments, building of the Multi-agent model (considering 
                                               the feedback from lab experiments))
         WP2    Econometric models and         applies the econometric methods to estimate water demand 
                their application              functions of the households, builds the microsimulation 
                                               model
         WP3    Dashboard and                  includes the tasks needed to assess targeted local DSM 
                Evaluations                    policies
         WP4    Simulation models and          consolidates the outcomes from previous tasks into simplified 
                Guidelines                     micro-simulation models, pedagogical sheets and 
                                               methodological guidelines and procedures to facilitate 
                                               exploitation of the developed tools and models
         WP5    Nudge case studies             implementation of the field experiments (Saint Paul, Gijon, 
                                               Sfax); analysis of households/stakeholders feedbacks
         WP6    Dissemination                  implements actions to reach out all Stakeholders as well as 
                communication training and     the civil society 
                exploitation
         WP7    Project coordination &         assures project coordination and management 
                management
  www.waterjpi.eu
          EXPECTED IMPACT OF THE PROJECT
     Scientific part 
     - Impact of nudges on water demand functions 
     - Design of mixed DSM policy (combining nudges and tariff instruments)
     - Use of “new” evaluation indicators, e.g. incentive effect / allocative input efficiency 
     index
     Innovative part
     -  Microsimulation  models  with  a  complete  dashboard  of  indicators  (affordability  / 
     incentive  effect  /  equity  /  economic  welfare  /  cost  recovery);    simplified  versions 
     available on-line
     - Multi-agent model (design of nudging campaign) 
     - Digital nudging tool (Spain)
     Societal part 
     - Better water tariffs
     - Better domestic water uses (with resulting environmental improvements) 
     -  Better water governances (improved information on socio-economic dimension of 
     DSM  policy,  practical  tools  and  capacity-building  for  stakeholders,  local  public 
     feedbacks on nudges)
  www.waterjpi.eu
             Any comments?
  www.waterjpi.eu