Description
The project address the problems of Hungarian NGOs on the field of natural spring water conservation as they face administrative, official and professional problems, have a weak lobby potential and low prestige as well as lack cooperation with each other. The project aims to change this situation by establishing the Hungarian Spring Water Alliance that will provide a well-organized framework both for knowledge sharing and advocacy. In order to utilize good practices and knowledge a model for spring water protection and care will be developed, and a national database of spring water resources will be completed and published. The general public will be addressed through the International Spring-water Day and the nationwide "Spring-water of the Year" contest.
Summary of project results
Out of the obstacles of the natural spring water caring the project addressed the lack of public information, the low level cooperational level and prestige of the related civic organizations and the underdevelopment of the civic control of the field with the aim of preserving and developing the status of the springs in Hungary. The most important outcome of the project is the nationwide SpringWaterGuardian Civic Network bringing together numerous experts and civic initiatives from the country, and within which, based on available best practices the model of spring caring and adoption was developed and published as a handbook, while local representatives/focal points of the network were trained in 2 two-days-long trainings. As a result of the trainings and workshops a dozen of initiatives got trained and enriched with new contacts, while the broader audience were activated through the national “Worldday of Springs” event.
Summary of bilateral results