Presentations from the WEFE Nexus Solutions & Tools | March 4-6, 2026

The WEFE Nexus Solutions & Tools Workshop took place on March 4–6, 2026, in Chania, Greece. This three-day workshop brought together experts and practitioners to explore innovative solutions and practical tools within the WEFE Nexus framework. Check out the presentations from the workshop:

Session 1 | WEFE Nexus Tools 

  • The role of integrated models in fostering transformative change in LTSER regions, Veronika Gaube (IRISCC) Video Presentation
  • A water balance model using satellite data, Jose Piqueras (NexusLabs) Video Presentation
  • Participatory System Dynamics Modelling as a tool for operationalizing the WEFE Nexus, Laura Selicato (NexusLabs) Video Presentation
  • Soil Health Monitoring and Information Systems for Sustainable Soil Management in the Mediterranean Region, Claudio Zucca (SOILS4MED) Video Presentation
  • Application of the techno-agro-economic model MYWASVALUE in Israel and Palestine, Ami Reznik (EcoFuture) Video Presentation
  • Solutions for Combating Land Degradation and Desertification, Anna Crescenti (MONALISA) Video Presentation

Session 2 | WEFE Nexus Solutions Demonstration Pilots

  • Bridging policy silos: governance challenges and opportunities in the WEFE nexus of non-EU PRIMA partner countries, Gertrud Buchenrieder (FrontAgNexus) Video Presentation
  • Designing a research infrastructure to facilitate place-based transformative change, Daniel Orenstein (eLTER-PLUS) Video Presentation
  • The challenge of implementing sponge measures at landscape scale for a climate resilient future, Andreas Panagopoulos (SPONGEWORKS) Video Presentation
  • Dry-stone check dams in Paros Island: a traditional sponge measure to mitigate floods and droughts, Thanos Giannakakis (Spongescape) Video Presentation
  • The Asterousia Case study in Crete, Greece, Afroditi Kardamaki (MONALISA)
  • Scaling carbon farming solutions for a resilient Mediterranean, Carlos Alberto Torres Guerrero (INTERREG – CarbonFarming MED) Video Presentation
  • Palestine Case Study: Stakeholder Engagement around the irrigation with treated wastewater for agriculture, Aqeel Aqeel (MONALISA)
  • Israeli pilot demonstrations in Kibbutz Nir David and Eden Farm Agricultural R&D Station,  Jozsef Kadar (EcoFuture)

Session 3 | WEFE Nexus Stakeholder Engagement Approaches

  • Keynote: Soil-based Business Models, Panos Panagos (Soil Mission, JRC)
  • Towards Equitable and Multisectoral Water Management at the Edge, Seifeddine Jomaa (OurMED) Video Presentation
  • Engaging Stakeholders in a Shared Commitment to Land Stewardship and the Restoration of Mediterranean Agro-Ecosystems, Giannis Louloudakis (React4MED)
  • Co-Designing Soil Carbon Services – Because Nobody Wants a Service Designed in a Bubble, Mariana Salgado  (IRISCC) Video Presentation
  • Living Labs as tools for advancing carbonfarming, Eric Benheir Kozakow (Lilas4Soils) Video Presentation
  • Beyond Sectoral Integration: Theoretical Foundations of the WEFE Nexus as a framework for Systemic Governance, Georgios Kleftodimos (DIONYSUS) Video Presentation
  • A socio-ecological approach to combat desertification in Jordan valley – Strategic Planning for Jordan and Palestine, Nikolaos Nikolaidis, Nash’at Thaher (EcoFuture) Video Presentation
  • WEFE Nexus Demonstration Project at Tasarasi Village of Havran / Balıkesir, Prof. Dr. Tanay Sıdkı Uyar, (FrontAgNexus)

Session 4 | Operationalizing the WEFE Nexus

  • Operational WEFE Solution in the hand of stakeholders, Anna Osann, (NexusLabs)