Strengthens fit-for-purpose and sustainable monitoring capabilities through innovation. Key innovation areas:

• HYDROMETRY: Fosters the operational uptake of innovative technologies and emerging monitoring schemes, such as crowd sourcing, to provide cost-effective monitoring solutions.
• DATA MANAGEMENT: Develops pragmatic solutions to introduce new technologies and paradigms into the operational routines of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) and other stakeholders, in order to widen the reach of hydrological data and services.
• MANAGEMENT PROCESSES: Support good management practices by providing case studies, guidance material, templates for recurring administrative tasks and other knowledge products, with the aim to increase the flexibility of business processes.