The PCP Wise workshop, held on July 2 at the headquarters of the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), co-organized by the IEEC and the Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia (ICGC), was structured around guided and dynamic interactive group activities. With this dynamic, the private sector, the public, academia, the research community and end users formulated the requirements so that the Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) tenders that will be made from the PCP WISE are adjusted to technological solutions to improve water management.

PCP WISE. Customisation/Pre-operationalisation of Water Management Innovations from Space for European Climate Resilience te l’objectiu de desenvolupar solucions operacionals que permetin una gestió més intel·ligent de l'aigua, aprofitant dades capturades des de satèl·lits com a requisit previ per anticipar-se a la gestió d’un recurs crític, davant de les noves condicions climàtiques extremes i els seus impactes potencials en el medi ambient i en la societat. 

After the summer of 2025, a first PCP call will be held in which the Catalan technological fabric will be able to present itself since, among the various use cases presented in the previous works of the members of the PCP WISE consortium, Catalonia has been selected for the area of solutions for drought and impacts on agricultural production and water resource management. The availability of infrastructure such as the Network of Stations for Measuring Physical Parameters of Soils in Catalonia (XMS-Cat) of the ICGC or the agrometeorological stations of the Institute of Agro-Food Research and Technology (IRTA) have been key elements for this selection.

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Participants in the dynamizing workshop carried out to collect requirements and needs within the framework of the PCP WISE project.

The main task of the day was to identify what water-related climate information was available, usable, or missing, while encouraging participants to explore their own assumptions and data needs. Three groups were formed with representatives from the categories of crisis, regular, and climate users, who responded to two key questions:

• What water-related information do you have or do not have?

• What are the barriers to accessing or using this information?

Group 1 expressed concern about the lack of data and limited availability of detailed climate data and sensitive information on urban flooding. Data was often person-dependent and documentation was inconsistent, especially with regard to metadata. The need for better data on Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), such as green roofs, was also highlighted. Group 2 focused on the fragmentation of data systems, the challenges of automating updates, and the ongoing privacy and security concerns surrounding making certain data public. Group 3 focused its discussion on predicting soil conditions and flooding, noting the lack of integrated data for modeling water flow in urban areas. They also questioned the scalability of new sensing technologies.

These contributions will provide key and direct input to the development of the PCP competition and ensure that future climate services respond to real-world complexities and user needs.