Work Packages

Based on the main goal and the specific objectives of the MEDSAL Project, the work plan is structured in 8 discrete, yet inter-correlated, work packages (WPs). Each WP includes Tasks, which are the individual actions needed for its completion, their results as Deliverables (D) and Milestones (M).

Work package	Description	Team leader	Start and completion	Type
WP 1	Project monitoring, reporting, and financial-administration coordination activities	Evangelos Tziritis (SWRI)	1-36	Administration communication, and coordination
WP 2	Recording, processing, and integration of data for the 6 case study areas, as well as the literature review in state-of-the-art approach for salinization, hydrogeochemistry, geostatistics, and coastal groundwater resources management	Fadoua Hamzaoui (FST)	1-16	Research & Innovation
WP 3	Application of environmental isotopes for the identification and classification of the different salinization types	Christoph Külls (THL)	10-24	Research & Innovation
WP 4	Development of MEDSAL models and software tools, aiming to simulate and forecast groundwater salinization in subsequent steps	Phaedon Kyriakidis (CUT)	10-24	Research & Innovation
WP 5	Demonstration activities in the test sites, including the installation and operation of multi-sensors for the monitoring and identification of latent patterns of salinization.Integrated (joint) application of the MEDSAL software and tools (WP4) aiming to simulate and forecast salinization in the case study areas, develop salinization proxies, and perform a tailor-made groundwater risk assessment and management.	Maria Dolores Fidelibus (POLIBA)	1-34	Pilot
WP 6	Development and operation of joint participatory Framework, through MEDSAL web-GISObservatory and adjacent tools, and the harmonization of legal and managerial issues in the Mediterranean for coastal groundwater resources management	Cüneyt Güler (MEU)	16-34	Pilot and demonstration
WP 7	Communication, dissemination, and exploitation activities of the project, aiming to maximize its impact on the Mediterranean and other adjacent coastal areas through its results	Mohamed Redha Menani (MGRE)	1-36	Pilot and demonstration
WP 8	Training and networking actions of the project, including workshops, mobility of young scientists, exchange of know-how and cross-training to MEDSAL developed tools and overall Framework	Evangelos Tziritis (SWRI)	1-36	Demonstration

Each WP is assigned to a Lead Partner (LP) and the individual tasks to a Task Lead Partner (TLP), who coordinates and organizes the individual contribution of other Project Partners (PPs) to WPs and Tasks. MEDSAL’s approach foresees the highest engagement of all PPs (if and whenever feasible, according to their expertise) to achieve the same consensus of contribution and know-how.

Towards this goal and to ensure the equal contribution of all PPs, the LPs and TLPs have been evenly distributed among the participating countries. The overall methodological approach of the MEDSAL Project includes both research and pilot/demonstration actions.