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OUR PARTNERSHIPS
FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
It is difficult to create change on your own, and the
sustainable transition is one of the biggest change
management projects facing public and private companies,
governments and the like. That is why we consider SDG
17, Partnerships for Sustainable Development, to be crucial
for achieving the goals of the other SDGs.
At AVK, we therefore co-operate with partners
across industries, governments, authorities,
civil society, and the academic world. In
recent years, we have had a special focus on
partnerships in the water industry and thus, a
special focus on SDG 6.
Read more about our formal partnerships in the
next sections.
Water Valley Denmark
Water Valley Denmark (WVDK) is a
co-operation between Dansk Industri
(Confederation of Danish Industry), DI Water
(Confederation of Danish Industry - Water),
water supply companies, universities, research
units, and manufacturing companies, including
AVK. The purpose of WVDK is to bring together
the most skilled players to help create a CO2
and climate neutral water sector, to develop
solutions for the water industry, and to unlock
the Danish water sector’s potential to become
a world leader and double the export of water
technology by 2030.
REACT-EU is recovery aid to areas in Europe
supporting investment projects that promote
crisis management measures and contribute
to a green, digital, and resilient economic
recovery. The aid is an extension of the
crisis preparedness and crisis management
measures that have been implemented in
response to the coronavirus.
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AVK is one of the founding partners of WVDK
and holds a position on the steering committee.
Water Valley Denmark has received DKK 57
million as a part of the REACT-EU programme
for the development of equipment and
techniques, including the Water Living Lab
(WLL). At AVK, we see great opportunities to
further develop our Smart Water solutions as
participation in WLL provides the opportunity to
test innovative technologies, both hardware and
software, together with other manufacturers,
suppliers, utilities, consultants, and universities.
Danish-Middle Eastern education
collaboration established in Dubai
Since 2019, AVK has been a part of the
Advanced Water Cycle Management Course
(AWCMC) collaboration with participants from
all over the world. Water challenges have led
the Dubai Municipality to contact the AWCMC
to establish a similar initiative locally. In
September 2024, representatives from Dubai
and Danish stakeholders signed the MoU
agreement to secure the new collaboration.
In the United Arab Emirates, all fresh water is
based on desalinated seawater – an expensive
and energy-intensive way of obtaining drinking
water. In addition, the Emirates want to
increase the production of their own food as
approximately 80% of the current food supply
is imported. To achieve this goal, even more
freshwater is needed putting pressure on the
current system.
