· European Commision FP7 the future of European Union research policy

· LPB La Plata Basin Regional Hidroclimate Project

· CLIVAR Climate Variability and Predictability

· GEWEX Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment

· WCRP World Climate Research Programme

· WMO World Meteorological Organization

· IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

· IGBP International Geosphere - Biosphere Programme

· PAGES Past Global Changes

· CODATA The Committee on Data for Science and Technology

· IHDP The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change

· ENSEMBLES The ENSEMBLES project

· PRUDENCE Prediction of Regional scenarios and Uncertainties for Defining European Climate change risks and Effects

· STARDEX Statistical and Regional dynamical Downscaling of Extremes for European regions