Most countries in European Union are suffering severe water scarcity caused by a negative balance between water resources and water demands. A sustainable management of hydrological resources results totally necessary, as it is established by the European Water Framework Directive (60/2000/EC), which makes compulsory for every water management authority in EU to prepare a river basin management plan by the end of this year 2009. In order to fulfil these obligations and considering the complexity of water bodies control and the undefined future scenario provided by climate change, there is an imperative demand of the use of integrated management tools and methods, such as computerized models. Thus, integrated Water Resources Management must be faced from a multisectorial point of view, involvingpure scientific research, social and economic aspects and administrative proceedings. The NOVIWAMproject will tackle these challenges by synthesizing the different perspectives of research institutions,authorities and entrepreneurs, introducing them into the promotion of multilevel and interregional cooperationbetween research-driven clusters in the field of Integrated River Basin Management tools.