Final draft – 29 February 2012

6th World Water Forum

Intercontinental Mediterranean Process

Theme “Governance”

Session Proposal Target and Solutions Group for Target MED 3.2

II - SESSION OUTLINE

Part 1:

Reference number	Mediterranean Process, target 3.2 / possibly combined with CS1x
Target(s)/PFA/CS/Region	By 2020, every country has activated and implemented mechanisms for effective stakeholder participation throughout the different components of basin water resources management, and has in place a functioning articulation between central and decentralized levels Priority for action: Governance Strategic direction: Contribute to Economic Development Region: Mediterranean Countries
Session title	Impliquer tous les acteurs de l’eau pour adapter sa gouvernance aux mutations climatiques, politiques, socio-économiques et environnementales dans les pays méditerranéens Involving all water stakeholders to adapt its governance to the climate, political, socio-economic and environmental changes in the Mediterranean
Session teaser/description	The water issues (scarcity, quality, flood risks) have always been and will be even more crucial for welfare, peace and stability in the Mediterranean. Improving water governance and fostering its evolution is thus an obvious necessity. In this sense, the appropriate recognition of the complexity (multi-level, multi-use) of these issues , interdependent with other concerns of general interest (territorial planning, food security, public health, energy…) requires the mobilisation of all the stakeholders To make this mobilisation operational, and compensate the shortcomings diagnosed in the articulations between the levels of water governance, the “solutions” can draw on a variety of processes (decentralization, delegation, consultation, capacity building, information….) The aim of the session is to share solutions, on the setting up of diagnosis tools, combining bottom-up and top-down approaches, and fed through experiences (successful or otherwise), being careful to preserve the particular context of each country.
2-hours
Contact details of the Coordinator(s) convening the session	Institut Méditerranéen de l’eau +33 491 598 777 : info@ime-eau.org C.C.: aj.plantey@orange.fr ; sergemiquel@gmail.com
Objectives and outputs	General objectives of the session: - to reach agreement on how to implement the necessary articulation between central and local powers according to subsidiarity, and to promote multilevel stakeholders’ involvement at different territorial levels in decision-making processes on water policy - to reach agreement on the milestones and on their implementation. - to foster a network of stakeholders & experts involved in local water governance	Expected outputs X final version of the Target Action Plan X agreement on promising solutions X agreement on the implementation of commitment X enough information to finalise the report and its conclusions
Format/Logistics request	Estimated number of seats needed 200	Preferred room set-up Round table All rooms will be equipped with: O.K
Extra requirements for innovative sessions	two catheders on stage table with seats for 8 persons

Part 2:

Secretariat recommendations	- At least 50% of your session’s time should be devoted to interactive and fruitful exchanges with the audience - You are kindly encouraged to include a political representative and representatives of donors and NGOs as speakers in your session Underneath is the proposed content of the programme and the speakers. This is still subject to approvals
Session plan detailing its schedule	Time 5’	Descriptions of items/presentations Chairman: MILAGROS COUCHOUD (IME) Moderator: Aziza AKHMOUCH (OECD) Rapporteurs: A BROUMA + S.MIQUEL	Proposed speakers
5’	Presentation general findings, actions, solutions, commitments & recommendations of Target 2	Jacques Plantey
25	Presentation of cases of solutions (5)	M.A.RODENAS (Murcia Region) , Fouad M’HAMDI (Taroudannt Province), C.HELLE (Provence Region), Saad SEDDIK (Min Agri Tunisia), Caroline MAIRESSE (LYDA – Casablanca)
30	First round of discussion with audience
20	Round table with a core group of the TSG	high level representatives of UpM,, SEMIDE, Agence de l’Eau RM&C ; Mayor of HYDRA ; WWF ,
30	Discussion of speakers and audience	All speakers
5	Concluding remarks	Milagros COUCHOUD
Targeted audience in view of commitments	Those interested in the improvement of governance of water issues (scarcity for multi-uses, quality, flood risks) involving all stakeholders
Other Information	Not at the moment