The 4th Conference of the Water Directors of the Euro-Mediterranean and Southeastern European Countries
One of the key elements of the coming Water Directors’ Forum Conference will be the preparation and organization of the proposed Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Water, planned to be held almost ten years after the Turin Ministerial Conference. Fostering discussions and reaching of decisions on the objectives, content, modalities, venue, possible contributions and required political background will ensure a successful Ministerial Conference.
The Water Directors’ Forum Conference will also review and discuss, in a
more technical context, priority issues of the Mediterranean water agenda
that are thematically pertaining to the abovementioned Ministerial
Conference, with an emphasis on their recent developments, their
state-of-play and their next steps also in view of the proposed Ministerial
Event. Analytically:
• The Mediterranean Component of the EU Water Initiative (MED
EUWI),
• The Joint Mediterranean Process (Joint MED EUWI/WFD Process), linking
the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) with the MED EUWI, including
reference on the recent political EU Initiative on ‘water scarcity and
droughts’ ,
• The Euro-Mediterranean Information System on Know-How in the Water
Sector (EMWIS),
• The EC Initiative to De-pollute the Mediterranean Sea by year 2020,
namely the ‘Horizon 2020’ Initiative for the
Mediterranean,
• The European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI), and in
particular its perspectives in the Mediterranean,
• The Thematic Strategy on the Protection and Conservation of the
Marine Environment (EU Marine Strategy),
• The Euro-Mediterranean Regional Water Programme for Local Water
Management (MEDA-Water Programme),
• Other on-going Initiatives and Programmes in the Mediterranean region
coordinated and promoted by international and/or regional Organisations,
including the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development, GEF
Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Large Marine Ecosystems, African
Water Facility, etc.
The 35 Water Directors of the countries and the European Commission
participating to the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership will be invited to
participate. The Water Directors of Southeastern European countries and
Libya will also be invited to participate as observers. Furthermore,
representatives of the key regional Organisations and Networks, NGOs,
representatives of the donor community, IFIs, etc will be invited as
observers.
Contact information |
Eric MINO & Jauad EL KHARRAZ
(email: e.mino@semide.org ; jauad.el-kharraz@semide.org) Phone: +33 492 94 22 91 ; Fax: +33 492 94 22 95 |
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Event type | Conference |
File link |
http://www.emwis.net/documents/meetings/fol148169/4thWD-slovenia |
Source | EMWIS Technical Unit |
Subject(s) | POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT |
Relation | http://www.semide.net/documents/meetings/fol148169 |
Geographical coverage | Slovenia |
Address | Bled, Slovenia |
Organizer | Greece as Lead Country of MED EUWI (Hellenic Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works and Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs), the “Euro-Mediterranean Information System on Know-How in the Water Sector” (EMWIS), the European Commission and the “Regional Monitoring and Support Unit” (RMSU) of the MEDA-Water Programme of the EC. |
Target audience | International |
Duration | 2 days |
Period | [10/12/2007 - 11/12/2007] |
Status | Confirmed |
Working language(s) | ARABIC , ENGLISH , FRENCH |