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EMWIS Flash - November 2007

Euro-Mediterranean Information System on the know-how in the Water Sector

EMWIS is a program of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership.
For further information: http://www.emwis.net

Monthly Flash produced by the EMWIS Technical Unit- OIEAU, CEDEX, SOGESID- with the support of the E.C. It is available in English, French & Arabic.

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In this issue N°53 (http://www.emwis.net/thematicdirs/eflash/flash53)
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HEADLINE
1- 4th Euromed & South-East European Water Directors conference, Bled (Slovenia) 10-11 December 2007

IN BRIEF

2- EMWIS National information seminar in Tunisia
3- Conclusions of the last Euro-Mediterranean Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
4- France proposed the creation of a water agency for the Mediterranean Union
5- Regional Workshop on “Environmental knowledge and information exchange in the Mediterranean”
6- Experts visit: Algerian, Tunisian looked at the French Water Information System
7- Jordan: Water contamination incidents highlight water shortage problem
8- Lebanon: Putting the environment at the heart of policy making
9- EBRD support for Montenegrin regional water supply system: €15 million
10- EU Water Policy and Dialogue with China launched
11- REBECCA project analyses ecological responses to chemical pressures
12- Browning of waters is related to reduced acid deposition rather than climate warming
13- Water scarcity and LIFE: developing good practice in reducing water usage
14- LIFE project ‘Optimizagua’: Saving water with more efficient irrigation systems
15- International Desalination Database: MEDRC works with MWH Americas
16- A roadmap for calibration and validation of satellite data