EMWIS Flash – September 2011
Euro-Mediterranean Information System on the know-how in the Water Sector
EMWIS is a program of the Union for the Mediterranean.
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Monthly Flash produced by the EMWIS Technical Unit- OIEAU, CEDEX, SOGESID-
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Mediterranean Water Information Mechanism / Geo-Catalogue / UfM-Water
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In this issue N°93 (www.emwis.net/thematicdirs/eflash/flash93)
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HEADLINE
1- World Water Forum preparation, Collection of solutions for target 1.5.7 “sharing and monitoring information at the transboundary level”
IN BRIEF
2- The 1st Mediterranean Water Forum, Marrakech, 19-20/12/2011
3- Mediterranean Economic Week: “Water Governance in the Mediterranean” Workshop
4- EMWIS & Revolve signed a partnership agreement
5- EU: Committee of Regions proposes bold steps to improve sustainable water management
6- EU Council called EU member states to adopt an Integrated Flood Management approach
7- ENPI CBC MED: Launch of the first standard projects (Signature of 9 grant contracts)
8- The 7th “Environment for Europe” Ministerial Conference: Adoption of a Ministerial Declaration titled “Save water, grow green!”
9- Palestine: Need for equitable access to water
10- Egypt and Ethiopia agree to hold tripartite meeting on Nile
11- Libya, Tripoli: water supply resumed as rebels regain control of the Great Man-Made River Project
12- Tunisia: CIUDAD project assists Tunisia in building a new wastewater facility
13- Algeria: Creation of the National Agency for Integrated Water Resources Management
14- Algeria: Suez Environnement re-appointed for Water Management in Algiers
15- Algeria: ACCIONA Agua commissions its first desalination plant
16- Iraq launches groundwater database to reduce uncertainty in the country’s water supply
17- EEA project assists Med partners in developing environmental information networks
18- Sustainable domestic Water Use in Mediterranean Regions (SWMED)
19- WBCSD launches first industry specific water tools
