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Our session Med 4.2 on “Sustainable cost recovery (SCR) for sanitation services” during the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille. will take place on Wednesday 14 March - 8:30 / 10:30. But the location has just changed, it will take place now room Peu 1 – Europa 1 &gt; Palais de l’Europe.



1st Mediterranean Water Forum

Water institutional framework of Mediterranean countries





Union for the Mediterranean - Water sector website
Mediterranean Water Information Mechanism
Water Information System for Europe
Med Joint Process: Water quality monitoring working group meeting, Madrid, 10th November 2010
14th EMWIS Steering Committee meeting, 3rd december 2010 in Firenze (IT)
27 May 2010 - For'UM - Marseille


EMWIS Flash N°100, May 2012EMWIS Book (From Marseille 1996 to Florence 2010)EMWIS Newsletter, December 2010 EMWIS Newsletter, April 2010





Towards a National Water Information System in Morocco, 25/11/2010Towards a National Water Information System in Turkey, Dec'2010Towards a National Water Information System in Syria, 20/12/2010


Towards a National Water Information System in Jordan, 20/10/2010 Towards a National Water Information System in Egypt, 27/10/2010Towards a National Water Information System in Palestine, 23/11/2010</description><dc:description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11px;"&gt;&#13;
&lt;h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0em; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 0em; font-family: Arial, verdana, sans-serif; position: relative; font-size: 22px; color: #557595; padding: 0px;"&gt;&#13;
&lt;p style="font-size: 22px; font-family: Arial, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/events/wwf6/" target="_new"&gt;6th World Water Forum (WWF), Marseille 12-17 March 2012&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 22px;"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/events/wwf6/mediterranean-cross-continental-process" target="_new"&gt;Mediterranean cross-continental process Sessions at the 6th WWF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/events/wwf6/med-side-events" target="_new"&gt;Mediterranean Side Events at the 6th WWF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/events/wwf6/emwis-wwf6" target="_new"&gt;EMWIS Sessions at the 6th WWF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/events/wwf6/arab/" target="_new"&gt;Arab Countries Cross-Continental Process&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/events/wwf6/med-side-events/wana-forum-side-event-regional-solution-water-scarcity-west-asia-north-africa/" target="_new"&gt;WANA Forum side event: Regional Solution for Water Scarcity in West Asia-North Africa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/events/wwf6/med-side-events/medrc-side-event-at-the-6th-world-water-forum-under-the-mediterranean-cross" target="_new"&gt;MEDRC Side Event&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #557595; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/events/wwf6/special-med/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Special Session: "Mediterranean Water Forum: From Marrakech to Marseille &amp;amp; the Future&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #557595; font-weight: bold; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/events/wwf6/special-med/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;16 March 2012 (11h - 13h)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/events/wwf6/forum-plan" target="_new"&gt;Forum Plan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p style="font-size: 22px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/events/wwf6/mediterranean-cross-continental-process/med-4.2" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Our&amp;nbsp;session Med 4.2 on &amp;ldquo;&lt;strong&gt;Sustainable cost recovery (SCR) for sanitation services&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;during the&amp;nbsp;6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;World Water Forum in Marseille. will take place on&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Wednesday 14 March - 8:30 / 10:30.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;But the location has just changed, it will take place now room&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/events/wwf6/mediterranean-cross-continental-process/med-4.2" target="_new"&gt;Peu 1 &amp;ndash; Europa 1 &amp;gt; Palais de l&amp;rsquo;Europe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/events/wwf6" target="_new" title="WWF6, Marseille March 2012"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 60px; height: 106px; margin: 0px;" src="/images/logo-Forum6_04_91462967ef.jpg" alt="" width="60" height="106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;h1 style="text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/events/wwf6/med" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;1st Mediterranean Water Forum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#13;
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&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ufm-water.net" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Union for the Mediterranean - Water&lt;strong&gt; sector website&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;a href="/medwip"&gt;Mediterranean Water Information Mechanism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://water.europa.eu/"&gt;Water Information System for Europe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;h2 style="font-size: 1.5em;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/topics/watmon/meeting2010/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Med Joint Process: Water quality monitoring working group meeting, Madrid, 10th November 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#13;
&lt;h2 style="font-size: 1.5em;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/SC/SC14"&gt;14th EMWIS Steering Committee meeting, 3rd december 2010 in Firenze (IT)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#13;
&lt;h2 style="font-size: 1.5em;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ufm-water.net/meetings/for-um"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;27 May 2010 - For'UM - Marseille&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;a href="/thematicdirs/eflash/flash100" target="_new"&gt;EMWIS Flash N&amp;deg;100, May 2012&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;a href="/thematicdirs/books/emwis-book_1996-2010_en-fr.pdf"&gt;EMWIS Book (From Marseille 1996 to Florence 2010)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="/thematicdirs/newsletter/emwis-newsletter7_en.pdf"&gt;EMWIS Newsletter, December 2010&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="/thematicdirs/newsletter/newsletter2010.pdf"&gt;EMWIS Newsletter, April 2010&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/fol791509/MA2010"&gt;Towards a National Water Information System in Morocco, 25/11/2010&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/fol791509/TR2010"&gt;Towards a National Water Information System in Turkey, Dec'2010&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/fol791509/SR2010"&gt;Towards a National Water Information System in Syria, 20/12/2010&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/fol791509/towards-national-water-information-system-jordan"&gt;Towards a National Water Information System in Jordan, 20/10/2010&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/fol791509/EG2010"&gt;Towards a National Water Information System in Egypt, 27/10/2010&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="/documents/meetings/fol791509/PS2010"&gt;Towards a National Water Information System in Palestine, 23/11/2010&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="/images/Illustration_semide-h12W16.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description><dc:identifier>http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links</dc:identifier><dc:date>2012-05-21T16:25:43Z</dc:date><dc:publisher>EMWIS Technical Unit</dc:publisher><dc:creator></dc:creator><dc:subject>Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector</dc:subject><dc:subject>International portal</dc:subject><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:source>EMWIS Technical Unit</dc:source><items><rdf:Seq><rdf:li resource="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/url485716"/><rdf:li resource="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/url759749"/><rdf:li resource="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/url094116"/><rdf:li resource="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/url086795"/><rdf:li resource="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/url306222"/><rdf:li resource="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/national-agricultural-policy-center-napc-syria"/><rdf:li resource="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/euro-mediterranean-association-agreements"/><rdf:li resource="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/syrian-arab-republic-state-planning-commission"/><rdf:li resource="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/syrian-german-cooperation-water-sector"/><rdf:li resource="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/modernisation-programme-syrian-water-sector"/><rdf:li resource="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/water-resources-information-center-syrian"/><rdf:li resource="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/modernisation-programme-syrian-water-sector-1"/><rdf:li resource="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/the-syrian-national-strategy-report-for-sustainable-development-for-the-2002"/><rdf:li resource="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/syria-aquastat-profile"/><rdf:li resource="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/water-profile-of-syria-encyclopedia-of-earth"/></rdf:Seq></items></channel><item rdf:about="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/url485716"><link>http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/url485716</link><title>Ministry of Irrigation</title><description>Organisation responsible for running the NFP.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
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  &lt;br /&gt;</dc:description><dc:contributor>anne</dc:contributor><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:coverage>Banglades</dc:coverage><dc:subject>fatty acid</dc:subject><dc:rights/><dc:publisher>EMWIS Technical Unit</dc:publisher><dc:creator/><dc:type>Text</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:source>EMWIS Technical Unit</dc:source></item><item rdf:about="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/url759749"><link>http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/url759749</link><title>European Neighbourhood Policy (EC)</title><description>An EU policy for strengthening links with neighbouring countries.&lt;br /&gt;
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</dc:description><dc:contributor>eric</dc:contributor><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:coverage>Syrie</dc:coverage><dc:subject/><dc:rights/><dc:publisher>EMWIS Technical Unit</dc:publisher><dc:creator/><dc:type>Text</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:source>EMWIS Technical Unit</dc:source></item><item rdf:about="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/modernisation-programme-syrian-water-sector-1"><link>http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/modernisation-programme-syrian-water-sector-1</link><title>Modernisation Programme for the Syrian Water Sector</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size: 11px" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Ministry of Housing and Construction (MHC) mandate states clearly that the responsibility of the Ministry is to fulfill the citizens&amp;rsquo; rights to access safe drinking water and sanitation services. The current five year plan 2006-2010 has emphasised the aforementioned mandate of the Ministry within the context of the social market economy and provided updated model of its roles that are mainly stated in presenting the Ministry as:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ol&gt;	&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;The main contributor to policy development in the water supply and sanitation sector;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Regulator of the water supply and sanitation sector; and&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Supervisor of the performance of the fourteen Water Establishments (WEs).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Contact&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;For further information please contact&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Rafiq Diab&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;E-Mail:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a style="text-decoration: none; color: #000000" href="mailto:Rafiq.Diab@gtz.de"&gt;Rafiq.Diab@gtz.de&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Telephone: +963 11 22 10 105 ext 13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><dc:title>Modernisation Programme for the Syrian Water Sector</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/modernisation-programme-syrian-water-sector-1</dc:identifier><dc:date>2010-01-21T00:00:00Z</dc:date><dc:description>&lt;span style="font-size: 11px" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Ministry of Housing and Construction (MHC) mandate states clearly that the responsibility of the Ministry is to fulfill the citizens&amp;rsquo; rights to access safe drinking water and sanitation services. The current five year plan 2006-2010 has emphasised the aforementioned mandate of the Ministry within the context of the social market economy and provided updated model of its roles that are mainly stated in presenting the Ministry as:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ol&gt;	&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;The main contributor to policy development in the water supply and sanitation sector;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Regulator of the water supply and sanitation sector; and&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Supervisor of the performance of the fourteen Water Establishments (WEs).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Contact&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;For further information please contact&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Rafiq Diab&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;E-Mail:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a style="text-decoration: none; color: #000000" href="mailto:Rafiq.Diab@gtz.de"&gt;Rafiq.Diab@gtz.de&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Telephone: +963 11 22 10 105 ext 13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</dc:description><dc:contributor>jauad</dc:contributor><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:coverage>Syria</dc:coverage><dc:subject/><dc:rights/><dc:publisher>EMWIS Technical Unit</dc:publisher><dc:creator/><dc:type>Text</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:source>EMWIS Technical Unit</dc:source></item><item rdf:about="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/the-syrian-national-strategy-report-for-sustainable-development-for-the-2002"><link>http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/the-syrian-national-strategy-report-for-sustainable-development-for-the-2002</link><title>The Syrian National Strategy Report for Sustainable Development: For the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa</title><description/><dc:title>The Syrian National Strategy Report for Sustainable Development: For the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/the-syrian-national-strategy-report-for-sustainable-development-for-the-2002</dc:identifier><dc:date>2010-12-25T00:00:00Z</dc:date><dc:description/><dc:contributor>jauad</dc:contributor><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:coverage/><dc:subject/><dc:rights/><dc:publisher>EMWIS Technical Unit</dc:publisher><dc:creator/><dc:type>Text</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:source>EMWIS Technical Unit</dc:source></item><item rdf:about="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/syria-aquastat-profile"><link>http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/syria-aquastat-profile</link><title>Syria: Aquastat profile</title><description/><dc:title>Syria: Aquastat profile</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/syria-aquastat-profile</dc:identifier><dc:date>2011-01-27T00:00:00Z</dc:date><dc:description/><dc:contributor>jauad</dc:contributor><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:coverage/><dc:subject/><dc:rights/><dc:publisher>EMWIS Technical Unit</dc:publisher><dc:creator/><dc:type>Text</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:source>EMWIS Technical Unit</dc:source></item><item rdf:about="http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/water-profile-of-syria-encyclopedia-of-earth"><link>http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/water-profile-of-syria-encyclopedia-of-earth</link><title>Water profile of Syria: Encyclopedia of Earth</title><description/><dc:title>Water profile of Syria: Encyclopedia of Earth</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/sy/links/water-profile-of-syria-encyclopedia-of-earth</dc:identifier><dc:date>2011-01-27T00:00:00Z</dc:date><dc:description/><dc:contributor>jauad</dc:contributor><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:coverage/><dc:subject/><dc:rights/><dc:publisher>EMWIS Technical Unit</dc:publisher><dc:creator/><dc:type>Text</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:source>EMWIS Technical Unit</dc:source></item></rdf:RDF>
