Water Strategy in the Western Mediterranean 5+5, Workshop 4: Action Plan
Following the approval of the Water Strategy in the Western Mediterranean that took place in Algiers last March 31st, the work in elaborating the Action Plan has continued. In this sense, A work meeting (Workshop 4) will take place in Madrid (Spain) on the 10th of September 2015. The purpose of this meeting is to present the information compiled so far in regards to the Action Plan and to move forward towards finalising it.
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Tentative WS4 Agenda |
10´ |
Welcome of Participants European Commission |
30´ |
Action Plan Outline: objectives, criteria, received proposals analysis MENBO |
60 |
Nacional proposal presentations. 1st round |
30´ |
Coffee break |
60´ |
Nacional proposal presentations. 1st round |
60´ |
Open discussion |
120´ |
Lunch |
30´ |
Regional proposal presentations. XXX |
15´ |
Open discussion |
30´ |
Roundtable: Financing the action Plan. |
30´ |
Roundtable: Focal Points identification |
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Conclusions of the workshop |
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BACKGROUND
The Western Mediterranean Forum, commonly referred to as 5+5 Dialogue, was launched in 1990 as an informal sub-regional forum of countries geographically situated on the western rim of the Euro-Mediterranean littoral and comprising of Algeria, France, Italy, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Malta and Tunisia.
Thorough 3 workshops held in Oran and Valencia to elaborate the Strategy, the main interest issues common to the 10 countries and regional entities were broken down, synthesised and prioritised. These reflect, firstly, the characterisation and current problematic of this area in relation to water and, secondly the main joint priorities presented by the different national delegations.
Finally, the Water Strategy for the Western
Mediterranean was adopted in
THE WATER STRATEGY
The Water Strategy for the
Western Mediterranean (WSWM) is a guiding document with orientations and
objectives on water resources management and protection agreed by the
The long-term WSWM’s objectives are to preserve water quality and to balance quantity of used and available water to achieve regional sustainable economic growth, social prosperity, access to water for all and environmental protection and rehabilitation. The WSWM aims at stimulating the development of policy, cooperation and technological tools, promoting the exchange of knowledge and contributing to share prosperity.
The WSWM is structured around 13 priority issues, grouped in three thematic blocks: it starts on the cross-cutting subjects and widely accepted basic orientations on water management, followed by regional interest issues adapted to the specific context of the Western Mediterranean, and the lastly focuses on more technical objectives, according to the specificities proposed by the 10 countries in order to improve water management.
TOWARDS AN ACTION PLAN
In order to address specific water challenges and help achieve solutions to problems of regional concern with a focus on sustainability, an Action Plan will be developed and followed-up.
The Action Plan will assist in the successful implementation of the WSWM and will be annexed to the Strategy and will compile the proposals from the 5+5 Members. It will detail projects and initiatives with specific objectives, geographical scope, financing plans, foreseen indicators and schedule, and it will allow to visualise the most pragmatic part of the Strategy.
Following the same procedure developed for the adoption of the Strategy, the gestation of the action plan will be led by Spanish-Algerian initiative, which will build on MENBO as technical facilitator of the process.
During the drafting process of the Strategy a first call for project proposals to shape the action plan took place. Mainly, the regional organisations’ proposals are related to water governance, capacity building and knowledge exchange. On the other hand, the first initiatives of the countries appear to be directed mostly towards infrastructure investment projects.
Contact information |
Maria Serneguet i Belda MENBO Permanent Technical Secretariat MENBO_logo Red Mediterránea de Organismos de Cuenca (REMOC - MENBO- REMOB) Confederación Hidrográfica del Júcar Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 48-5ª Valencia 46010
(email: remoc@chj.es) Phone: +34 96 3938942 |
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Event type | Seminar |
File link | n/a |
Source | Red Mediterránea de Organismos de Cuenca (REMOC - MENBO- REMOB) |
Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , TOOL TERMS , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY |
Relation | http://www.emwis.net/initiatives/5et5/ |
Geographical coverage | Spain, |
Address | Palacio de Zurbano Calle Fernando el Santo, 12 (Madrid) |
Organizer | Spanish government and Red Mediterránea de Organismos de Cuenca (REMOC - MENBO- REMOB) |
Target audience | Regional |
Duration | 10th September 2015. 10:00 h |
Period | 10/09/2015 |
Status | Confirmed |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH , FRENCH , SPANISH |