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

Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector - Euro-Mediterranean Partnership & Water <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img src="http://sedna:8081/semide/images/EMP150x143" target="_blank" /></td> <td>The <a href="http://europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/euromed/" target="_blank">Euro-Mediterranean Partnership</a> (the so-called Barcelona Process),launched by the Barcelona Declaration of November 1995, embraces a vast programme of collaboration in a variety of spheres – economic and financial co-operation in particular – and indicates the priority actions for developing Euro-Mediterranean co-operation.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Based on the principles of the Rome Charter (1992), a specific chapter of the Declaration is dedicated to water.  Before the Barcelona conference, two major Mediterranean water conferences were held: <ul> <li>The first Mediterranean Water Conference in Algiers in 1990.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>A second conference in Rome on 1992-10-28/30, saw the drawing-up of the Mediterranean Charter for Water.</li> </ul> The turning point came at the first Euromed Foreign Ministers Conference in Barcelona on 1995-11-27&28. The Barcelona Declaration defined three partnerships: <ul> <li>Political & security: "securing peace and stability"</li> <li>Economic & financial: "establishing an area of shared prosperity"</li> <li>Social, cultural & human: "promoting mutual understanding by exchanges of experiences between civil societies and the development of social and cultural cooperation"</li> </ul> The partners have thereby set the stage for the establishment of a Free Trade Zone by the year 2010. The economic and financial section of the Barcelona Work Programme was divided into the following 13 chapters, including water: <ul> <li>Agriculture</li> <li>Energy</li> <li>Environment</li> <li>EuroMediterranean Free Trade Area</li> <li>Fisheries</li> <li>Industry</li> <li>Investment</li> <li>Regional planning</li> <li>Science & technology</li> <li>Telecommunications and information technology</li> <li>Tourism</li> <li>Transport</li> <li>Water: (abstract from the Barcelona work programme, 1995) "The Mediterranean Water Charter was adopted in Rome in 1992. Water is a priority issue for all the Mediterranean partners and will gain in importance as water scarcity becomes more pressing. The purpose of cooperation in this area will be as follows: - to take stock of the situation taking into account current and future needs; - to identify ways of reinforcing regional cooperation; - to make proposals for rationalising the planning and management of water resources, where appropriate on a joint basis; - to contribute towards the creation of new sources of water". Following the turning point at Barcelona, came a number of Euro-Mediterranean conferences addressing water management (see "key dates" for texts): •    Marseille, 1996-11-25&26. Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Water Management.    •    Malta 1997-04-16. 2nd Euromed Foreign Ministers Conference. •    Helsinki 1997-11-28. Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on the environment. •    Napoli 1997-12-09&10. Euro-Mediterranean Conference of 27 General Directors of Water Management. •    Palermo 1998-06-03&04.  Euromed ad-hoc ministerial meeting. •    Stuttgart 1999-04-15&16. 3rd Euromed Foreign Ministers Conference. •    Torino 1999-10-18&19. Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Local Water management. Declaration. •    Marseille 2000-11-15&16.  4th Euromed Foreign Ministers Conference. •    Madrid  2001-11-12.  Conference of the 35 Euro-Mediterranean Water Directors. •    Barcelone 2005-11-27/28.  10th Anniversary Summit of the Euro-Med Partnership. •    Rome 2005-11-24/25.  Conference of the 35 Euro-Mediterranean Water Directors </li> </ul> 2008-04-11T16:55:11Z tag:www.emwis.net,2008-04-11:/overview/fol101997 http://www.emwis.net/misc_/SEMIDE/Site.gif Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector The Barcelona Declaration, 1995 tag:www.emwis.net,2007-03-21:/overview/fol101997/doc208943 2007-03-21T10:08:15Z Miruna Badescu Anne-Marie Harper

The Barcelona work programme, 1995 tag:www.emwis.net,2007-03-21:/overview/fol101997/doc745654 2007-03-21T10:08:15Z Miruna Badescu Anne-Marie Harper

Conclusions of the 3rd Euro-Mediterranean Conference of Foreign Ministers in Stuttgart, 1999 tag:www.emwis.net,2007-03-21:/overview/fol101997/doc301164 2007-03-21T10:08:15Z Miruna Badescu Anne-Marie Harper

4th Euromed Foreign Ministers Conference, Conclusions, Marseilles 2000 tag:www.emwis.net,2007-09-20:/overview/fol101997/Marseilles_20001116_Conclusions_en.pdf 2007-09-20T19:53:22Z Miruna Badescu Anne-Marie Harper

Information seminar to the Water Directors of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, Madrid 2001 (resolutions) tag:www.emwis.net,2007-09-20:/overview/fol101997/EN_Resolution.pdf 2007-09-20T19:53:22Z Miruna Badescu Anne-Marie Harper

10th Anniversary summit of the Euro-Med Partnership, Barcelona 2005 tag:www.emwis.net,2007-03-20:/overview/fol101997/url399646 2007-03-20T16:32:24Z Miruna Badescu Anne-Marie Harper

10e anniversaire du Partenariat Euro-Med, Barcelone 2005 tag:www.emwis.net,2007-03-20:/overview/fol101997/url036891 2007-03-20T16:32:24Z Miruna Badescu Anne-Marie Harper

Résolutions de Madrid, 2001 tag:www.emwis.net,2007-09-20:/overview/fol101997/FR_Madrid_Resolutions.pdf 2007-09-20T19:53:22Z Miruna Badescu Anne-Marie Harper

4e Conférence Ministerielle Euro-Méditerranéenne sur la gestion de l'eau, Marseille 2000 (conclusions) tag:www.emwis.net,2007-09-20:/overview/fol101997/Marseille_20001116_Conclusions_fr.pdf 2007-09-20T19:53:22Z Miruna Badescu Anne-Marie Harper

3ème Conférence Euro-Méditerranéenne des Ministres des Affaires étrangères, Stuttgart 1999 tag:www.emwis.net,2007-09-20:/overview/fol101997/Stuttgart_19990415_conclusions_fr.PDF 2007-09-20T19:53:22Z Miruna Badescu Anne-Marie Harper

Conclusions at Malta, 1997 tag:www.emwis.net,2007-03-21:/overview/fol101997/doc816997 2007-03-21T10:08:15Z Miruna Badescu Anne-Marie Harper

Concluding statement, Palermo 1998 tag:www.emwis.net,2007-03-21:/overview/fol101997/doc803718 2007-03-21T10:08:15Z Miruna Badescu Anne-Marie Harper