Launch of the French Partnership for water (PFE), its actions 2007-2009

The ‘French Partnership for Water’ (PFE) and Nelly OLIN, Minister for Ecology and Sustainable Development, wished to mark the World Water Day, last March 22nd, by signing the constitutive charter of the Partnership. The partnership groups all the French actors involved in the water sector abroad: the state, the French Development Agency, local authorities, water boards, businesses, NGOs, research institutes. It will enable France to participate with greater coordination and efficiency in international meetings and debates on water. The PFE has the role to make progress in the interventions of the international community towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Contact information	Marillys Macé – ministère de l’Ecologie et du Développement durable (email: Marillys.mace@ecologie.gouv.fr) Phone: 01 42 19 17 50 – fax 01 42 19 13 33
News type	Inbrief
File link	http://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/Le-partenariat-Francais-pour-l-eau.html
Source of information	The ‘French Partnership for Water’ (PFE)
Keyword(s)	MDGs, UNEP-MAP
Subject(s)	POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT
Geographical coverage	France
News date	29/03/2007
Working language(s)	ENGLISH , FRENCH

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