MEDA-Water Newsletter N° 4 - October 2008

Initiated during the Euro-Med Conference of Water Ministers in Turin in 1999, the declaration and action plan enabled to carry out a Euro-Mediterranean Programme for local management funded by the EU.

The Actions of this programme covered mainly the setting up and consolidation of partnerships between different institutions and organisations of EU member states and MEDA countries. These actions covered mainly the following:
• Strengthening of water governance.
• Development of tools and concrete projects on non conventional resources.
• Improvement of water management efficiency and decision making processes regarding irrigation, drinking water supply and sanitation in rural and suburban areas.
• Implementation of guidelines for drought.

Contact information	RMSU Amman, Wadi Saqra Building, 6th floor, office 3, Wadi Saqra street, Amman, Jordan / RMSU Marseille, Institut Méditerranéen de l’Eau, 18/20 Avenue Robert Schuman 13002 MARSEILLE, FRANCE (email: rmsu.amman@medawater-rmsu.org ; rmsu.marseille@medawater-rmsu.org) Phone: /fax : +962(0)6 554 41 46 -- Tel : +33 4 91 59 87 77 – Fax : +33 4 91 59 87 78
News type	Inbrief
File link	http://www.medawater-rmsu.org/newsletter/archive/MW_Newsletter_October_2008_EN.pdf
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Source of information	MEDA-Water RMSU
Keyword(s)	EU-MEDA-Water, RMSU
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/medaeau
Geographical coverage	Euromed
News date	13/01/2009
Working language(s)	ENGLISH