News for 2013/03

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	2013 edition of UN-Water ‘Water for Life’ Best Practices Award goes to Japan and the Republic of Moldova
	America's Top Young Scientist invented a solar-powered water jug
	Amsterdam International Water Week (4-8 November 2013) - Call for Papers May 15th 2013
	Arad Group Appoints Lorenz as Its Distributor of Water Measurement Solutions and Services in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
	As water disappears from the Arab world, data is falling from the sky
	Blue Peace approach is the way to go
	CGIAR Highlights Tools that Improve Farming Responses to Drought
	CIRCLE-2 Mediterranean Joint Call: "Adaptation to Climate Change from a natural and social science perspective: Water in coastal Mediterranean areas"
	Call for Abstracts Now Open: SWEEP-Net 3rd Regional Forum
	Call for Expression of Commitment for Action Groups under the EIP Water
	Call for Papers for the Conference: Water is Necessary for LIFE, WIN4LIFE
	Call for abstracts for the 7th HyMeX Workshop
	Call for applications for the 16th Edition of the International Summer School on Regulation of Local Public Services
	Call for papers for the IWA Water Loss 2014 Conference, Vienna (Austria), 30/03-02/04/2014
	Call for proposals for the 5th European River Restoration Conference Promotion Package
	DEGRÉMONT, a SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT subsidiary, produces drinking water from modular desalination units in the area of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) / DEGRÉMONT, filiale de SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT, produit de l'eau potable à partir d'unités modulaires de dessalement dans la région de Riyadh
	ENPI CBC-MED Online project database: now available
	Environmental concerns reach fever pitch over plan to link Red Sea to Dead Sea: Controversies linger over the project's impact and the status of the Palestinian Authority
	Europe: one million signatures for Water as a Human Right
	GWF Highlights Increased Information Sharing in Transboundary Basin Treaties
	GWP CEE Recommends Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Plants to Address Rural Sanitation Access
	Gaza Desalination Facility: EIB launches tender for technical assistance
	High-Level Consultation on Water in the Post-2015 Development Agenda - 21-22 March 2013 \| The Hague, the Netherlands
	High-level roundtable of public and private sector on groundwater governance
	International Workshop on Integrated Use of Space Technologies for Food and Water Security
	International kick-off of the “Capacity Development to Support National Drought Management Policies” launched
	Islamic Development Bank extends support to UfM projects
	Jordan: ACWUA signs a new agreement with the National Law Center
	Lebanon: SPNL Launches New Project on Water Management Systems
	MEDRC Announces 2013 Scholarship Fund for Students from the Middle East and North Africa
	Macedonia: UNDP-GEF Project Restores Prespa Lake Ecosystem
	Marie Curie Individual Fellowships at Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
	National Geographic on the plight of the Dead Sea
	New WWF Report: "Seven Sins of Dam Building" released on the occasion of World Water Day
	Palestine: Gaza's water woes
	Region of Sardinia: Managing Authority of ENI CBC Med Programme 2014-2020 / Région Sardaigne: Autorité de Gestion du Programme IEV CT Med 2014-2020
	Regional council to regulate shared water resources: Water experts and policy makers from five regional countries are in the process of setting up a new council to regulate sharing of trans-boundary water resources
	Responding to Drought – WMO-GWP Integrated Drought Management Program Launched
	Solar-powered 'water ATMs' deliver at the last mile
	The "Arab Youth Portal on Water" (AYPOW)
	The Arab Spring and Climate Change: A Climate and Security Correlations Series
	The water crisis cannot be solved simply by conservation and infrastructure investment
	The world's driest region, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), is getting drier at an alarming rate
	Transboundary Law and Economic Value of Water: New Background Papers from GWP Technical Committee
	Turkey: More effective water management policies need to be adopted
	UNESCO Water e-Newsletter: Water Cooperation: Special Edition on the occasion of the International Year of Water Cooperation 2013
	UNESCO-IHE launch its Open Course Ware platform at the start of the Open Education Week
	USAID in the Middle East: Using Data to Improve Regional Water Management
	Unions and others expose lobbying of private water company to influence EU policy
	United Nations launches concerted push for effective drought policies: Need to focus on building resilience and reducing risks
	Veolia sells Morocco water, waste services to Actis
	Water Security for Policy Makers and Practitioners Short Course 10–14 June 2013
	Water Security in the Arab World
	Water Stress in the Mediterranean
	Water and Cooperation – hand in hand for sustainable future
	Water movement lodges complaint with the European Commisson
	Watershed Management Plan for the Prespa Region Sets Clear Objectives For Future Protection of Waters
	World Water Day 2013: How Shortages Affect Women, Kids, Hunger (And What You Can Do)
	World Water Day: EU Water-related Research

5th Mediterranean Water Forum