News & Events

The 3rd International Conference “AQUA 2008” on Water Science and Technology with emphasis on water & climate was held on 16-19 October 2008, in Athens, by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Dpt.

A "targeted" Capacity Building workshop on "Integrated Water Resources Management" (IWRM) with reference to the conditions in the extended Drin River Basin shall be co-organised by the Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean (GWP-Med), the Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO/ECSDE) and the GEF "Lake Shkoder/Skadar Integrated Ecosystem Management" Project in Shkodra, Albania, 25-27 November 2008.

GWP-Med, with its capacity as the MED EUWI Secretariat, organised a Consultation Event on Household Affordability Assessment of Water Tariffs on 21st July 2008 in Cairo, Egypt, within the framework of the MED EUWI Water Policy Dialogue in Egypt.

The 5th Conference of the Water Directors of the Euro-Mediterranean and South-Eastern European Countries took place in Athens, 21-22 July 2008.

A Capacity Building Workshop on "Integrated Management of Shared Lakes Basins", was organised in Ohrid FYR Macedonia, 16-18 July 2008 by the Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean (GWP-Med) and the Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO/ECSDE)

The Conference of the Water Directors of the Euro-Mediterranean and Southeastern European Countries that was held in Bled, Slovenia, on 10-11 December 2007, is the fourth such meeting in sequence.

Athens, Greece, 22-23 October 2007

Following up the commitment of all the Euro-Mediterranean Partners to "endorse a feasible timetable to de-pollute the Mediterranean Sea by 2020", the European Commission launched the 'Horizon 2020' initiative (Cairo, November 2006) that aims to tackle the top pollution sources of the Mediterranean by the year 2020.

The “Nostrum-Dss & INECO Joint Event” was successfully held on the 25 Oct. 2007, Larnaca, Cyprus.

A large number of EU project coordinators, researchers, and representatives of relevant International Institutions (i.e. MED-EUWI, GWP-Med, DFID, CEDARE, Cap-Net UNDP, EC-DG EuropeAid, ICS-UNIDO), including European Commission representatives participated to exchange scientific knowledge and project results on different topics in the domain of water resources management in the Mediterranean Region.

GWP-Med announces the opening of a position as Communication- Administrative Officer at their headquarters in Athens, Greece.

For further information, please read/download attached file.

Hammamet-Médenine,
Tunisia, 22-26 November 2007