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Outcomes of the Workshop on IWRM in Libya

The 'Workshop on IWRM in Libya: Current Status and Way Forward, demonstrated by national, regional and international experiences’, took place on 11 and 12 April 2007, in Tripoli.

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Circle of Mediterranean Parliamentarians meet in Corfu

The 6th Meeting of the Circle of Mediterranean Parliamentarians for Sustainable Development (COMPSUD) took place on May 3-4, in Corfu island, Greece, with the participation of 30 MPs from 15 countries and representatives of regional organisations. The Meeting concluded with the Corfu Declaration.

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Conference on “Horizon 2020” and Private Investor Involvement

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.

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Expert Group Meeting on IWRM in the ESCWA region

Muscat, Oman, 18-20 March 2007

 

The Water and Environment Team of the Sustainable Development and Productivity Division at ESCWA, in collaboration with the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ), the Ministry of Regional Municipalities, Environment & Water Resources in Oman are organizing an Expert Group Meeting (18-20 March, Muscat) with the support of the Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP-Med) and the United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for West Asia (UNEP – ROWA).

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Workshop on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Libya

Tripoli, Libya, 11-12 April 2007

 

Following up on the Regional Seminar on IWRM Planning in North Africa (Rabat, 24-25 January 2006), which assessed progress and discussed the challenges towards achieving the IWRM in the countries of North Africa, a Workshop on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Libya will take place in Tripoli, Libya, on 11 and 12 April 2007.

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Inception Meeting of the Working Group on Shared Water Resources Management

Athens, Greece, 17 January 2007

 

The overall objective of the Working Group on Shared Water Resources Management is to promote synergies between competent EU and non EU partners of the Mediterranean and SEE region and to assist in the formulation of a common approach on key aspects of joint management of shared surface and ground water resources.

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Training Course on Groundwater Assessment and Development, Hurghada, Egypt

Hurghada, Egypt, 13-15 December 2006

 

Integrated management of groundwater resources is a challenge of particular importance in the region, especially in the arid lands. A 3-days Training Course on Groundwater Assessment and Development is organized from 13 to 15 December 2006, in Hurghada, Egypt, by CEDARE, GWP-Med, UNDP and the Eastern Desert Project.

 

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International Roundtable on “Integrated Shared Lake Basin Management in Southeastern Europe"

Ohrid, FYR Macedonia, 12-14 October 2006

 

Organized jointly by GWP-Med and the Lake Ohrid Watershed Committee, with the support of GEF IW:LEARN Activity D2, the International Roundtable will address issues of integrated management of lake basins and the linkages to connected river basin, groundwater and coastal management. The overall aim is the promotion of cooperation for the management of the transboundary water bodies of the South Western Balkan Peninsula region.

For further information on the event, please visit: www.watersee.net