News and Activities

The official launching of the project “Governance & Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector” will take place in Barcelona, 28-29 May 2013, during a regional Conference organised by the Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean (GWP-Med) under the auspices of the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean.

Water Cooperation is at the heart of GWP’s mission to support the sustainable development and management of water resources at all levels. That mission can only be achieved if a partnership of government, civil society, and the private sector work together to solve water challenges.

Find out more at: http://www.gwp.org/en/gwp-in-action/News-and-Activities/GWP-Video-Release-Water-Cooperation-for-a-Water-Secure-World/

Assessment of the Management of Shared Lake Basins in Southeastern Europe”. A report within GEF IW:LEARN Activity D2. GWP-Med, Athens, 2006

Status Paper -Management of the extended Transboundary Drin Basin”. GWP-Med, Athens, 2008

Status Report Part 1

Status Report Part 2

Status Report Part 3

Status Report Part 4

Drin Basin:A Situation Analysis. GWP-Med, Athens, 2011

Memorandum of Understanding for the Management of the Extended Transboundary Drin Basin

SPOTLIGHT ON THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA

Uniting our Efforts for the Future

The Cyprus Presidency of the EU Council will spot light on the Mediterranean Cooperation as an instrument to ensure peace, stability and growth in our region.

Together with the European Territorial Cooperation Programme MED and the Neighborhood Cross-border Cooperation Programme in the Mediterranean Sea Basin ENPI MED, the Cyprus Presidency warmly invites you to the first joint conference of these two cooperation programmes to be held in Cyprus on October 24th and 25th 2012.

For further information on the Conference see the Agenda or visit http://cyprusconferences.org/jccy2012/index.php

Alter Aqua Workshops, 19 September 2012, Gozo, Malta

In the framework of the Alter Aqua - Non Conventional Water Resources Program in Malta two events workshops will be held in the Island of Gozo on Wednesday 19 September 2012, as follows:

August 28, 2012

The Global Water Partnership (GWP) Sponsoring Partners announced today the appointment of Dr. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss as its new Chair, effective January 1, 2013. Dr. Schaefer-Preuss’ latest assignment was as Vice President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development. She was responsible for ADB’s Regional and Sustainable Development Department and Economics and Research Department (Office of the Chief Economist).

The MENA-OECD Governance Programme would like to announce the launching of the

"Young Mediterranean Leaders Initiative", on the proposal of the European Training Foundation (EFT), and with the support of the European Group for Public Administration and the College of Europe.

25-27 November 2008, Shkodra, Albania

The Capacity Building Workshop on “Integrated Water Resources Management, with particular reference to the conditions in the extended Drin River Basin” was co-organised in Skhodra, Albania, 25-27 November 2008by 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.

24 November 2008, Tirana, Albania

The Consultation Meeting on Integrated Management of the extended Drin River Basin was organised in Tirana, Albania, 24 November 2008 by the Albanian Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Water Administration, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Global Water Partnership Mediterranean (GWP-Med), with the financial support of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.