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October 2008
Euro-Mediterranean Information System on the
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In this issue N°63
(http://www.emwis.net/thematicdirs/eflash/flash63)
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HEADLINE
1- Barcelona Process: a Union for the Mediterranean
Ministerial Conference on Water, October 29, 2008 (Jordan)
IN BRIEF
2- Euro-Med Finance Ministers move forward on specific
projects such as the de-pollution of the Mediterranean
3- Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly adopted
Recommendation on its role in the Union for the
Mediterranean
4- EU Ministers meet to take forward the European Space
Policy
5- Water scarcity and droughts in the EU: Seeber report
6- Regular monitoring of Horizon 2020 process
7- Great success for the 6th "EUROPE-INBO 2008" conference
8- Financing water and sanitation at local levels
9- Water issue in the Mediterranean decentralised
cooperation
10- New USAID initiative for water governance in the MENA
region
11- Turkish GAMA Energy set to launch huge water project in
Jordan
12- France: Water prices became under the EU average
13- Israel, Cyprus & Jordan: Graywater recycling systems
14- Israel: Veolia Environnement on track for the Soreq
desalination project
15- Europe needs to intensify actions to adapt to climate
change impacts
16- The climate change and adaptation in the Maghreb
17- Arab NGOs Unite to Combat Climate Change
NOMINATIONS & VACANCIES
PUBLICATIONS
CALL FOR TENDERS and PROPOSALS
CALL FOR PAPERS
TRAINING
EVENTS
BRIEF EMWIS SITE MAP
CONTACT US / COMMENTS
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HEADLINE
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1- Within the context of the "Barcelona process: a Union for
the Mediterranean", a ministerial conference on the water ,
co-chaired by France, Egypt and Jordan, will be held in
Jordan the 29 October 2008 with a double objective: i) to
define the main lines of the water strategy for the
Mediterranean which should be approved by these same
ministers in 2010 and submitted if possible as soon as
possible to the Heads of Governments at the time of their
second Summit; ii) to mobilise the governance authorities of
this Process to set priorities on the identification of
infrastructure water related projects in line with this
strategy and on the mobilisation of financial organisations
in favour of these projects. On the eve of the ministerial
conference (28 October 2008), a day dedicated to civil
society will be held as well as events related to
infrastructures projects.
New documents have been
uploaded on the
official conference website at :
http://www.medaquaministerial2008.net/. In order
initiate the work on the Mediterranean water strategy, an
experts group meeting will be held 11 and 12 December in the
South of France. Further information on
EMWIS website.
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IN BRIEF
(Full
news)
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2- The
Euro-Mediterranean finance ministers have moved forward on
the financing of specific projects under the "Barcelona
Process: Union for the Mediterranean" and affirmed their
determination to continue their work in favour of economic
growth despite the financial, energy and food crisis.
According to a French EU Council Presidency press release,
following a meeting in Luxembourg, the ministers
particularly emphasised the role played by the Facility for
Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership (FEMIP) in
three of the projects promoted under this process: the
de-pollution of the Mediterranean, motorways of the sea and
the Mediterranean solar plan. The ministers welcomed the
FEMIP's new strategy, enabling it to step up its already
significant efforts and stimulate investments, particularly
from the private sector in favour of these three key
projects.
Further information on
EMWIS website.
3- The
Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (EMPA) is
recommending to the "Barcelona Process: Union for the
Mediterranean" meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers that it
formally declares it as the parliamentary institution of the
process. It wishes to see "a legal basis created and a
formal link established between the executive branch and the
parliamentary branch of the Barcelona Process: Union for the
Mediterranean". The Recommendation, that defines what the
EMPA should be doing as a consultative body, was adopted at
the Assembly's extraordinary plenary recently held in Jordan
12-13 October. It will be forwarded to the Foreign Ministers
meeting, taking place 3-4 November, in France, along with a
separate Declaration on the Middle East Peace process.
Further information on
EMWIS website.
4- Ministers in
charge of space activities within ESA and European Union
Member States met in Brussels for the fifth Space Council.
Europe now has a stable foundation for its space activities,
supported as they are by the three legs of the European
Space Agency, the Europan Union and their respective Member
States. This will be reinforced not only by this meeting
but also by the ESA Council at ministerial level, which is
due to take place on 25-26 November in The Hague. The Space
Council identified the need to draw up a plan that provides
for sustainable operational funding for Kopernikus (formerly
known as GMES "Global Monitoring for Environment and
Security") and welcomed the proposal by the European
Commission to start this with a new preparatory action in
the preliminary budgets for 2009. Four additional priority
areas have been identified: space and climate change,
contributions of space to the Lisbon Strategy, space and
security and space exploration. The Space Council welcomed
in particular the joint preparation by ESA and Eumetsat of
an innovative programme proposal for Meteosat Third
Generation, which will also contribute to Kopernikus, to the
monitoring of climate and thus to the detection of global
climate change.
Further information on
EMWIS website.
5-
Richard SEEBER from the European Parliament puts forward an
own-initiative report on water scarcity and droughts in the
European Union. The Environment Committee urges the
Commission and Member States to acknowledge that
deforestation and unrestrained urban development are
contributing to growing water scarcity. It stresses
as well that any supply of water regardless of the purpose
of its consumption must comply with the principle of fair
water tarification, thereby encouraging companies especially
to use water more efficiently. The report stresses that the
cross-regional and trans-border nature of river basins can
have a serious cross-border impact on upstream and
downstream regions, and that it is thus indispensable for
the Member States, as well as regional and local
authorities, to cooperate on the issue of water scarcity and
drought ensuring sustainable and fair use of water
resources.
Further information on
EMWIS website.
6- The 1st meeting of
the Review, Monitoring and Research sub-group took place in
Athens (Greece) on 9-10 October 2008. This meeting, chaired
by the European Environment Agency, brought together
representatives from EU members states, Mediterranean
Partner Countries, UNEP-MAP, MEDSTAT, GWP-Med, EMWIS, MIO-ECSDE,
SMAP RMSU, the European Commission (DG Environment, Eurostat,
JRC). The participants reviewed their expectations and
discussed the way forward the preparation of a first report
for the Environment Ministers meeting in 2009 and a more
comprehensive reporting process including scorecards in the
framework of a Med Shared Environment Information System.
Further information on
EMWIS website.
7- The annual
"EUROPE-INBO 2008" conference of the European Basin
Organizations on the implementation of the Water Framework
Directive (WFD) took place in Sibiu, Romania, from 1st to 3
October 2008, at the invitation of the Romanian Authorities.
It gathered 195 participants coming from 26 countries. This
conference was an important step before the World Water
Forum of Istanbul. A workshop on the IWRM-Net (European
network of research programmes on IWRM) project was
organized as a side event. Three workshops presented many
case studies and exchanges were particularly fruitful. The
EU-non-member countries were very present, proof of their
growing interest in the WFD.
Further information on
EMWIS website.
8- WaterAid carried
out analyses in 12 developing countries in Africa and Asia
to identify key blockages and systemic weaknesses that stand
in the way of development finance reaching local authorities
responsible for delivering water and sanitation services.
The research showed that in spite of policy commitments to
decentralisation, local governments are consistently
by-passed by those financing development, resulting in a
high risk of duplication and inequitable coverage.
Recommendations are provided for the different stakeholders
- national governments, donors, NGOs and local government -
to improve financing and governance at the local level.
Further information on
EMWIS website
9-
The degradation of water resources is a serious threat to
the eco-systems. Climate change has increased the risk of
flooding, landslides and mudflows. The increase in drought
periods coincides with long-term water shortages that are
not offset by levies. The expected rise in sea level will
lead to a decrease in inhabited territories and lift salt in
groundwater. Wetlands are essential for ecological balance,
are in considerable decline.
EMWIS website
10- The International
Resources Group and partners have just been awarded a USAID
contract for water resources governance in the Middle East
North Africa (MENA) Region. The project called "Regional
Water Governance Benchmarking" (ReWaG) was launched in
September 2008 to run for 18 months and is funded by the
USAID Office of Middle East Programs (USAID/OMEP) at a level
of $1.5 million. Implementing partners working with IRG
include the International Water Management Institute (IWMI),
the Institute for Water and Watersheds at Oregon State
University (OSU), Computer Assisted Design Incorporated (CADI),
Nile Consultants of Egypt and ECO Consult of Jordan.
Further information on
EMWIS website
11- GAMA Energy will
launch the $990 million plan to extract 100 million cubic
meters of water a year from the 300,000-year-old Disi
aquifer 325 kilometers (200 miles) south of Amman.
Infrastructure work on the much-delayed project in the
desert kingdom is expected to take around four years. This
will include using 250,000 tons of steel and digging 55
wells to pump water from Disi to Amman, where per capita
daily consumption of its 2.2-million population is 160
liters. Jordan's overall population of nearly six million is
growing by almost 3.5 percent annually, and it is one of the
worlds 10 most water-impoverished countries, relying mainly
on rainfall to meet its needs. The demand for water is
constantly rising in Jordan, which has seen an influx of
around 750,000 Iraqi refugees since the U.S.-led invasion of
its eastern neighbor in 2003. The water ministry says
Jordan, where 92 percent of the land is desert, will need
1.6 billion cubic meters of water a year to meet its
requirements by 2015.
Further information on
EMWIS website..
Further information on
EMWIS website
13- A start-up of
less than a year, based in Haifa and supported by the
Technion, announced that they are able to save 40% of
household water. With a workforce of 4 people, the Water Arc
company has developed a technology to treat and redirect the
"gray water" from showers, toilets or washing machines. This
water is cleaned and distributed to hunt food and water
hoses.
On the other hand, Cyprus has also initiated a subsidy
program for households to install graywater reuse systems
for domestic landscaping and toilet flushing. There is also
documentation of graywater reuse at certain hotels. Dual
plumbing systems have also been introduced to allow the
reuse of graywater in toilet flushing with a conservation of
drinking water from 35% - 40% of the per capita water
consumption (Kambanellas 1999). In Jordan as well, there is
a need to improve the efficiency of water use by customers.
Examples of such 'demand side management' improvements
include the use of low-water-use fittings (faucets, showers,
toilets etc), improvement of plumbing codes to ensure better
quality plumbing, and the reuse of graywater.
The Center for the Study
of the Built Environment (CSBE) in Jordan has published a
report on that.
Further information on
EMWIS website..
Further information on
EMWIS website
15- Increasing
temperatures, changing precipitation, rising sea level, more
intense and frequent extreme weather events and melting
glaciers, ice sheets and Arctic sea ice are some of the
challenges for Europe already triggered by global climate
change, says a report released by the European Environment
Agency, the World Health Organisation Regional Office for
Europe and the Joint Research Centre of the European
Commission.
Further information on
EMWIS website
16- The University of
Marrakech and its partners (CDRT, Maroc Météo, NC DIVERSITAS
Morocco, OSS), with the support of the Climate Change and
Adaptation in Africa program (CCAA) will organise a two day
international workshop to be held on 25 and 26 of November
2008 in Marrakech (Morocco). The title of the conference is
"Climate change in the Maghreb: thresholds and limits to
adaptation". The overall objective of this conference is to
consider strategies for adapting to climate change, in
particular to explore the potential barriers to adaptation
that may limit the ability of societies in the Maghreb
countries to adapt to climate change and to identify
opportunities for overcoming these barriers.
Further information on
EMWIS website
17- The Arab world
will be one of the most impacted regions by climate change,
particularly with water resources growing scarcer and the
agricultural sector becoming the victim of more weather
extremes. As the international community faces the challenge
of developing a new treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol
after 2012, 15 NGOs from 9 different Arab countries unified
their work on this process by forming the 'Arab Climate
Alliance (ACA)'. The objectives of the Alliance are to build
the capacity of Arab civil society's institutions on climate
science and policy (specifically on the Post-2012 Climate
Agreement's negotiations), and to conduct regional
activities and communication. The ACA calls on other civil
society organizations to join the Alliance. On January 19
and 20, 2009, the Arab League will hold in Kuwait an
extraordinary summit on economic and developmental issues,
where climate change must be on its agenda. Further
information on
EMWIS website
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NOMINATIONS & VACANCIES
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18- Dr. Ghani Chehbouni has been nominated as the new
representative of IRD Egypt, started from September 2008 but
he will take up officially his post on the 1er of January
2009. Co-director of the international program Salsa and
responsible for the space hydrology team within the UMR
Cesbio. G. Chehbouni has also authority on all activities of
the IRD in Jordan, Syria, Libya and Lebanon.
Further information on
EMWIS website
19- Spain: The General Board of FERAGUA has elected
Margarita Bustamante Sainz (Seville, 1962) as new president
of the association of irrigators communities, which is
majority in Andalusian irrigation.
Further information on
EMWIS website
20- The deadline for
submitting candidatures to the King Hassan II Great World
Water Prize, originally planned for 15 October 2008, has
been extended to Friday 14 November 2008. This 3rd
edition of the Prize will be held in Istanbul, in March
2009, on the occasion of the 5th World Water Forum.
Further information on
EMWIS website
21- Water Resources/Harvesting Specialist required to work
with ICARDA in Aleppo (Syria):The appointee will work with
ICARDA scientists from other disciplines, with national
program partners, and with advanced research institutes to
assess water resources in the dry areas, mainly in Central
and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA), to design and
implement research and capacity building programs on micro
and macro catchment water harvesting systems and associated
small structures for managing water resources.
Closing Date: 30 October 2008.
Further information on
EMWIS website
22- SwissRe invites applications for the International
ReSource Award for Sustainable Watershed Management 2009:
The Award worth USD 150 000 is an internationally recognized
prize for leadership in implementing the principles of
sustainability in watershed management, and is granted to
one or several projects selected by an international jury.
The prize money is open to NGOs, private, scientific and
public institutions. As the world's leading and most
diversified global reinsurer, Swiss Re offers financial
services products that enable risk taking essential to
enterprise and progress. Deadline: 31 May 2009.
Further
information on
EMWIS website
23- Water and Environment Journal is welcoming applications
from reviewers with suitable expertise in a subject within
the scope of water and environmental management. Reviewers
enjoy free online access to WEJ for one year and a 20%
discount on Blackwell books. For more information or to
submit your CV please contact Joanna Cooper, jcooper@ciwem.org.
Deadline: 31 May 2009.
Further information on
EMWIS website
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PUBLICATIONS
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EMWIS website..
26- "Water as a human
right for the Middle East and North Africa": This
book systematically and comprehensively analyses the
legal development of the concept of water as a human
right: Implications for national governments, and
international and national organisations, Progress
made on this front in different Middle East and
North African countries, and Obstacles to universal
access to water-related services and how they can be
overcome.
EMWIS website
27- Key
middle-eastern countries (Jordan, Israel, Palestine
and "sometimes" Syria) share the Jordan River -- a
river that is stressed by drought and
over-allocation. In this article, a directory of
EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East (region's
multi-national organization) describes EcoPeace's
two-pronged strategy to "save" the Jordan River.
Further information on
EMWIS website
28- The
Mediterranean Institute of Water (IME) has just
published its Newsletter of September 2008
(available only in French).
Further
information on
EMWIS website
29- pS-Eau newsletter n. 57: "A new
European policy on water and sanitation in the
Mediterranean?"
Further
information on
EMWIS website
30- UNESCO Water Portal Bi-monthly
Newsletter No. 209: Water and natural disasters in
celebration of International Day for Natural
Disaster Reduction.
Further
information on
EMWIS website
31- The Issue No 10 of the GEWAMED
Newsletter (Mainstreaming Gender Dimensions Into
Water Resources Development and Management in the
Mediterranean Region) is published. This issue
covers among other topics: the "Gender & Water:
Women's Access and Participation in Water Resources
Management" workshop held in Morocco last july, the
participation of GEWAMED in the Euro-Mediterranean
Ministerial Conference on Water to be held in Jordan
(29 October 2008), and the Expert Group Meeting on
Gender Disaggregated Data in Water and Sanitation,
New York, 1-2 December 2008.
Further
information on
EMWIS website
32- The 1st volume (Issue 2) of the
Water Alternatives Journal (WaA) has been published.
WaA is an interdisciplinary journal addressing the
full range of issues that water raises in
contemporary societies. WaA welcomes contributions
that address any dimension of water resources
development, management and use, and their relations
with society and the environment.
Further
information on
EMWIS website
33- The book "Water in its rural
environment ...", by Jacques BORDET, is organized
into three parts around problems that may need to
manage local officials: the water cycle,
characteristics of drinking water and sanitation
systems.
Further
information on
EMWIS website
34- "Participatory water monitoring:
a guide for preventing and managing conflict": This
advisory note provides hands-on guidance for
implementing successful participatory water
monitoring programmes. It gives examples of
practical models to achieve participation in
different environmental, financial and governance
contexts. The guide opens in chapter 1 with a
discussion of the need for participatory monitoring.
Chapters 2-5 describe the four components of an
effective participatory monitoring programme.
Further
information on
EMWIS website
35- "Flow the Film -
Documentary on Global Water Crisis in Theaters":
Flow the Film documents the global water crisis,
from how a few corporations took control of global
water supplies, to how we are quickly running out of
water, ultimately asking the question "Can Anyone
Really Own Water?". The documentary contains
interviews with scientists and community activists,
as well as beautifully captures the role that water
plays in each of our lives.
Further
information on
EMWIS website
36- A new EC brochure
"EU Research for the Environment 2007-2013: This
brochure summarises environmental research funded by
the European Union and is divided in two parts. The
first provides the context of environmental research
- the historical roots and the political framework
as well as an introduction to environmental research
in the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), under the
"Environment (including climate change)" theme, an
ambitious research programme. The second part gives
an overview of the 10 research priorities within the
"Environment (including climate change)" research
theme, and highlights some of the most successful
projects in environmental research.
EMWIS website
37- Sba review 53 focuses on
desertification: In this new issue, the thematic
dossier deals with the desertification phenomenon.
This issue states a global situation scheme,
describing the mechanisms and effects of the
desertification, and then it explains the process of
the main international convention on this particular
subject. Finally, It introduces an amazing land
restoration success story and give different
solutions to act against soil degradation.
Further
information on
EMWIS website
38- UNICEF handbook
on water quality: This handbook provides an
introduction to all aspects of water quality, with a
particular focus on the areas most relevant to
professional staff members working in developing
countries. The handbook focuses on real-world
problems faced by poor people, and on community- and
household-based, low-cost solutions. The handbook is
designed as a resource for field staff members from
UNICEF and its partners involved in the water,
environment and sanitation (WES) sector.
EMWIS website
39- To follow up with the "Urban
sanitation" workshop held in Paris in June 2008, a
french version of the proceedings is available
online.
Further
information on
EMWIS website
40- ISDR Highlights September 2008:
This monthly bulletin, issued as a complement to our
regional news bulletins, aims to facilitate the
exchange of information about activities in the
field of disaster risk reduction. Further
information on EMWIS
websitee
EMWIS website
42- Best LIFE Environment Projects
2007-2008: This publication presents 21 LIFE
selected projects addressing environmental including
aater management. Further information on
EMWIS website
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CALL FOR TENDERS and PROPOSALS
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43- LIFE+ new call for proposals to be launched: publication
of the Regulation in the Official Journal L149 of 9 June
2007. This second call for proposals for LIFE+ has been
published in the Official Journal (2008/C 178/20) on 15 July
2008. The Deadline for the submission of proposals to the
Member States is 21 November 2008. A total amount of
?207,5 million is available for the 2008 call for proposals.
Further information on
EMWIS website
44- The European Commission has published a number calls for
proposals under the specific programmes Cooperation and
Capacities of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). Related
to the water community, see the call on Environment
(including Climate inducing changes in water resources in
southern Europe and neighbouring countries as a threat to
security) - FP7-ENV-2009-1. Deadline for application:
January 8, 2009
(17:00hrs Brussels local time).
EMWIS website
45- FP7 - Environmental research - First & Second Call: A
catalogue of water related projects is available: The
catalogue "Water Research" briefly presents the related
projects resulting from the FP7-ENV-2007-1 and FP7-2008-2
calls, including a short abstract, the partners involved and
the overall grant proposed by the Commission. So far, it
represents about 19 projects totalling ?62,6 million out of
the EC funding for the Collaboration 'Environment (including
Climatic Change)' theme. The projects proposed for funding
that resulted from the FP7-ENV-NMP-2008-2 call, organised
jointly by the Environment theme and the Nanosciences,
Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production technologies
themes, are presented in the catalogue "Nanotechnologies for
water treatment".
Further information on
EMWIS website
46- A Call for expressions of interest (Reference Nr
EuropeAid/ 123304/C/SER/TPS) for the "Provision of training
on various subjects related to the implementation of
projects financed from the EU General Budget in the context
of external actions" is open until 4 February 2009.
The activities for this Call may be related to distance
learning, or pedagogical methods such as on-the-job training
or case studies. The sub-fields are including Knowledge
Management projects and Information systems.
Further information on
EMWIS website.
47- Serbia: "Duboko Solid Waste Water Management Project".
Tenders must be delivered to the office before 27 October
2008 at 14:00 hrs CET Belgrade local time.
Further information on
EMWIS
48-
Mitigating Flood Risk in Flooded Areas in the GAP region in
Turkey: The global objective of this assignment is to
increase the efficiency and the effectiveness of the
'Mitigating flood risk in flooded areas in the GAP region'
project. Closing date: 19 December 2008. Further
information on
EMWIS website..
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CALL FOR
PAPERS
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49- This 7th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth
Observation will be held in Berlin (Germany) in 4-5 May
2009. You are invited to contribute a paper for presentation
at the symposium. The one-page, single-spaced abstract of
no less than 300 and no more than 500 words must be received
by 31 October, 2008.
Further information on
EMWIS website..
50- The Department of Environmental Engineering of
Democritus University of Thrace (Greece) organizes two
parallel conferences: 1. 2nd International Conference on
Water Economics, Statistics, and Finance Alexandroupolis,
Thrace - Greece, 3-5 July 2009 for which full manuscript
submissions deadline is 30 November 2008, and 2.
Asset Management of Medium and Small Wastewater Utilities,
Alexandroupolis, Thrace - Greece 3 - 4 July 2009, for which
full manuscript submissions deadline is 05 December 2008.
Further information on
EMWIS website..
51- RRC 10th Annual Network Conference - First Call for
Paper and Poster Abstracts: This conference will be held at
the Nottingham University the 1th & 2nd of April 2009.
Deadline for abstracts submissions is: 7th November 2008.
Further information on
EMWIS website.
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TRAINING
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52- IOWater
Days in 2008: The International Office for
Water (IOwater) organises the following
series of training:
October 23 - Paris: Purification processes
planted on macrophyte: news and feedback
Nov. 25 - Paris: Programming and financial
management of investments in water and
sanitation services
December 09 - Paris: Impact of Water Law on
Management of Water and Sanitation Services
Further information on
EMWIS website
53- [2008/11/24 - 2008/11/28]
Advanced Course on "Risk Management in
Mediterranean Agriculture: Agricultural
Insurance";
EMWIS website
54- [2008/11/04 - 2008/11/05]
Innovative Monitoring, Optimization &
Fouling Management of Membrane Desalination
Plants
Further
information on
EMWIS website
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EVENTS
(Full
Agenda)
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[2008/11/28 - 2008/11/28]
8èmes Rencontres Annuelles de la
Coopération en Méditerranée: "Eau et
coopération décentralisée", Sophia
Antipolis, France
Further information on
EMWIS website
[2008/11/27 - 2008/11/28]
EWA/BWA Workshop on Capacity Development
in the Water Sector, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Further information on
EMWIS website
[2008/11/26 - 2008/11/30]
The 3rd International Symposium GEOTUNIS
2008: "Natural resource management and
Impact of climate change : Bringing the
technology of Geographic Information",
Tunis, Tunisia.
Further information on
EMWIS website
[2008/11/26 - 2008/11/28]
The international symposium on the
water-energy nexus, Paris, France
Further information on
EMWIS website
[2008/11/26 - 2008/11/27]
Le congrès sur les effluents d'Hôpitaux:
"Les effluents liquides des
établissements de santé : Etat des lieux
et perspectives de gestion", Chambéry,
France
Further information on
EMWIS website
[2008/11/25 - 2008/11/26]
International Workshop on "Climate
change in the Maghreb: thresholds and
limits to adaptation", Marrakech,
Morocco
Further information on
EMWIS website
[2008/11/25 - 2008/11/25] « JOURNEES de
l'OIEau » sur la gestion des Services
d'Eau Potable et d'Assainissement: «
Programmation et de la gestion
financière des investissements dans les
services eau et assainissement », Paris,
France
Further information on
EMWIS website
[2008/11/24 - 2008/11/25]
MENA Infrastructure Finance Forum:
Insights on massive financing
requirements of the booming power &
water sector - Making PPP work in the
water industry, Dubai, UAE
Further information on
EMWIS website
[2008/11/24 - 2008/11/25]
Conference: "Water scarcity and
management under Mediterranean climate",
Girona, Spain
Further information on
EMWIS website
[2008/11/24 - 2008/11/24]
Consultation Meeting on Integrated
Management of the extended Drin River
Basin, Tirana, Albania
Further information on
EMWIS website
[2008/11/23 - 2008/11/24]
The Second International Meeting on
Environmental Economics: "Transport,
territories & environment", Annaba,
Algeria
Further information on
EMWIS website
[2008/11/19 - 2008/11/21]
IRC symposium 2008: Governance and
partnerships for sanitation of urban
poor, Delft, the Netherlands
Further information on
EMWIS website
[2008/11/18 - 2008/11/19]
Congrès Prévisions Hydrométeorologiques,
Lyon, France
Further information on
EMWIS website
[2008/11/17 - 2008/11/19]
Final NeWater Conference 2008: Adaptive
Integrated Water Resources Management
under Uncertainty - Results from the
NeWater Project, Seville, Spain
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[2008/11/17 - 2008/11/19]
Colloque International: "Terre et Eau
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[2008/11/16 - 2008/11/19]
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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[2008/11/15 - 2008/11/19]
International Conference on Water and
Urban Development Paradigms: Towards an
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[2008/11/13 - 2008/11/15]
2nd European Groundwater Conference,
Paris, France
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[2008/11/13 - 2008/11/14]
WFD Workshop on "How to implement the
Water Framework Directive on Public
Participation: Sharing European
Experiences", Abbaye Royale de
Fontevraud (49), France
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[2008/11/13 - 2008/11/13]
Conférence Internationale: L'Eau pour la
Paix, La paix pour l'Eau, Paris, France
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[2008/11/11 - 2008/11/11]
Changes in Water Economy: Water Object
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[2008/11/10 - 2008/11/12]
Workshop International sur la Gestion
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Service de la Gestion des Catastrophes
et des Situations d'Urgence en Afrique -
Aspects Techniques, Organisationnels et
Juridiques », Rabat, Morocco
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[2008/11/09 - 2008/11/13]
EUROMED 2008: Desalination Cooperation
among Mediterranean Countries of Europe
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[2008/11/06 - 2008/11/12]
La 10ème Edition des Universités de
Pays: Vallée du Draa 2008, Zagora,
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[2008/11/06 - 2008/11/06]
ICID/UEA International Seminar - Towards
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London, UK
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[2008/11/05 - 2008/11/07]
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Association of Albania, Tirana, Albania
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[2008/11/05 - 2008/11/05]
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Brussels, Belgium
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[2008/11/04 - 2008/11/04]
4th EWA Brussels Conference on the
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[2008/11/03 - 2008/11/04]
FloodFighters: 2008, Cheltenham, UK
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[2008/11/03 - 2008/11/07]
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[2008/11/02 - 2008/11/04]
The First International Conference on
Water Resources and Climate Change in
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[2008/10/30 - 2008/10/31]
Final Conference of the SPI-Water project:
Managing water related information in
support, Brussels, Belgium
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[2008/10/29 - 2008/11/02]
MELIA 2nd Workshop on Technological
Perspectives for Rational Use of water
resources in the Mediterranean region,
Marrakech, Morocco
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[2008/10/29 - 2008/10/31]
Complex Systems and Changes: Water and
Life, Taormina, Italy
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[2008/10/29 - 2008/10/30] The 1st World
Summit of Regions on Climate Change,
Saint-Malo (Brittany), France
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[2008/10/28 - 2008/10/29]
Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on
Water, Dead Sea, Jordan
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[2008/10/28 - 2008/10/29] Le
31e Symposium sur les eaux usées et le 20e
Atelier sur l'eau potable : un rendez-vous
incontournable des professionnels du domaine
de l'eau! Saint-Hyacinthe, France.
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[2008/10/28 - 2008/10/30] The
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Algiers, Algeria
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[2008/10/27 - 2008/10/31]
MWWD 2008 - 5th International Conference on
Marine Waste Water Discharges and Coastal
Environment, Dubrovnik, Croatia
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[2008/10/27 - 2008/10/30] SOWAMED Regional
workshop on methodology exchanges «Regional
workshop on water and land use planning»,
Rabat, Morocco
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[2008/10/27 - 2008/10/28] The
2nd EU Interregional Cooperation Forum:
Sharing good practice in the fields of
innovation and environment, Lille, France
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[2008/10/26 - 2008/10/27]
Global Water Congress, Dubai, United Arab
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[2008/10/25 - 2008/10/30] The
5th Conference on Scientific Research
Outlook & Technology Development in the Arab
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Transforming Research into Value", Fez,
Morocco.
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[2008/10/23 - 2008/10/24] III
International Conference on Municipal Waste
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Portugal
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[2008/10/23 - 2008/10/23]
An information meeting 2009 Call for
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[2008/10/23 - 2008/10/23]
SLUDGE 2008 : Conférence sur les
technologies pour la réduction des boues
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[2008/10/22 - 2008/10/24] Second
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Fifth Ministerial Conference on
Environment and Health, Madrid, Spain
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[2008/10/21 - 2008/10/24] 8e
Forum EURAFRIC PARTNERS - Eau & Energie in
Africa, Lyon, France
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[2008/10/20 - 2008/10/22]
Membranes in Drinking Water Production and
Waste Water Treatment, Toulouse, France
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