MED-EUWI Working group

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• MED-EUWI Working group
• WATER SCARCITY
• Sylvie Detoc, European Commission

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WHY a WFD/EUWI JOINT PROCESS?
WATER SUPPLY
SUSTAINABILITY
WI
Integrated Water Management
SANITATION
EFFICIENCY
EU
JOINT PROCESS
VALUABLE in EUROPE BEYOND
WFD
GOOD PRACTICE
FACILITATE SOUND WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
POLICIES IN THE MED, BASED ON WFD PRINCIPLES
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MED Joint Process
EUWI / WFD Joint Process
WFD CIS Working groups GROUND WATER WATER
SCARCITY Agriculture
Regional components
EECCA EUWI IWRM activities
Africa
EECCA
MED
Latin A.
MED EUWI IWRM activities
Med EUWI / WFD JP Non-EU partners and EU Med
PRB 3 Focal areas Working groups Groundwater Wate
r Scarcity Rural development / agriculture
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MED EUWI Areas of focus
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Links with ENP

• ENP Environment Water
• ? Overall goal for environmental cooperation with
  the neighbourhood Gradual convergence with EU
  environment policy and standards
• Technical basis for CONVERGENCE of LEGISLATION in
  the field of WATER (e.g. Morocco groundwater
  Tunisia saline intrusion etc.)
• ? Water Section in Action Plans (Israel, Jordan,
  Palestinian. Auth., Tunisia, Morocco)

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WATER SECTION in AA

• Environmental governance
• Work towards improvements in the overall water
  and sanitation management system (PAL)
• Pursue efforts to set up administrative
  structures in charge of water management at
  national an local levels and improve coordination
  between different ministries in charge of water
  resources management (MOR)
• Strengthen administrative capacity of authorities
  in charge of water resources management (MOR)
• Pursue efforts to improve water supply and
  quality, in rural areas, with a view to meeting
  WHO standards (PAL)

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WATER SECTION in AA

• Prevention of deterioration of the environment
• Prevent pollution of waters, in particular
  through enhanced water pollutant emission
  reporting, drawing on the experiences within the
  WFD (ISR)
• Enhance cooperation between relevant authorities
  on prevention of pollution of water resources
  (ISR)
• Exchange of information between on best practices
  on water reuse (ISR)
• Adopt a financial strategy for water management
  issues (MOR)
• Implement the National water resources plan (TUN)

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WATER SECTION in AA

• Enhancing international and regional cooperation
• Identify possibilities for enhanced regional
  cooperation, in particular in relation to water
  issues (JOR, TUN, MOR, PAL)

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2005 /2006 ACTIVITIES
Leaders Members Meetings Link CIS
WATER SCARCITY F, EC(ENV) EG, TUN, F, IT, CY, ES, Stakeholders Plenary Sept. 06 WGB
GROUND WATER GR, EC(ENV) ES, CY, MAL, F, GR, MO, ALG, ALB, JOR, BUL, TUR, stakeholders - Plenary April 06 WGC
AGRI CULTURE P, EC(JRC) P, ES stakeholders TUR, JOR, TUN PRB / Steering Group AGRI
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

• 1. INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT SET UP
  Euro-Mediterranean Water Directors Forum
• - Reach political decisions and guide future work
• 2. POLITICAL DIALOGUES INITIATED Country
  Dialogues Process
• - Lebanon Egypt
• - Assist in a strategic way for prioritization of
  needs and related aid support
• - Develop Financing strategy with the support
  OECD / UNEP-GPA
• 3. IWRM ACTIONS DEVELOPED
• - Transboundary waters, national IWRM process
• - MED-EUWI /WFD Joint Process
• 4. FINANCIAL SUPPORT PROVIDED
• - Contract for the Monitoring and Support Unit
  (RMSU) of the MEDA Water Programme
• 5. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND SYNERGIES
  DEVELOPED
• - GEF SP, MAP, EMWIS, Development Banks, OECD, UN
  bodies, etc.

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Table of Contents / Contributions
CHAPTER COORDINATOR CO-DRAFTERS EXAMPLE PROVIDERS
Introduction Mohammed BLINDA, Jean MARGAT (Plan Bleu) Thierry DAVY (FR) Sylvie DETOC (EC)
- General description of water resources in the Mediterranean, water scarcity and drought problems - Link between the WFD and water scarcity issues (source EU report) Mohammed BLINDA, Jean MARGAT (Plan Bleu) Thierry DAVY (FR) Sylvie DETOC (EC)
Chapter I Definitions and assessment of the different phenomena Essam Khalifa, (Egypt) TBC
- Definition of drought - Definition of long term imbalances Based on the EU report and supplemented with Mediterranean specificities Essam Khalifa, (Egypt) TBC
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Chapter II Drought Planning and Management Dunixi Gabina (Med. Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza) TBC Ana IGLESIAS (University of Madrid) list of references examples
- Adapt the EU report including the Mediterranean specificities - complete with the experience of MEDROLAN project Dunixi Gabina (Med. Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza) TBC Ana IGLESIAS (University of Madrid) list of references examples
Chapter III Long term imbalances in supply and demand Mohamed BOUFAROUA (Tunisia) water conservation small dams in Tunisia Essam KHALIFA (Egypt) Reuse of the drainage water
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Chapter IV Conclusions and recommendations Mohamed BOUFAROUA (Tunisia) TBC, Thierry DAVY (FR), Sylvie DETOC (EC)
-Summary of Mediterranean specificities - specific recommendations for addressing WSD in the region, including good practices from EU and non-EU countries - WFD WSD in the Mediterranean what is the contribution of the WFD for addressing WSD issues and what are the main difficulties for its implementation Mohamed BOUFAROUA (Tunisia) TBC, Thierry DAVY (FR), Sylvie DETOC (EC)
COORDINATION OF THE DOCUMENT - Sylvie Detoc -
Thierry Davy
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TIMEFRAME

• Table of contents and contributions 27
  September 2006
• First draft 16 October 2006
• Version to be submitted to the Euro-Med Water
  Directors 23 October 2006
• Euro-Med Water Directors meeting, Athens 6-7
  November 2006
• Final version Early 2007

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MEDITERRANEAN EUWI/WFD JOINT PROCESS
MED-EUWI / WFD WGs
CIS WGs
Water Scarcity and Droughts
Water Scarcity and Droughts
Groundwater Chemical Monitoring WG C
Groundwater management
Agriculture Rural Development
WFD Agriculture
Waste Water Reuse
Transboundary water management
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• Thank you for your attention
• sylvie.detoc_at_ec.europa.eu

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