The purpose is to strengthen intra‐sector (within all actors in the water sector, namely ministries, local authorities, civil society, etc) and inter‐sector dialogue, exchange experience in liaison with Horizon 2020 and MED EUWI, catalyse action from partner countries and other donors, elaborate upon thematic issues, and harmonise approaches and policies.
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Develop mechanisms and procedures to facilitate regional dialogue, consultations, and exchange of experience among the most water intensive sectors such as agriculture, tourism and urban development |
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Capacity building of SWIM Partner Countries in the assessment of the cost of water resources degradation at the basin level 16-18 June, Tunis - Tunisia (for participants from Maghreb countries) 23-25 June, Athens - Greece (for participants from Mashrek countries) |
| Strengthening the Capacity of SWIM Partner Countries in Assessing the Cost of Water Resources Degradation at the Basin Level |
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Assessment on the best available technologies related to wastewater reuse and desalination in rural areas and evaluation on the Economic Considerations for Supplying Water Through Desalination in South Mediterranean Countries. Organisation of a meeting of the Expert Group on Desalination to review the Assessment and provide advice on further development. Activity to feed the regional training under WP 2 (under Pillar A: non conventional water resources). |
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Assessment of the cost of water degradation and remediation actions in selected River Basins in: Algeria (Seybouse River Basin), Lebanon (Litani River Basin), Morocco (Oum Rabia River Basin) and Tunisia (Medjerda River Basin). (Pillar B: Economic Valuation of Water Resources) |
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Review and analysis of private sector participation modalities in water service delivery, with emphasis on the southern mediterranean region, to strengthen implementation capacity of national water plans at local level with emphasis on financial sustainability (under Pillar D: Local Governance with focus on Water Users Associations) |
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Organise and/or participate in regional or sub regional events aiming at mobilising partner countries and other donors in favour of sustainable water management schemes, and bringing together key players on water and environment in the region |
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Launching Regional Workshop of the SWIM programme in December 2011 (7-8 December) |
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Contribution in the Regional Conference on Advancing Non-Conventional Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean (Athens, 14-15 September 2011) and organisation of the SWIM-SM Workshop on Sustainable Use of Non-Conventional Water Resources (Athens, 16 September 2011) (horizontal activity) |
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Participation of the key experts in regional events (horizontal activity) |
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Organise and/or facilitate discussions and harmonising approaches and policies on issues related to the objectives of the Strategy for Water in the Mediterranean, notably IWRM and adaptation to climate change, and the Horizon 2020 initiative, especially its de-pollution component |
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Close operational linkages with H2020 Initiative to de-pollute the Mediterranean Sea (horizontal activity) |