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Introduction
The 5th Meeting of the Working Group
of the Mediterranean Component of the EU Water Initiative (MED EUWI)
will take place in Athens, the 22 June 2005. This meeting, opened to MED
EUWI Working Group members and observers, will include a session on the
Joint Process between MED EUWI and the Water Framework Directive (WFD).
The Meeting's main aims
are to review progress in implementing the 2005 Work Programme,
to explore opportunities for the future, to identify long term
priorities on water issues for the Mediterranean countries, to
explore synergies with other parallel on-going initiatives, to
identify means for enhancing partners' participation and
consolidating the Component's organisational framework and to
draw recommendations on the way forward for the Component.
The Meeting will be
divided in 2 parts; its 2nd part will be devoted to
the Mediterranean Joint
Process between the EU Water Initiative and the EU
Water Framework Directive, providing the opportunity to present
and review progress achieved to date in the 3 thematic areas of
the Joint Process (water scarcity – groundwater - rural
development and agriculture), to explore synergies with other
partners and to identify ways for strengthening the linkages
between these 3 thematic areas/working groups.
The
5th Meeting of the MED EUWI Working Group will be organised in
Athens on the occasion of and back-to-back
with the 10th Meeting of the
Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development – MCSD
(Athens,
20-22 June 2005, Holiday Inn Hotel).
The
5th Meeting of the MED EUWI Working Group is also organised
back-to-back with
the 8th Meeting of the EMWIS steering committee
(Athens, 23 June 2005, Holiday Inn Hotel), also aiming at
strengthening synergies with the MED EUWI.
Furthermore and according to
the “Organisational Framework and Modalities Document”, partner
countries and organizations are kindly requested to
nominate 1 representative per
country or organization, as their official and
standard representative to the
MED EUWI Working Group.
This nomination is important in order to consolidate the MED
EUWI WG and its mailing list, to improve coherence and
effectiveness of meetings and to enhance continuity. Nominations
can be done by e-mail, by forwarding the name and full contact
details of the representative.
Participants (invited) (to be available
soon)
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Background Documents
1.
Preliminary Agenda of the Meeting,
2.
Useful Information Note (this note
aims to assist participants with practical details about the meeting
location, accommodation etc),
3.
Registration Form (you are kindly
requested to fill it in and return it as soon as possible to the e-mails
indicated at the bottom of the form),
4.
Overall Progress Report on the MED
EUWI, up to May 2005,
5.
Minutes/Conclusions of the previous
(4th) Meeting of the MED EUWI Working Group (Brussels,
January 2005),
6.
MED EUWI – Organisational
Framework and Modalities Document (updated version),
7.
MED EUWI – Concept and
Vision Note (updated version).
8.
MED EUWI Work Plan 2005
(updated version).
The organizers:
Maria Peppa & Maria
Papaioannou
Hellenic Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and
Public Works
Department of International Relations and EU Affairs
15, Amaliados str., 115 23 Athens
T: +30 210 64 65 762, 64 59 213
F: +30 210 64 34 470
E-mail.
MED EUWI page
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