Towards a Mediterranean Water Agenda

Following the proposal of UfM Water Expert Group meeting in Brussels last December to prepare UfM common water agenda to be endorsed at the Ministerial level, UfM member countries together with the European Commission and observer members prepared a draft declaration. This document was presented at an ad-hoc Senior Officials Meeting of the UfM in Brussels at the end of January 2017. Member countries are now commenting and amending the draft declaration in view of the potential adoption at the Ministerial meeting planned on 27 April in Malta. The declaration should focus on a strategic guidance to set-up a Union for the Mediterranean Water Agenda and a mechanism to operationalize the strategic guidance based on the WEG and existing structures.