News for 2008/01

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	Zer0-M Video, announcement of broadcasting by BBC World: “Waste not Waste”
	Algeria: Study on Updating the National Water Plan
	Asia Pacific Leaders support the right to water
	Barcelona Convention: Mediterranean Ministers discuss climate change impacts on the region
	Beauty products 'contaminating water supplies': Ever wondered what happens to the chemicals in your shower gel and shampoo after they have gurgled down the plughole?
	Biofuel production and its effects on water availability
	Bulgaria: Plovdiv Water Investment Project
	Call for abstracts for the 4th Environmental Symposium of German-Arab Scientific Forum for Environmental Studies: "Climatic changes and water resources in the Middle East and North Africa"
	Call for applicants for MDGs Fellowship Scheme
	Call for application for the 7th World Wide Workshop for Young Environmental Scientists -- WWW-YES 2008
	Call for papers for the 3rd GEWAMED Regional Workshop: "Mainstreaming Gender Dimensions in water management for rural development"
	Call for papers for the 3rd International Conference on Managing Shared Aquifer Resources in Africa- Extended Deadline for Submission of Papers to 31 March -
	Call for proposals: Identifying and mapping information and data requirements for implementing and assessing drinking water programs
	Climate change threats: An NGO framework for action
	Conclusions : SMAP RMSU Regional workshop on "environmental knowledge and information exchange in the Mediterranean"- Rome 5,6 December 2007
	Conclusions of the International Roundtable on Integrated Management of Shared Groundwater in Southeastern Europe, 14-16 Nov 2007, Slovenia
	Conclusions of the International Roundtable on Integrated Management of Shared Groundwater in Southeastern Europe, 14-16 Nov 2007, Slovenia
	Consultancy Services and Technical Assistance for Regional Public Water Bodies, the National Litani Office and the Ministry of Energy and Water in Lebanon
	Development Goals: new cost estimates for attaining MDGs for water and sanitation
	Development of tools for the promotion of the sustainable urban wastewater treatment and reuse in Decision-making in environmental projects
	Drain on the Mediterranean: rising water usage
	EBRD helps improve water and waste water systems in Croatian capital: €60 million to help modernise Zagreb’s water and sewage system
	EC announces €30 million for joint research programming in metrology and the Baltic ecosystem
	EGU 2008: IS22-HS2.1 Session on "Climate, Water and Health"-- Last Call For Abstracts
	EU launches new project agencies
	EU-CRUE Project - recommendations published on flood research
	EU-FP7 Call for proposal - ERA-NET / ERA-NET PLUS Call 2008
	EU-FP7 Call for proposals: Environment "including Climate Change"
	Egypt: Eastern Desert Project launched a new GIS website
	Egypt: Study says quality of Nile water has improved
	Emerging Public-Private Partnerships in Irrigation Development and Management
	EuropeAid call for proposals: Environment and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources including Energy
	First Programme Announcement and Call for Presentations of the World Water Week in Stockholm: "Progress and Prospects on Water: For a Clean and Healthy World"
	GEWAMED Newsletter, Issue No.7
	How to build the Mediterranean Union?
	ICID News Update Online: Managing Water for Sustainable Agriculture — Water for Food and Rural Development
	IWRM-NET launches its First Joint Call for trans-national research projects: Towards Effective River Basin Plans
	Institutional Capacity Building of the Egyptian Water Regulatory Authority (EWRA)
	Jordan: Technical Assistance: Disi Aquifer and SCADA System Analysis
	Jos Delbeke appointed Deputy Director-General at DG ENV
	LIFE and Europe's wetlands - restoring a vital ecosystem
	Launch of 2008 Environmental Performance Index and Water
	Law, Environment and Development Journal
	Maintenance: A hidden cost for water and sanitation services
	Mediterranean World Foundation Launch
	New Academic Alliances Between Canada and Developing Countries
	New ISO standards to improve quality of water services to consumers
	New UN-Water Report: Water Monitoring: Mapping Existing Global Systems & Initiatives
	New UN-Water Report: Water Monitoring: Mapping Existing Global Systems & Initiatives
	New WISIONS call on Water for Energy and Energy for Water
	New company launched with focus upon innovation in water technology
	Northern Cyprus: Establishment of a Programme Management Unit to support the implementation of investments projects in the field of water/wastewater and solid waste
	PROMOTE project newsletter last issue
	Peter Matthews has been awarded the rank of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) – for services to the Water Industry and to the Environment.
	Presentations of Delft workshop on adaptation available
	Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water atracts almost 200 nominations
	RUAF magazine on water in urban agriculture N°20: Sustainable use of water in urban agriculture (July 2008)
	Report of the expert group convened by the Mediterranean Institute on the Mediterranean Union project
	SMAP III autumn/winter 2007 bulletin on line
	Salto Youth Euromed Resource Centre announces all 14 youth activities
	Saudi sets up firm to oversee water privatisation
	TEC's Policy Brief on Intelligent Water Strategies for Adapting to Climate Change
	The African Water Association lanched a new website
	The IWA Specialist group: A call for nominations for its 2008 prizes on sustainability in the urban water sector
	The Netherlands: Water becomes soap
	The Swiss Mountain Water Award: Wanted, innovative water project
	The storied Mediterranean faces climate change
	Towards a Mediterranean Water Information Mechanism compatible with the Water Information System for Europe (WISE)
	Training course by MedWet on tools for wetland inventorying, monitoring and assesment
	Turkey: Mitigating Flood Risk in Flooded Areas in the GAP region
	Turkey: Supervision of the Design and Build Construction of Infrastructure (96 hectares) and Waste Water Treatment Plant of Şanlıurfa OIZ 2 (Organized Industrial Zone)
	Vacancy announcement: Regional programme coordinator/ IUCN Regional Office for West Asia/Middle East (WAME)
	Veolia Water wins new contract in Fujairah, UAE
	WEF is creating a new coalition of businesses to produce a multi-industry global plan of action on water: The world is running short of its key liquid asset (water)
	WWC News Update N.31 - La Lettre du CME n.31
	WWF looks for a freshwater policy officer to be based in our headquarter in Rome.
	Water Reuse is a Sustainable Water Supply for UK Industry
	Website Announcement: Whither EC Aid? Towards a new approach for assessing development cooperation
	Winning water schemes scoop awards: Waterwise organisations and individuals in the US have been rewarded for their efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle the wet stuff

5th Mediterranean Water Forum