Mediterranean Water Forum

The first Mediterranean Water Forum was held on 19-20 December 2011 in Marrakech (Morocco). Plan Bleu took part as a member of the organization committee of the Mediterranean intercontinental process for the 6th World Water Forum in the realisation of this event that convened approximately 350 participants from three rims of the Mediterranean.

The target of the forum was two-fold:

• A step towards to the 6th World Water Forum

It constituted a stage in the preparation of the Mediterranean process for the 6th World Water Forum which will be held in Marseilles in March 2012. Four working groups were formed aiming at debating and proposing solutions and commitments related to priorities and targets retained for the Mediterranean region:

• Priority n°1: Improving water demand management (coordinated by the Plan Bleu and AFD)
• Priority n°2: Use of non-conventional resources (coordinated by F-IEA)
• Priority n°3: Improving water governance (coordinated by GWP-Med and IME)
• Priority n°4: Urban and industrial wastewater collection and treatment (coordinated by AFD and EMWIS).

They gathered some thirty participants by each working group among decision-makers, national experts, and representatives from local and territorial authorities, lending agencies, international organizations, professionals, regional networks and NGOs.

Plan Bleu contributed to all of the working groups’ efforts, represented by Gaëlle Thivet for priority n°1, by Mohammed Blinda for priority n°2, by Dominique Legros for priority n°3 and Selmin Burak for priority n°4 respectively.

• Launching a federative platform on water

This event was also aiming at the establishment of a « Mediterranean water forum » -or a federative platform of water stakeholders in the Mediterranean- which has the vocation of being the spokesperson of the Mediterranean water community in order to consolidate cooperation with regard to relationships and exchanges of know-how and experiences between its different members.

Representatives of parliamentarians, local and territorial authorities, ministries in charge of water, lending agencies, regional networks (among these, Plan Bleu was represented by Hugues Ravenel) and NGOs could also have the opportunity to debate and reflect their expectations towards a federative platform on water in the Mediterranean Region.

Side-events were also organised as additional activities of the Forum.

Agenda
Presentation of the Working Group on Water Demand Management
Results of the Working Group on Water Deman Management

More information on : Plan Bleu's publications on water issue

 

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