The First Regional Conference of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) labelled project "Governance & Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector" will be held on 28-30 October 2014, in Athens, Greece, in close collaboration with the EU funded Sustainable Water Integrated Management - Support Mechanism (SWIM-SM) project.
The Conference aims to reinforce the regional dialogue, set off during the Launching of the UfM project in May 2013, and the sharing of experiences on the water governance and sustainable financing nexus by bringing together targeted Mediterranean stakeholders from within and outside the water sector, including public authorities, civil society and the private sector.Important for launching the implementation of this regional project has been the strategic partnership with the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) and the European Investment Bank (EIB). The steady support, already since 2009, of the GEF/ MAP UNEP MedPartnership programme and the Mediterranean Component of the EU Water Initiative (MED EUWI) has been instrumental for concretising the project’s line of work.
The Conference will take stock of the outcomes from the Water Policy Dialogues conducted in Jordan and Tunisia during the first year of the UfM project’s implementation (2013-2014) and will discuss the way forward for the second year. Moreover, the Conference will benefit from completed and ongoing work on the theme conducted by SWIM-SM, especially in view of the programme’s completion (Dec. 2014) and the potential next phase of work.
Please find the invitation, provisional agenda and registration form.
