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• The first phase of the UfM-labelled project “Governance & Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector” has been completed following successful policy dialogues in Jordan and Tunisia. The project aims to improve the public governance and attract investments to the water sector of the Mediterranean region.

• The promoters GWP-Med and OECD organised workshops to launch national reports in Amman and Tunis, respectively. Stakeholders from the water and wastewater sector – authorities, utilities, donors, civil society, private sector, etc. – convened to discuss the report’s findings and recommendations based on the analytical work and series of consultation meetings held during the preceding ten months.

The development of a wind farm in Jordan, the creation of a Mediterranean water knowledge platform, a capacity building programme aimed at promoting civic education in schools and a programme aimed at stimulating green industries and entrepreneurship are the four new projects recently labelled by the UfM.

Barcelona, 22 March 2014. The Union for the Mediterranean joins the international community in expressing the need to find global and regional solutions to address the challenges surrounding energy and water (water-energy-nexus), highlighting the interlinkage of the two sectors, and the need for more resource-efficiency, which is a particular concern also in the Mediterranean region.Read more

10 March, 2014, headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean, Barcelona Following a specific request from Ministers during the Water Conference of the Union for the Mediterranean, held in Jordan in late 2008, the Secretariat is currently supporting the development of a regional project in order to improve water knowledge at the basis of governanceRead more

22 October – Amman, Jordan. Tomorrow, the UfM-labelled project ‘Governance & Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector’ shall initiate the national policy dialogue in Jordan during a first consultation workshop scheduled for 23 October in Amman. Officially launched in May 2013, this regional project if jointly implemented by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and DevelopmentRead more

Barcelona, 1 October, 2013. Along with partners Plan Bleu and EMWIS, the UfM Secretariat is hosting a workshop with regional and international partners and organizations at its headquarters in Barcelona on 30 September and 1 October, 2013. The aim of the workshop is to discuss and harmonize the indicators used by countries as well as byRead more

17 September, 2013. Following a recent relocation to Barcelona, the Global Water Operator’s Partnership Alliance (GWOPA)  hosted a coordination meeting on water operator partnerships in Spain. A number of local, national and international experts were gathered at the headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean to share past experiences and identify synergies between institutions in working sessions overRead more

Ramallah, 18 June, 2013. The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, headed a meeting on 17 June, 2013 at the Presidential Office in Ramallah, dedicated to following up on the implementation of the Gaza Desalination Facility project. A detailed report regarding the progress of the project was presented by the UfM Deputy Secretary General for Environment &Read more

Barcelona, 17 June, 2013. With more than 180 million people in the Mediterranean region being considered ‘water poor’ (disposing of less than 1000 m3 of renewable water per capita per year) and 60 million facing water stress (less than 500 m3 of renewable water per capita per year) according to recent figures by the Global WaterRead more

The project addresses the obstacles to the mobilization of financing in the Mediterranean Water Sector and aims to improve public governance and attract important investments. It involves work at national and regional level over three years (2013-2015) in six Mediterranean countries, with the potential of more countries joining at later stages.