11th UfM Water Expert Group
Water Environment & Blue Economy
28 April 2021. Aiming to follow up on the conclusions of the 10th WEG Meeting (Brussels, 13-14 June 2019), the 11th WEG meeting will be held on 28 April 2021, with a reduced composition, involving only the Member States and will have the two-fold objective to:
- Take stock of the Progress made so far on the implementation of the UfM Water Policy Framework of Actions and its Financial Strategy for Water.
- Promote the alignment of the UfM Water Agenda with the New Agenda for the Mediterranean and the European Green Deal, including the recovery trajectory.
Among others, the meeting is expected to contribute to the Mediterranean regional preparatory process towards the 9th World Water Forum (Dakar, Senegal, March 2022) that concerns also the organisation of the 4th Mediterranean Water Forum (Malta, date tbc). More specifically, the Med Water Forum will prepare the Mediterranean’s input to the World Water Forum, showcasing the region’s role as a hub of innovative water management solutions, which have been locally developed or adapted to address the prevailing challenges of the region including those related to climate change impacts. The Forum will also outline how the Mediterranean region is developing an integrated implementation framework through the UfM’s Water Agenda, while also servicing other important political and technical regional and sub-regional frameworks and ensuring that different water management actions reinforce each other thereby providing a comprehensive solution for evolving needs. In so doing, the 4th Med Forum will present the value of the Mediterranean region in the development, adaptation and implementation of effective and integrated water resources management (IWRM) solutions including through water-energy-food-ecosystem nexus (WEFE Nexus) and Source-to-Sea approaches. It will also showcase the replication potential of these solutions to address emerging problems at a global scale, including as a contributor to jobs, prosperity, stability and peace.
