13th Meeting of the Water Expert Group (WEG13) and WEFE Nexus Regional Roundtable
Water Environment & Blue Economy
7-8 June 2023, Rabat. The UfM Member States and partners will be gathering next June for the Water Expert Group, which is the UfM’s regional dialogue platform, involving countries’ water directors and other stakeholders from the Euro-Mediterranean.
The overall aim of the 13th Meeting of the WEG is continue supporting efforts by UfM member states to increase water security in the Mediterranean region through the implementation of the UfM Water Agenda and the UfM Financial Strategy for Water.
The specific objectives of the Meeting are:
- To review progress at national level in the implementation of the UfM Water Agenda, including the UfM Financial Strategy for Water, since the 12th meeting of the WEG.
- To review efforts at regional level to support the implementation of the UfM Water Agenda, including the work of the UfM Secretariat and different partners.
- To review the work plans for 2023-2024 developed by the four water task forces as well as the Secretariat’s plans for the UfM Programme on Water Investment and Financing.
- To reflect on the conclusions of UNFCCC COP-27 and the UN 2023 Water Conference and discuss whether and how the work of the WEG needs to evolve accordingly.
- To discuss the need for a new UfM Meeting of Water Ministers in order to provide impetus to the implementation of the UfM Water Agenda.
Supporting documents:
UfM Policy Framework for Actions 2030
UfM Financial Strategy for Water
Cairo Water Agenda on Water Finance and Investment for Climate Resilience
Please register in the following link:
https://ufmsecretariat.org//form-13th-water-expert-group/
1st Regional Roundtable on WEFE Nexus in Mediterranean
The Regional Roundtable will take place on 6 and 7 (half day) June 2023, in Rabat. It will be organized back-to-back with the UfM 13th Water Expert Group Meeting (7 & 8 June). The Regional Roundtable will build its deliberations on panel discussions by different stakeholders and on a range of contents and disciplines, sharing views on how to advance Nexus integrated policy making, upscaled action and innovation as well as financing, in a coherent and impact-oriented approach. Brief video sessions over the event’s duration will showcase results from a range of projects at different levels. The Nexus Gateway and the Rapid Nexus Assessment will be briefly presented. The Nexus Community of Practice will be launched during the Roundtable.
The Regional Roundtable will conclude with a plenary discussion on recommendations for action as well as on the need and, if positive, the way to elaborate a regional Nexus strategy/action plan as a tool for advancing and upscaling the agenda in the Mediterranean, aligning processes and action lines within institutions, stakeholders and donors.
