1 / 10

Towards a Mediterranean water knowledge hub Eric MINO Euro-Med Information System

Towards a Mediterranean water knowledge hub Eric MINO Euro-Med Information System on know-how in the water sector www.emwis.net. State of Play. Preparation of a new Mediterranean water strategy and related projects, Union for the Med ministerial conference – 22 December 2008, Jordan

xenia
Download Presentation

Towards a Mediterranean water knowledge hub Eric MINO Euro-Med Information System

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Towards a Mediterranean water knowledge hub Eric MINO Euro-Med Information System on know-how in the water sector www.emwis.net

  2. State of Play • Preparation of a new Mediterranean water strategy and related projects, • Union for the Med ministerial conference – 22 December 2008, Jordan • Need for good governance tools • for the success of water policies & related investments • Coordination of initiatives • Valuable experiences • within existing regional & local initiatives

  3. Efficient governance toolsrequire: • National data collection & monitoring system • National water documentation center • Well trained and educated professionals • Continuous dialogue between stakeholders • Interface between research and policy • Innovative demonstration projects • Long term scenarios

  4. What EMWIS does? • Online water information services • Capacity building on water information management • Networking of national water authorities • Reinforcing National water data systems in coherence with international standards  Regional water observation mechanism • Working groups  Exchange of know-how, recommendations

  5. Lessons • Large amount of content online • 16 national water websites, international website • Yellow pages, multilingual water thesaurus, projects database (300) • Interest of water information confirmed • 50 000 visits/month • ca 15 000 subscribers to news e-flash • Exchange of experiences between water authorities • Working groups, training, technical visits • Information must be managed at the appropriate level • Needs for • Coordination between international and national programmes • Consolidated water data at national/local levels • Data standardisation and exchange at national level • Stronger involvement of all national stakeholders

  6. Lessons:Existing regional initiatives & valuable expertise at local level • EMWIS • Information & documentation • Data management • MENBO • River Basins Organisations • Med-EUWI / GWP-Med • National dialogues • UNEP-MAP • Prospective on sustainable development • Protecting the Mediterranean sea • MEDA-Water • Pilot projects • …… • National water authorities • Research centers / universities • Basin organisations • Local/regional public authorities • User associations / NGO • Related ministries • Environment, Agriculture, health … • ….

  7. Stakeholder forum A regional knowledge hub • To support national governance Administrations Institutional networks Local NGOs International NGOs Researchers Local managers Public Donors Etc. Trainingcentres Documentation & data Coordination Research & technologies Universities Projects Prospective

  8. Key principles • Inclusive attitude on topics and partners • Focus on meeting the needs of the citizens of Mediterranean countries • Governance ensured by regular review meetings of the Med water expert forum • Availability of international expertise • Generation; identification, dissemination of state-of-the-art knowledge • Leadership on each topic

  9. Benefits expected A truly joint, equal and open framework bringing together participants from the northern and southern Mediterranean regions • At the national level: • Coordinated support from regional initiatives • Common regional programmes for better collaboration between countries • Implementing lessons learnt at regional level • At the Mediterranean level: • Common understanding of needs • Access to validated information from national levels • Better distribution of responsibilities • Evaluation of results • Faster transfer of results

  10. Thank youwww.semide.netwww.emwis.net

More Related