MED Annual Report 2008

MEDITERRANEAN COMPONENT of the EU Water Initiative  (MED EUWI)

Strategic Partnership on  Water for Sustainable Development

Lead Country: Greece

The Mediterranean Component of the EU Water Initiative (MED EUWI) constitutes an integral part and one of the geographic Components of the overall EUWI. It represents a strategic partnership among all related stakeholders (national, regional and international) in the Mediterranean region, aiming at contributing to the implementation of the water-related MDGs and WSSD targets. It, thus, seeks to make significant progress in poverty eradication and health, in the enhancement of livelihoods, and in sustainable economic development in the Mediterranean and Southeastern Europe, providing a catalyst for peace and security in the region which is a vulnerable and sensitive one from both an environmental and political view point.

MED EUWI is led by the government of Greece (Ministry for Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works and Ministry of Foreign Affairs). The MED EUWI Secretariat within the Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean Secretariat, provides technical support and day-by-day running. The Euro-Mediterranean Water Directors Forum, serving as institutional support of the implementation of MED EUWI, provides advice and guidance on the MED EUWI further development and implementation.

MED EUWI develops its activities through annual work programmes, supported and with the participation of a variety of institutions and stakeholders.

This document is presented to the UfM Water Expert Group at its 1st Meeting, 7-8 September 2009, Athens. The UfM Water Expert Group emerged from decisions of the Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Water, December 2008, Dead Sea, Jordan.