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\"BackgroundThe GWP-Med-led session \u201cInvestment potential in wastewater treatment and reuse<\/i>\u201d was held on Tuesday, 29 August. It was organised within the framework of the regional project \u201cGovernance & Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector<\/i>\u201d, designed jointly by GWP-Med and the OECD, supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and formally labelled under the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) political framework.<\/p>\n

The session opened with a high-level introductory segment, moderated by Vangelis Constantianos<\/span>, Executive Secretary of GWP-Med. He pointed on the importance of cross-cutting issues like gender, youth, and equity in planning and materializing sustainable investments, while noted the importance of defining employability targets within such water-related investments. He thanked SIWI for the opportunity provided for this debate through the Stockholm Water Week, and Sida for its long-term support and trust.<\/p>\n

\"IntroMiguel Garcia-Herraiz<\/span>, Deputy Secretary General, Water and Environment Division of the UfM, stressed the necessity of investments in the water sector in the region, noting that water has an increasingly prominent role in the international agenda on climate change adding to financing options. He also highlighted the cross-cutting importance of governance which can create opportunities to private sector participation in the water sector.  Further, he noted the need to look at emerging alternative financing mechanisms, noting the role of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) towards policy coherence and projects on the ground, including through the new UfM Water Agenda mandated at Ministerial level in April 2017..<\/p>\n

Esse Nilsson<\/span>, Senior Programme Manager, Unit for MENA of Sida, started by sharing personal stories from growing up in a farm which taught her valuable lessons about the importance of having access to water and sanitation. She noted that water remains an intergenerational issue as investments made today secure water and sanitation for future generations. She also commented on GWP-Med\u2019s work over the last years facilitating national dialogues to advance broader debates on national reforms with clear linkages to investments.<\/p>\n

Oyun Sanjaasuren<\/span>, Chair of GWP, reflected on opportunities for unlocking finance especially in relation to the water-related SDG 6 action items and what is needed to achieve them. She underlined the great demand for bankable projects which also requires human capacity to mobilize investment funds. She called for everyone to become advocates for governments and banks to raise the priority of water and wastewater projects as strategic investments for sustainable development, which is currently lacking.<\/p>\n

H.E. Abdallah Rebhi<\/span>, State Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fishery, Tunisia, gave an overview of the water-related challenges that his country is facing, as well as of recent developments. He focused on the need for continuous investments in the water sector, which for a middle-income country remain expensive, stressing that the international community should embrace a concept of equity in providing financial support to distressed countries.  Among his reflections, the State Secretary noted that that infrastructure investments should go hand in hand with governance reinforcement. <\/p>\n

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The second segment of the session included two presentations on GWP-Med\u2019s relevant ongoing work in the MENA and the broader Mediterranean Region.<\/p>\n

Anthi Brouma<\/span>, Deputy Regional Coordinator of GWP-Med, provided an overview of the activities and achievements under the Governance & Financing project during the past 3 years, both at the national level in Tunisia, Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon, and at the regional level. She highlighted common challenges identified, areas of recommendation and lessons learnt, while presenting also findings and recommendations specifically for the integration of gender dimensions and of CSR in the water sector in the Region. The presentation is available here <\/a>(pdf).<\/p>\n

Konstantina Toli<\/span>, Senior Programme Officer in GWP-Med, presented the experience \"Presentationsfrom GWP-Med\u2019s activities in Mediterranean water-scarce islands on the management and promotion of non-conventional water resources, with the support of the Coca Cola Foundation, and the dimensions of rainwater harvesting, greywater recycling, small desalination units, the creation of green jobs, and of education and awareness raising She highlighted how this experience can be replicated in scale in the MENA region. The presentation is available here <\/a>(pdf).<\/p>\n

The session concluded with a 45-minutes Panel Discussion among a gender-balanced group of representatives of countries, financing institutions and international organisations and facilitated by Anthi Brouma, Deputy Regional Coordinator of GWP-Med and Tassos Krommydas, Senior Programme Officer at GWP-Med.<\/p>\n

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Natasha Carmi<\/span>, Policy Advisor on Water in the Palestinian Negotiations Support Project, stressed that wastewater management is a complex issue in Palestine due to political constraints, including administrative limitations placed by the Government of Israel. Even though a Joint Water Committee was set up in the context of the Oslo Agreement, severe challenges remain in the approval and implementation of wastewater projects. Regarding the management of transboundary wastewater, she noted that no legal framework exists yet, albeit a draft protocol has been developed and it is hoped that discussions shall be forthcoming based on the protocol.<\/p>\n

Ali Subah<\/span>, Secretary General Assistant, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Jordan, provided an overview of the situation in water provision and wastewater collection services in Jordan, noting that there is a need for a comprehensive investment plan of 5.4 $billion, with approximately half of this amount being apportioned to wastewater. He stressed the additional burden upon planning and services in his country as a result of the influx of refugees in the past years that has led to an increase of around 50% in the country\u2019s population.<\/p>\n

Dionysia Avgerinopoulou<\/span>, Chair of the Circle of Mediterranean Parliamentarians for Sustainable Development (COMPSUD), highlighted the important role of the Parliamentarians to oversee and investigate what governments are doing to address water and sanitation issues. Parliamentarians also pass legislation and regulations relevant to the water sectors, ratify at the national level international agreements and engage in diplomacy on water-related issues. She noted the importance of working closely with National Parliaments as well as of engaging Parliamentarians in regional processes.<\/p>\n

Richard Abdulnour<\/span>, Advisor to the World Bank Vice President for the MENA Region, briefly outlined the Bank\u2019s financing strategies and ongoing processes regarding investments in the water sector in the Region, including also the potential involvement of the private sector. <\/p>\n

Souad Farsi<\/span>, Programme Management Analyst in the Mediterranean Hot Spots Investment Programme (MeHSIP) in the European Investment Bank, presented MeHSIP and FEMIP (Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership). She then focused on the challenges for international financial institutions in financing water sector investments, highlighting the importance of political will and the alignment of strategies of both the Ministries responsible for water and sanitation, and the Ministry of Finance.<\/p>\n

Delphine Clavreul<\/span>, Policy Analyst in the Water Governance Programme of OECD, shared experiences from OECD\u2019s work on helping governments through policy dialogues to enhance governance which can catalyse investments. She then focused on two recent policy initiatives advanced by OECD, the High-Level Panel on Financing Infrastructure for a Water-Secure World, and OECD\u2019s Water Governance Principles.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, due to delays in starting the session and very strict time keeping on behalf of the Water Week organisers, the session had to be cut-off before the last panellist, Anja Taarup Nordlund<\/span>, Gender Expert from NCG Sweden, could provide her insights on gender and social-related dimensions in the region\u2019s water sector, based on the experience under the Governance & Financing project. However, gender and equity issues as elements for making real sustainable financing, were noted by several participants in their interventions.<\/p>\n

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Further to the above session convened by GWP-Med, the MENA Focus during the 2017 World Water Week included the following sessions as well (more information available through the individual links).<\/p>\n

–          Water security and water integrity challenges in the MENA region<\/i><\/a>  convened by the World Bank Group, UNDP-SIWI Water Governance Facility and GWP-Med<\/i><\/p>\n

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–          Adapting to climate change: assessment, vulnerability and action<\/i><\/a>  convened by USAid, Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands, FAO, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, UN ESCWA<\/p>\n

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–          MENA Water World Caf\u00e9 2017<\/i><\/a>  convened by the Regional Environmental Center (REC)<\/i><\/p>\n

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The wealth of shared experiences and lessons learnt during all sessions of the MENA Focus offer a solid replication potential of good practices and synergetic opportunities within and beyond the MENA region. The institutionalization of the \u201cMENA Focus\u201d within the World Water Week\u2019s official Programme, and further to the visibility and outreach impact, it enhances the facilitation of an exchange forum on national and regional water-related developments on an annual basis. The 2018 MENA Focus is planned to continue and reinforce the exchanges and contribute to more tangible steps towards sustainable growth in the region.   <\/p>\n

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Additional materials:<\/em><\/p>\n

Concept Note and Agenda of the GWP-Med-led session in English<\/a> and in French<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Information Note for the 2017 MENA Focus in English <\/a>and in French<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Investissements pour le traitement et la r\u00e9utilisation des eaux us\u00e9es dans la r\u00e9gion du Moyen-Orient et de l’Afrique du Nord: Focus – la Semaine Mondiale de l’Eau de Stockholm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Le potentiel d’investissement dans le traitement et la r\u00e9utilisation des eaux us\u00e9es au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord (MENA) a \u00e9t\u00e9 discut\u00e9 lors d’une session organis\u00e9e par le Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP-Med) lors de la r\u00e9cente Semaine Mondiale de l’Eau \u00e0 Stockholm (27 ao\u00fbt – 1er septembre 2017 ) et ce dans le cadre du “MENA Focus” de 4 sessions, dirig\u00e9 par des institutions cl\u00e9s dans la R\u00e9gion. 2017 \u00e9tait la 2\u00e8me ann\u00e9e o\u00f9 un Focus r\u00e9gional MENA fasse partie du Programme de la Semaine Mondiale de l\u2019Eau, en plus des Journ\u00e9es r\u00e9gionales de l\u2019Afrique, l’Asie et l’Am\u00e9rique latine. En plus de (co) organisation des sessions, GWP-Med coordonne l’ensemble des “MENA Focus”.<\/i><\/p>\n

La session du GWP-Med “Potentiel d’investissement dans le traitement et la r\u00e9utilisation des eaux us\u00e9es”<\/i> a eu lieu le mardi 29 ao\u00fbt. La session a \u00e9t\u00e9 organis\u00e9e dans le cadre du Projet r\u00e9gional \u00abGouvernance et Financement du Secteur de l’eau en M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e\u00bb, con\u00e7u conjointement par le GWP-Med et l’OCDE, soutenu par L’Agence Su\u00e9doise de Coop\u00e9ration Internationale au D\u00e9veloppement (SIDA) et formellement lab\u00e9lis\u00e9 sous l’Union pour la M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e (UfM).<\/p>\n

La session a \u00e9t\u00e9 ouverte par un segment d’introduction de haut niveau, anim\u00e9 par Vangelis Constantianos,<\/span> Secr\u00e9taire Ex\u00e9cutif du GWP-Med. Il a soulign\u00e9 l’importance des questions transversales comme le genre, la jeunesse et l’\u00e9quit\u00e9 dans la planification et la r\u00e9alisation d’investissements durables, tout en notant l’importance de d\u00e9finir des objectifs d’employabilit\u00e9 dans de tels investissements li\u00e9s \u00e0 l’eau. Il a remerci\u00e9 SIWI pour l’opportunit\u00e9 de ce d\u00e9bat \u00e0 travers la Semaine Mondiale de l’Eau de Stockholm et SIDA pour son soutien et sa confiance \u00e0 long terme.<\/p>\n

Miguel Garcia-Herraiz<\/span>, Secr\u00e9taire G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Adjoint, Division de l’Eau et de l’Environnement de l’UfM, a soulign\u00e9 la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 d’investissements dans le secteur de l’eau dans la r\u00e9gion, notant que l’eau joue un r\u00f4le de plus en plus important dans l’agenda international sur les changements climatiques, en addition aux options de financement. Il a \u00e9galement soulign\u00e9 l’importance transversale de la gouvernance qui peut cr\u00e9er des opportunit\u00e9s pour la participation du secteur priv\u00e9 dans le secteur de l’eau. De plus, il a not\u00e9 la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 d’examiner les m\u00e9canismes de financement alternatifs \u00e9mergents, notant le r\u00f4le de l’Union pour la M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e (UfM) en mati\u00e8re de coh\u00e9rence des politiques et de projets sur le terrain, notamment par le biais du nouveau Programme de l’eau de l’UpM mandat\u00e9 au niveau Minist\u00e9riel en avril 2017.<\/p>\n

Esse Nilsson,<\/span> Charg\u00e9e de Programme Senior, Unit\u00e9 pour la r\u00e9gion MENA de SIDA, a commenc\u00e9 par partager des histoires personnelles en grandissant dans une ferme qui lui a enseign\u00e9 des le\u00e7ons pr\u00e9cieuses sur l’importance d’avoir acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l’eau et \u00e0 l’assainissement. Elle a not\u00e9 que l’eau reste une question interg\u00e9n\u00e9rationnelle puisque les investissements r\u00e9alis\u00e9s aujourd’hui garantissent l’eau et l’assainissement pour les g\u00e9n\u00e9rations futures. Elle a \u00e9galement comment\u00e9 le travail du GWP-Med au cours des derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, facilitant les dialogues nationaux pour faire progresser les d\u00e9bats sur les r\u00e9formes nationales avec des liens clairs avec les investissements.<\/p>\n

Oyun Sanjaasuren<\/span>, Pr\u00e9sidente du GWP, a r\u00e9agi sur les possibilit\u00e9s de d\u00e9bloquer le financement, en particulier en relation avec l\u2019ODD6 li\u00e9s \u00e0 l’eau et ce qu’il faut pour les r\u00e9aliser. Elle a soulign\u00e9 la grande demande de projets bancables qui n\u00e9cessite \u00e9galement la capacit\u00e9 humaine pour mobiliser des fonds d’investissement. Elle a lanc\u00e9 un appel pour devenir des d\u00e9fenseurs des gouvernements et des banques pour relever la priorit\u00e9 des projets d’eau et d’eaux us\u00e9es en tant qu’investisseurs strat\u00e9giques pour le d\u00e9veloppement durable.<\/p>\n

S.E. Abdallah Rebhi,<\/span> Secr\u00e9taire d’\u00c9tat, Minist\u00e8re de l’Agriculture, des Ressources Hydrauliques et de la P\u00eache en Tunisie, a donn\u00e9 un aper\u00e7u sur les d\u00e9fis li\u00e9s \u00e0 l’eau auxquels la Tunisie est confront\u00e9e, ainsi que les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents. Il s’est concentr\u00e9 sur la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 d’investissements continus dans le secteur de l’eau, ce qui, pour un pays \u00e0 revenu interm\u00e9diaire, reste co\u00fbteux, soulignant que la communaut\u00e9 internationale devrait adopter un concept d’\u00e9quit\u00e9 pour fournir un soutien financier aux pays en d\u00e9tresse. Parmi ses r\u00e9flexions, le Secr\u00e9taire d’\u00c9tat a not\u00e9 que les investissements dans les infrastructures devraient aller de pair avec le renforcement de la gouvernance.<\/p>\n

La deuxi\u00e8me partie de la session comprenait deux pr\u00e9sentations sur le pertinent travail en cours du GWP-Med dans la r\u00e9gion MENA et dans la r\u00e9gion m\u00e9diterran\u00e9enne \u00e9largie.<\/p>\n

Anthi Brouma<\/span>, Coordonnatrice R\u00e9gionale Adjointe du GWP-Med, a donn\u00e9 un aper\u00e7u des activit\u00e9s et des r\u00e9alisations du Projet Gouvernance et Financement au cours des trois derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es au niveau national en Tunisie, en Jordanie, en Palestine et au Liban et au niveau r\u00e9gional. Elle a soulign\u00e9 les d\u00e9fis communs identifi\u00e9s, les domaines de recommandation et les le\u00e7ons apprises, tout en pr\u00e9sentant \u00e9galement des constatations et des recommandations visant sp\u00e9cifiquement \u00e0 int\u00e9grer les dimensions sexosp\u00e9cifiques et la RSE dans le secteur de l’eau dans la R\u00e9gion. La pr\u00e9sentation est disponible ici <\/a>(pdf).<\/p>\n

Konstantina Toli,<\/span> Charg\u00e9e de Programme Senior au GWP-Med, a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 l’exp\u00e9rience des activit\u00e9s du GWP-Med dans les \u00eeles m\u00e9diterran\u00e9ennes pauvres en eau sur la gestion et la promotion des ressources en eau non conventionnelles, avec le soutien de la Fondation Coca Cola et les dimensions de la collecte des eaux de pluie, le recyclage des eaux grasses, les petites unit\u00e9s de dessalement, la cr\u00e9ation d’emplois verts, l’\u00e9ducation et la sensibilisation. Elle a mis en \u00e9vidence comment cette exp\u00e9rience peut \u00eatre reproduite \u00e0 l’\u00e9chelle dans la r\u00e9gion MENA. La pr\u00e9sentation est disponible ici <\/a>(pdf).<\/p>\n

La session s’est termin\u00e9e par un panel de discussion de 45 minutes entre un groupe de repr\u00e9sentants des pays \u00e9quilibr\u00e9s entre les sexes, les institutions financi\u00e8res et les organisations internationales. La session a \u00e9t\u00e9 anim\u00e9e par Anthi Brouma, Coordonnatrice R\u00e9gionale Adjointe du GWP-Med et Tassos Krommydas, Charg\u00e9 de Programme au GWP-Med.<\/p>\n

Natasha Carmi,<\/span> Conseill\u00e8re Politique sur l’Eau dans le Projet de Soutien aux N\u00e9gociations Palestiniennes, a soulign\u00e9 que la gestion des eaux us\u00e9es est une question complexe en Palestine en raison de contraintes politiques, y compris les limites administratives impos\u00e9es par le gouvernement isra\u00e9lien. M\u00eame si un Comit\u00e9 mixte de l’eau aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 mis en place dans le cadre de l’Accord d’Oslo, de graves probl\u00e8mes persistent dans l’approbation et la mise en \u0153uvre des projets d’assainissement. En ce qui concerne la gestion des eaux us\u00e9es transfrontali\u00e8res, elle a not\u00e9 que m\u00eame si un projet de protocole a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9labor\u00e9, aucun cadre juridique n’existe encore.<\/p>\n

Ali Subah,<\/span> Adjoint du Secr\u00e9taire G\u00e9n\u00e9ral, Minist\u00e8re de l’Eau et de l’Irrigation, en Jordanie, a donn\u00e9 un aper\u00e7u de la situation de l\u2019approvisionnement en eau et des services de collecte des eaux us\u00e9es en Jordanie, notant qu’il y a un besoin de disposer d’un plan d’investissement global de 5,4 milliards de dollars, dont environ la moiti\u00e9 serait attribu\u00e9e aux eaux us\u00e9es. Il a soulign\u00e9 le fardeau suppl\u00e9mentaire de la planification et des services dans son pays suite \u00e0 l’afflux des r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s au cours des derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, ce qui a entra\u00eenant une augmentation d’environ 50% de la population du pays.<\/p>\n

Dionysia Avgerinopoulou,<\/span> Pr\u00e9sidente du Cercle des Parlementaires M\u00e9diterran\u00e9ens pour le D\u00e9veloppement Durable (COMPSUD), a soulign\u00e9 le r\u00f4le important des parlementaires pour superviser et enqu\u00eater sur ce que les gouvernements font pour r\u00e9soudre les probl\u00e8mes li\u00e9s \u00e0 l’eau et \u00e0 l’assainissement. Les parlementaires adoptent \u00e9galement des lois et des r\u00e8glements pertinents pour les secteurs de l’eau, ratifient les accords internationaux au niveau national et s’engagent dans la diplomatie sur les questions li\u00e9es \u00e0 l’eau. Elle a soulign\u00e9 l’importance de travailler en \u00e9troite collaboration avec les parlements nationaux et d’engager les parlementaires dans les processus r\u00e9gionaux.<\/p>\n

Richard Abdulnour,<\/span> Conseiller du Vice-Pr\u00e9sident de la Banque Mondiale pour la R\u00e9gion MENA, a d\u00e9crit bri\u00e8vement les strat\u00e9gies de financement de la Banque et les processus en cours concernant les investissements dans le secteur de l’eau dans la r\u00e9gion, y compris la participation potentielle du secteur priv\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Souad Farsi,<\/span> Analyste en Gestion de Programme dans le  Le programme d’investissement pour l’Elimination des Principales Sources de Pollution en M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e (MeHSIP) – la Banque Europ\u00e9enne d’Investissement, a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 le MeHSIP et la FEMIP (Facilit\u00e9 Euro-m\u00e9diterran\u00e9enne d\u2019Investissement et de Partenariat). Elle a ensuite mis l’accent sur les d\u00e9fis pour les institutions financi\u00e8res internationales dans le financement des investissements dans le secteur de l’eau, soulignant l’importance de la volont\u00e9 politique et l’alignement des strat\u00e9gies des Minist\u00e8res charg\u00e9s de l’eau et de l’assainissement et du Minist\u00e8re des finances.<\/p>\n

Delphine Clavreul,<\/span> Analyste politique dans le Programme de Gouvernance de l’Eau de l’OCDE, a partag\u00e9 les exp\u00e9riences des travaux de l’OCDE sur l’aide aux gouvernements \u00e0 travers des dialogues sur les politiques afin d’am\u00e9liorer la gouvernance qui peut catalyser les investissements. Elle s’est ensuite concentr\u00e9e sur deux initiatives politiques r\u00e9centes avanc\u00e9es par l’OCDE, le Groupe de haut niveau sur l’infrastructure de Financement pour un Monde S\u00e9curis\u00e9 en Eau et les Principes de la Gouvernance de l’Eau de l’OCDE.<\/p>\n

Malheureusement, en raison des retards dans le d\u00e9marrage de la session et du temps tr\u00e8s strict, la session a d\u00fb \u00eatre interrompue avant que le dernier intervenant, Anja Taarup Nordlund, Expert en genre de NCG Su\u00e8de, puisse fournir son point de vue sur le genre et les dimensions sociales dans le secteur de l’eau dans la r\u00e9gion, en se basant sur l’exp\u00e9rience acquise dans le cadre du projet Gouvernance et financement. Cependant, plusieurs participants ont \u00e9voqu\u00e9 lors de leurs interventions les questions relatives au genre et \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9quit\u00e9 comme \u00e9l\u00e9ments permettant de r\u00e9aliser un financement durable.<\/p>\n

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En plus de la session du GWP-Med mentionn\u00e9e au-dessus, le MENA Focus de la Semaine Mondiale de l’Eau de 2017 comprenait \u00e9galement les sessions suivantes (plus d’informations sont disponibles sur les liens suivants).<\/p>\n

–          Les d\u00e9fis de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 en eau et de l\u2019int\u00e9grit\u00e9 dans le  secteur de l\u2019eau dans la r\u00e9gion MENA <\/i><\/a>  convoqu\u00e9e par le Groupe de la Banque Mondiale, PNUD-SIWI Water Governance Facility et GWP-Med<\/i><\/p>\n

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–          Adaptation au changement climatique: \u00e9valuation, vuln\u00e9rabilit\u00e9 et action<\/i><\/a>  convoqu\u00e9 par USAid, Centre Arabe pour l\u2019Etude des Zones Arides et Terres S\u00e8ches, FAO, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, UN ESCWA<\/p>\n

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–          MENA Water World Caf\u00e9 2017<\/i><\/a>  convoqu\u00e9 par le Regional Environmental Center (REC)<\/i><\/p>\n

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La richesse des exp\u00e9riences partag\u00e9es et des le\u00e7ons apprises tout au long de toutes les sessions du MENA Focus offrent un solide potentiel de r\u00e9plication des bonnes pratiques et des opportunit\u00e9s synergiques au sein et au-del\u00e0 de la r\u00e9gion MENA. L’institutionnalisation du \u00abMENA Focus\u00bb dans le cadre du programme officiel de la Semaine mondiale de l’eau et, compte tenu de l’impact de la visibilit\u00e9 et de la sensibilisation, elle facilite chaque ann\u00e9e un forum d’\u00e9change sur les d\u00e9veloppements nationaux et r\u00e9gionaux li\u00e9s \u00e0 l’eau. Le MENA Focus de 2018 devrait continuer et renforcer les \u00e9changes et contribuer \u00e0 des \u00e9tapes plus tangibles vers une croissance durable dans la r\u00e9gion.<\/p>\n

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Autres documents:<\/p>\n

Note conceptuelle et ordre du jour de la session du GWP-Med en anglais <\/a>et en fran\u00e7ais<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Note d’information pour le MENA Focus 2017 en anglais <\/a>et en fran\u00e7ais<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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