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Water Accounting as a vital tool for water management
Water Accounting is a vital tool to achieve integrated water governance and a sustainable water balance. In order to establish proper Water Accounting in all Southern Mediterranean countries, more than 50 participants participated in a two-week regional training on Water Accounting, which was organized by the EU funded “Water [...]
Union for the Mediterranean Online Stakeholder Consultation
In view of the upcoming 2nd UfM Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Climate Action, a Union for the Mediterranean Online Stakeholder Consultation was launched to provide the possibility to an even wider range of relevant actors to consult on the priority themes identified by the UfM countries. This consultation aimed [...]
Second WES Steering Committee Meeting
The second WES Steering Committee meeting will now be organised on-line on Monday 23 November 2020. The Steering Committee will bring together the WES Water and Environment Focal Points from the Partner Countries, the European Commission, institutional partners, representatives of the new WES Demonstration projects and regional organisations. The [...]
WES workplan October 2020 – October 2021 endorsed by Steering Committee Meeting
The workplan for the coming 12 months was endorsed on 23 November 2020 during the 2nd WES Steering Committee Meeting (SCM) which was held online. The meeting focused on taking stock of the project’s achievements so far and on a presentation of the activities that are planned for the [...]
WES to support Palestine in optimal irrigation management and practices
In order to improve the productivity of the agricultural sector, WES will support Palestine in the establishment of new approaches concerning irrigation. Bringing in non-conventional water resources for irrigation might be one of the options to optimize irrigation, said Professor Michael Scoullos, Team leader of the EU funded Water [...]
Final report Horizon 2020 urges to tackle sources of pollution Mediterranean Sea
The ‘Horizon 2020 initiative’ (2007 - 2020) has been a joint effort to substantially reduce pollution in the Mediterranean by tackling the sources that are said to account for 80% of the overall pollution of the Mediterranean Sea: municipal solid waste, urban waste water and industrial pollution. As a [...]
News releases
RW-1-REG: 2nd Regional Roundtable on Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus in the Mediterranean
The 2nd Regional Roundtable on Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus in the Mediterranean which will be held on 5 February 2024 (14:00-17:30), at the Laico Hotel in Tunis, Tunisia, as a side event to the 5th Mediterranean Water Forum (5-7 February 2024). https://www.wes-med.eu/activities_type/rw-1-reg-1st-regional-roundtable-on-wefe-nexus-in-the-mediterranean/
Fifth WES Project Steering Committee Meeting to be held online on 01/02/2024
The 5h WES Project Steering Committee Meeting (SCM) will be held online on 01/02/2024, during which, the progress of the WES national and regional activities, demo projects in the past year, as well as the workplan for the next ten months, will be presented and discussed thoroughly. This SCM [...]
WES Information Bulletin on the National Activity “Consolidation activities on Green Banking and support to green investment opportunities to curb plastic waste in Jordan”
As part of the EU funded Project “Water and Environment Support (WES) in the ENI Southern Neighbourhood region", a national activity “Consolidation activities on Green Banking and support to green investment opportunities to curb plastic waste in Jordan" (N-E-JO-2) was organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment (MoENV), [...]
WES Information Bulletin on the National Activity “Contribution to the development of a joint public-private roadmap to transition to reduce the use of single-use plastics (SUPs) in Jordan”
As part of the EU funded Project “Water and Environment Support (WES) in the ENI Southern Neighbourhood region", a National Activity “Contribution to the development of a joint public-private roadmap to transition to reduce the use of single-use plastics (SUPs) in Jordan"(N-E-JO-1), was tailor-designed and delivered from May 2021 [...]
WES Information Bulletin on the National activity in Algeria on the provided analysis of Non-Revenue Water performance and develop a plan for NRW improvements
As part of the EU funded Project “Water and Environment Support (WES) in the ENI Southern Neighbourhood region", following the request of the Algerian government, a National Activity "Make an analysis of Non-Revenue Water (NRW) performance in a pilot public utility and develop a plan for NRW improvements focusing [...]
WES Information Bulletin on the National activity focusing on the provided technical assistance on Sustainable Medical Waste Management in Palestine
As part of the Water and Environment Support (WES) project in the Southern Neighborhood region, a National Activity focusing on the provided technical assistance on Sustainable Medical Waste Management following the request of the Environment Quality Authority (EQA) of Palestine (N-E-PS-1), was tailor-designed and delivered from May 2021 to [...]
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During the lifetime of WES a great number of activities will be implemented under the Environment component of the project. Based upon a needs assessment in the different partner countries a list of activities has been developed. Please click here for the list of proposed activities