Ministerial Conference on Water, 22 December 2008, Jordan - Reference documents

Mediterranean Water Scarcity and Drought Final Report

2010-07-20T12:07:47Z

June 2008: This report provides a good overview of the information available so far in the Mediterranean Region. The conclusions of the report point out the issues that need to be further addressed in order to progress towards a Mediterranean system of information on water scarcity and droughts. Further information on the WG activities at: http://www.emwis.net/topics/WaterScarcity

Mediterranean Groundwater Final Report

2010-07-19T21:45:35Z

15 February 2007: The Mediterranean Groundwater WG (MED-EUWI Working Group on Groundwater) was set up in September 2004, as a thematic group of the Mediterranean Joint Process between the EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) and the Mediterranean Component of the EU Water Initiative (MED-EUWI). See further information on this WG activities at: http://www.emwis.net/topics/groundwater

Waste Water Reuse Final Report

2010-07-20T15:39:15Z

November 2007: Working group of the Med-EUWI Joint Process Phase II. Further information on this WG activities is available at: http://www.emwis.net/topics/WaterReuse
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Final report on waste water reuse - Annex A- Glossary
Final Report on waste water reuse - Annex B- Case studies

The EU Water Framework Directive (EU WFD)

2010-07-20T09:35:22Z

On 23 October 2000, the "Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the Community action in the field of water policy" or, in short, the EU Water Framework Directive (or even shorter the WFD) was finally adopted.

Please find below the text of the Directive which was published in the Official Journal (OJ L 327) on 22 December 2000 and entered into force the same day:

(pdf ~855KB)

Further information at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/water-framework/index_en.html or http://www.emwis.net/initiatives/dce

Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development (MSSD)

2010-07-20T15:39:22Z

Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development: A Framework for Environmental Sustainability and Shared Prosperit; ( 14th Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean and its Protocols, UNEP/MAP, June 2005, Athens).

For further information visit: http://www.medstrategy.org/ or http://www.emwis.net/initiatives/map/MSSD

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

2010-07-20T17:34:25Z

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was approved by 189 countries in September 2000 (See the declaration). For more details see: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

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The Millennium Development Goals Report 2008 [PDF]

Marine Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56/EC

2010-07-20T15:38:18Z

Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive).

Further details at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32008L0056:EN:NOT or http://vlex.com/vid/39040658