Supports the Mediterranean European Union Water Initiative (MED EUWI) Secretariat in the implementation of its activities, promoting the adoption of Integrated Water Resource Management principles in policies and actions

Countries covered: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia, as well as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Turkey

The project provides technical support to the MED EUWI Secretariat in the framework of the Mediterranean Component of the EU Water Initiative, one of the components of the EU Water Initiative (EUWI) launched in 2002 as a common European approach to meet the challenges of water-related Millennium Development Goals. The fundamental objectives of the EUWI refer to water supply and sanitation, and Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM).

The project aims to promote the adoption of IWRM governance principles through their use for the definition and implementation of water management policies and measures at both national and regional levels, mainly through the implementation of national policy dialogues

The project supports the MED EUWI Secretariat in conducting country policy dialogues on IWRM in a number of Mediterranean countries that request this. The dialogues are supported by relevant studies around which dialogue and consultation processes are built up.

The project further supports the implementation of pilot projects in river basins outside the EU where WFD principles can be tested and applied under local conditions.