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Mar30

5th Horizon 2020 Steering Committee Meeting and side meetings: Reporting progress and proposing follow-up for de-polluting the Mediterranean by 2020

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5th Horizon 2020 Steering Committee Meeting and side meetings: Reporting progress and proposing follow-up for de-polluting the Mediterranean by 2020

Source: Horizon 2020

The 5th Meeting of the Horizon 2020 Steering Committee, the 3rd meeting of its Capacity Building Sub-Group, as well as a meeting of the RMR Working Group on Environmental Indicators will take place in Barcelona from 18-19 April, 2012. The meetings will be hosted at the premises of the UfM Secretariat.

The focus will be on progress achieved in the Horizon 2020 components, namely investments for pollution reduction; monitoring, review and research; and capacity building, financed mainly by ENPI funded projects.

Replication and environmental mainstreaming will also be discussed on the basis of the collaborative efforts between the MedPartnership, SWIM-SM and H2020 CB/MEP. The state of play with the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) will be outlined and perspectives for the future will be discussed. In addition, the progress and evaluation of UNEP/MAP’s National Action Plans to address land-based pollution will be presented.

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Feb29

Curso a distancia sobre gestión sostenible de productos usados en acuicultura marina

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Curso a distancia sobre gestión sostenible de productos usados en acuicultura marina

Fuente: Fundación Biodiversidad

El 19 de marzo comienza un curso sobre gestión sostenible de productos usados en acuicultura marina, organizado por la Asociación Empresarial de Productores de Cultivos Marinos (APROMAR).

Con esta acción se pretende dotar a los participantes de las competencias necesarias para hacer un uso adecuado de medicamentos y productos terapéuticos, reducir el uso de productos químicos persistentes, establecer planes sanitarios adecuados en las instalaciones acuícolas, utilizar productos y recubrimientos antifouling no dañinos para el medio ambiente y promover procedimientos para prevenir el biofouling. Se trata de una acción gratuita cofinanciada por el FSE.

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Feb24

UNESCO-IHP launches a diagnostic analsysis for the Mediterranean coastal aquifers

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UNESCO-IHP launches a diagnostic analsysis for the Mediterranean coastal aquifers

Source: MedPartnership

For the first time, a supplement on coastal aquifers and groundwater to the Mediterranean Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) will be undertaken to enhance knowledge of the unique role that coastal aquifers play in reducing land-based sources of pollution into the Mediterranean Sea and for the conservation of ecosystems. UNESCO-IHP launched the diagnostic analysis during the Experts Meeting for the “Preparation of the groundwater supplements to the TDA-Med, SAP and Barcelona Convention Protocols”, which took place in Thessaloniki, Greece on 22 February, 2012 within the framework of the MedPartnership. This supplement to the TDA will also assess the current situation of stress and will lead to the formulation of scientifically grounded recommendations for best practices and management options for the sustainable management of the Mediterranean coastal aquifers.

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Dec21

Mediterranean Water Forum and Mediterranean Cross-Continental Process

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Mediterranean Water Forum and Mediterranean Cross-Continental Process

The 1st Mediterranean Water Forum was held in Marrakech (Morocco) in December 2011 which was crucial to the Mediterranean regional preparatory process of the 6th World Water Forum, which is based on priorities and targets specific to the Mediterranean region in accordance with the other processes of the Africa, Asia-Pacific andEuroperegions.

This forum was carried out an logical approach of experience and know-how exchanges through an organized dialogue of representatives of all stakeholders in the Mediterranean region, namely: decision-making bodies, local and regional authorities, parliamentarians, donors, representatives of the private sector and experts, regional networks, other civil society stakeholders and State representatives.

The forum makes part of The Mediterranean Cross-Continental Process, which gathers all categories of stakeholders including decision-makers (Ministries, Parliamentarians, and Local and Territorial Authorities), professionals (public and private), and representatives from the civil society, will enable the related water community to identify and outline innovative and existing solutions to the main issues including:
•    Governance ;
•    demand-supply management;
•    non-conventional water use ;
•    depollution of a shared ecosystem.

Know more at: http://www.worldwaterforum6.org/en/commissions/regional/mediterranean-cross-continental-process/