Euro-Mediterranean Water Information System: EMWIS Flash N°116 - February/ March 2014 In this issue N°116 (emwis.net/thematicdirs/eflash/flash116) ======================== HEADLINE 1- Working towards a Mediterranean knowledge platform on water IN BRIEF 2- 5+5 Water Strategy for the Western Mediterranean: 1st workshop 3- Review process of the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development 4- Mediterranean Days on Water Information Systems, Rabat (Morocco), 19-21/03/2014 5- World Water Council selects Brasilia for 8th World Water Forum in 2018 6- Water innovation in action: €50 million for new research projects 7- Demonstrating integrated innovative technologies for an optimal and safe closed water cycle in Mediterranean tourist facilities 8- Kick-off meeting of the 2013 Water accounts Pilot projects in Europe, Brussels, 05/02/2014 9- ZINNAE, Urban Cluster for the efficient use of water 10- Natural Water Retention Measures (NWRM) project: 1st Mediterranean Workshop successfully held 11- BeWater Kick-Off Meeting: the active participation of society in water adaptation to global change 12- Near East & North Africa countries pledge enhanced cooperation on water management, food waste and building more resilient rural communities 13- The MedPartnership project commits to replicate good practices and work in synergy 14- MEDediterranean Agricultural Markets Information Network (MED-AMIN): A new initiative for the Mediterranean 15- France : Government launches an experiment for a social water tariff 16- France will release archived SPOT data to public 17- Spain: Ebro RBMP approved, despite conflicts between administrations 18- Jordan: EU project equips twenty farms with efficient irrigation systems 19- Palestine/Israel: Controlling Water for Population Transfer 20- Nile Dispute and the Dilemma of National Approaches 21- Morocco’s water demand to reach 16.7 billion cubic meters in 2030 22- Tunisia: new EU project backs stronger environmental governance 23- Tunisia: municipal waste management plan (PCGD) of Sidi bou Saïd 24- Tunisia: The right to water officially recognized in the new constitution 25- Tunisia embeds climate change in constitution 26- Masdar Institute and ICBA to Collaborate on Agricultural and Water Scarcity Solutions 27- Water: nutrient and heavy metal pollution decoupling from growth 28- African water and equatorial space weather focus of inaugural Alcantara workshop 29- Satellite Images: Detecting Vegetation Health through Fluorescence 30- Satellite technology to help fight Deforestation 31- Recycling/Reuse of Water for a Blue Growth Future NOMINATIONS and VACANCIES PUBLICATIONS CALL FOR TENDERS and PROPOSALS CALL FOR PAPERS TRAINING EVENTS PROJECTS
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