1-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug-15 Système Euro- Méditerranéen d’information sur les savoir-faire dans le domaine de l’Eau Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know how in the water sector SEMIDE EMWIS EURO-MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERSHIP EMWIS Data manager seminar Eric Mino EMWIS Technical Unit النظام الأورو - متوسطي للإعلام حول المعرفة في ميدان المياه

2-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug-15 Logistic / Logistique Working languages: English, French and Spanish Boarding pass + Flight tickets Participants list to be signed Social event: Dinner on Tuesday night Departure 20h45 from hotel Please no cellular phones Complementary perdiem for Med Partner Countries

3-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug-15 Targets and objectives of the seminar  Progress review and next year activities  Information on:  Spanish water information systems  Med network of basins organisations  Feed back from the Euromed water directors meeting and last Steering Committee meeting  Review of EMWIS national and international websites content  Individual themes  Water projects database  Exchange information within EMWIS  Metadata and Syndication,  Implementation of the Open Archive Initiative protocol (OAI) for the documentation  Progress and update procedure for the multilingual water thesaurus  Evolution of national portals

4-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug-15 Presentation content  Progress on EMWIS phase II  Activities planned for 2007 (transition period)  Action plan  Outcome from the Euromed Water Directors meeting 6-7 Nov Athens

5-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug-15 Main EMWIS milestones  Nov’96 – Decision to initiate Euromed water cooperation by the exchange of information (Ministerial conference)  Dec’96 – Dec’97 EMWIS feasibility study  Dec – Decision of Euro-Med water directors to implement EMWIS  July 1998 – Creation of the EEIG EMWIS TU  July 1999 – EC grant signature for Phase 1  Nov – T.U. operational  Nov – Phase 2 strategic plan approved by Euro-Med water directors  Dec End of phase 1  Dec EC grant signature for Phase 2 (Dec – Nov. 2006)  Nov – Validation of achievements and 10 years strategy by Euromed Water Directors  Nov – One year extension of the EC grant for phase 2 (Dec – Nov. 2007)  Nov – Strong support from the Euromed water directors for next phase and the 2 nd study phase of the Med water information partnership

6-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug-15 Second phase: enhancing and consolidating the achievements (Dec Nov. 2007)  Maintaining a strong co-ordination with political structures  Reinforcing the NFPs  Expansion and development of services  Review of the technical architecture (XML based)  Operating information existing services  Fostering the promotion of the system  Development of topical activities  Information clearing house for International actions:  E.C. MEDA – Water programme  MED component of the EU water initiative  Liaison with international initiatives Incl. Analysing the set-up of a WaterML initiative to harmonise information exchange

7-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug Co-ordination activities Overview and status  Annual Steering Committee meetings  May 2004, Malta May 2004, Malta  June 2005, Athens side by side with Med-EUWI meeting and MCSD of UNEP-MAP June 2005, Athens  May 2006, Nice May 2006, Nice  November 2006, Athens  April or May 2007  Annual Coordination Committee meetings  July 2004, Rabat July 2004, Rabat  Sept 2005, Amman Sept 2005, Amman  June 2006, Algiers June 2006, Algiers  September 2007  Liaison with the partner countries, the European Commission, the main international initiatives  Technical Unit co-ordination and reporting  Conference of the 35 Euromed Water Director Generals  November 2005, Rome November 2005, Rome  6-7 November 2006, Athens 6-7 November 2006, Athens  Autumn 2007

8-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug Reinforcing NFPs Status overview (1/2)  Annual training seminars for data managers  November 2004, Madrid November 2004, Madrid  November 2006, Madrid (water glossaries)  Annual training seminars for IT managers  March 2005, Sophia Antipolis March 2005, Sophia Antipolis  September 2006, Sophia Antipolis (New EMWIS portal tool kit)  Remote and ad-hoc support  On request  Technical and financial feasibility studies of National Water Information Systems Technical and financial feasibility studies of National Water Information Systems  Final report delivered in January 2006 and presented at a regional conference in June 2006, Algiers  Country reports delivered to the NFP

9-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug Reinforcing NFPs Status overview (2/2)  Examples of NFP good practices (available online) Examples of NFP good practices  NFP workprogrammes,  Promotion: brochures and seminars,  Metadata management for web sites  User surveys  Partnership agreements  Development of work programme for each NFP  Templates (English and French) sent to the NFP  Direct support to NFP  Equipment and software fully delivered  Web site translation costs - to be finalised in 2007 See NFP status  Local services - to be finalised in 2007 See NFP status

10-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug Expansion and development of services Overview & Status  Integration of the Arabic language for international access  Monthly news flash produced in Arabic  Arabic access included in the new web portal  Sharing calendars of events  Based on the meta-data to be defined with NFPs  Tested and prototyped with a small group of NFPs  Integrated into the new web portal  Development of a Water meta-crawler  Specifications defined  Simple version integrated in the new web portal (limited to networked websites, not multilingual)  Requires additional software components from ALMA project presented at the Coordination Committee in Sept’05ALMA project  Other services:  Multilingual water thesaurus (incl. Analysis of existing water glossaries)Analysis of existing water glossaries  Mediterranean water projects database

11-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug Review of the technical architecture Overview & status  Improving flexibility:  Publication of same content on several web sites  Better integration of heterogeneous resources  Better decentralised management of content  Common structures for content using XML  Main components agreed with NFP:  Common meta-data Common meta-data  Multilingual Water Thesaurus  Overall technical architecture  New technological platform for the TU  Web Content Management System developed for the European Environment Agency also used by the SMAP-RMSU  Open Source software  The solution includes a web portal builder for NFP or other organisations  The portal is multilingual: Arabic, English and French. But open to other languages

12-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug Animation and operation of information services Overview & Status  Operation of current services  On going  Re-design of services  See new web portal  Up-dating and extending of the thematic directory Up-dating and extending of the thematic directory  Updating and consultation application improved  New thematic forums New thematic forums  Water glossaries, satellite images, etc.  Monthly eNews Flash in Arabic (86), English (5898) and French (2479) Monthly eNews Flash  On going

13-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug Fostering the promotion of the system Overview & Status (1/2)  Definition of a promotion planpromotion plan  Electronic marketing  eFlash, cross-links, directories, crawlers  Developing promotional media  Updated brochures in Arabic, English and French  Brochures files available for customisation by NFP  EMWIS design rules and EC visibility guidelines available for national products  Press releases and articles for the specialised magazines  Press releases for Promotion events and Steering Committee meetings Press releases  Press book online, under development Press book online

14-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug Fostering the promotion of the system Overview & Status (2/2)  National promotion seminar held  Cyprus, October 2004 Cyprus, October 2004  Rabat, April 2005 Rabat, April 2005  Beirut, November 2005 Beirut, November 2005  Ankara, December 2005 Ankara, December 2005  Algeria, June 2006 Algeria, June 2006  National promotion seminar planned  Cyprus, 23 March 2007  Jordan, 28 January 2007  Palestine, February 2007  Tunisia, April 2007 – to be confirmed  Taking part in national and international events  Medwet regional workshop, 2004  Hydrotop 2005  EMPOWER symposium, 2005  World water forum, March 2006  ….

15-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug Development of topical activities Status Selected topics Status EU Water Framework Directive International Office of Water  Completed (survey)  Presented to the EuroMed Water Directors  Inputs for the Joint Process WFD/Med EUWI Use of non-conventional water resources CEDEX  Country Survey through the NFPs  Preliminary results presented to NFPs  Draft final report under preparation Irrigation water management IMIDA and FENACOR  Draft final report delivered and presented to NFP Integrated water management at local level SOGESID  Completed (bibliographical research + NFP validation)  Presented to the EuroMed Water Directors  National reports on the new EMWIS web portal National reports on the new EMWIS web portal

16-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug Information clearing house for MEDA-Water Overview  Dissemination of project findings  E-flash in Arabic, English and French  Presentation of the programme and projects on EMWIS website  Presentation during EMWIS conferences  Information to EMWIS NFP  Publication of results in electronic format  Diary of events  Support for projects  Identification of contact persons: projects, Water Directors, etc.  Electronic discussion forum, mailing lists: Exchange of information and know-how from projects  Access to existing information resources (e.g. water legislation)

17-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug Information clearing house for EU Water activities Status  EMWIS new web sections on initiatives EMWIS new web sections on initiatives  EU: MEDA-Water, Med-EUWI, INCO-MED, LIFE, MEDSTAT, SMAP  MEDA-Water projects presented:  EMWIS National seminars  Coordination Committee seminars  EMWIS portal, e-Flash  International water projects database:  Starting with water projects funded by the EU in MPC

18-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug Liaison with international initiatives Overview & Status (1/2)  Co-ordination of activities and agreement preparation  Mediterranean Water Institute: agreement to be extended for the MEDA-Water RMSU  Med-EUWI  MoU agreed  Groundwater & water scarcity working groups of the Joint Process using EMWIS as a facilitating platform  Global Water Partnership Med  EMWIS Technical Unit membership  International Network of Basin Organisations (Med network)  Agreement renewed in 2005  SMAP-RMS (APAT, IT)  Agreement signed for the provision of information the water section of the SMAP clearing houseSMAP clearing house  EXACT – water WG of the Middle-East Peace process  OSS – Sahara and Sahel Observatory  European Environment Agency (web portal technology, thesaurus, water monitoring)  FAO, IPTRID  Discussion on the future EMWIS technical architecture  Other relevant initiatives:  BALWOIS: involvement of Balkan countries, preparation of a MoU  Med Water information partnership study  MAP-RAC, Medpol, Eurostat/MEDSTAT environment, EEA, WHO/UNICEF JMP, Unesco-WWAP, etc.

19-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug-15 Activities planned for 2007 (transition period)  Organisation of a Steering Committee meeting and a NFP coordination seminar  Complementing the implementation of local services and web content translation by EMWIS NFP  Maintaining the EMWIS websites and monthly e-news flash, including the dissemination of MEDA-Water results  Complementary feasibility studies with voluntary countries on the regional water observation mechanism

20-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug-15 Action Plan

21-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug-15 Working groups objectives  Objectives:  To get knowledge on other countries experiences  To prepare pilot experiences based on the lessons learnt from other countries  Preparatory work already carried out:  Identification of existing experiences that may lead to exchange of know-how with other countries  Countries priorities for which exchange of know-how could be valuable  Joint activities with other existing initiatives (when relevant)  Joint Process between the EUWI and the EU Water Framework Directive

22-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug-15 Participative approaches in Integrated Water Resources Management  Potential leader country:  Algeria  Potential member countries:  Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Italy, Lebanon, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey  Potential topics:  Concertation mechanism, Participative approach in managing agricultural water, involvement of the private sector, NGO and local authorities, participative approaches for waste water reuse

23-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug-15 Risk prevention and management of extreme phenomena: Water scarcity (JP) and Floods  Potential leader country:  Morocco (Water scarcity) – Tunisia (Floods)  Potential member countries:  Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey  Potential topics:  Floods: prevention, alert systems and management  Drought: prevention, Early warning & proactive measures to alleviate effects of droughts, water savings, awareness campaigns

24-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug-15 Non conventional water resources Desalination and Waste water re-use (JP)  Potential leader country:  Spain (Desalination) – Jordan/Malta (Waste water reuse)  Potential member countries:  Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Italy, Lebanon, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, Palestine, Spain, Tunisia  Potential topics:  Envirnonmental impact, Management of waste water reuse (applications, quality standards), low cost desalination technologies, artificial rain

25-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug-15 Local management of sanitation services and Prevention of domestic pollution  Potential leader country:  France  Potential member countries:  Algeria, Cyprus, France, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Spain, Tunisia  Potential topics:  Access to sanitation, small communities, legislation, location of sewage stations, governance of services, pollution prevention, delegation of service, monitoring/benchmarking of service delivery

26-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug-15 Euromed Water Directors meeting 6-7 Nov Athens Main result  Need for better coordination of all processes related to water in the region, particularly within the framework of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP)  Continuation of Forum of the Water Directors of the Euro-Mediterranean and Southeastern European Countries  Proposal for a Euro-Mediterranean and Southeastern European countries’ Ministerial Conference on Water

27-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug-15 Euromed Water Directors meeting EMWIS outcome  Reminder on the key role of information systems on water, aquatic environments and their use was highlighted for better governance and integrated water resources management.  Major EMWIS contribution to the improvement of NWIS in several countries of the region. Request for co-funding from the EC for NWIS and EMWIS Action Plan  Synergy developed between EMWIS and the MED EUWI / WFD Joint Process working groups.  EMWIS working group on ‘Water Monitoring’ with interested countries within the MED EUWI / WFD Joint Process.  Synergy developed between the EEA together with EMWIS and MedPol for the monitoring of the Horizon 2020 Initiative.  Agreement to conduct the 2nd phase of the study related to the water observation mechanism with  further analysis and first tests of a proposed regional water information partnership with linkages with related regional initiatives.

28-Unité Technique du SEMIDE / EMWIS Technical Unit30-Aug-15 Comments and Questions