The expert group formed around the SWIM-H2020 support mechanism of the programme on sustainable water integrated management (SWIM) in the Mediterranean unveiled its roadmap for the 2016-2020 period aiming to make the Water Agenda concrete. This Water Agenda was decided upon at the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) ministerial meeting on water, which was held in Malta at the end of April (see EUROPE 11776).
A presentation says that this project, which is financed by the European Union, is aimed at "contributing to reducing marine pollution and fostering the sustainable use of scarce water resources in the countries of North Africa and the Middle East" (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine [Syria] and Tunisia).
This SWIM-H2020 mechanism is the continuation and merging of two previous EU-