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6th - 8th December 2021 Register Now In-person registration is now closed

Welcome to the 4th Mediterranean Water Forum. Originally launched in Marrakesh, Morocco in 2011 and held subsequently in Murcia, Spain in 2014 and Cairo, Egypt in 2018, the Mediterranean Water Forum has been put forth as a regional event that brings together the main stakeholders in the Mediterranean Water Community.

About The Forum

The Forum aims to present the Mediterranean as a hub of innovative water management responses which have been locally developed or adapted to address the prevailing challenges of the region including those related to climate change impacts.  It will also outline how the Mediterranean region is developing an integrated implementation  framework through the Union for the Mediterranean’s Water Agenda (Malta, 2017), while also servicing other important political and technical regional and sub-regional frameworks, which ensures that different water management actions reinforce each other thereby providing a comprehensive response for evolving needs. In doing so, this forum will also showcase the replication potential of these responses to address emerging problems at a global scale, including as a contributor to jobs, prosperity, stability and peace.

Conclusions from previous editions of the Mediterranean Water Forum (Marrakech - 2011, Murcia - 2014, Cairo - 2018)

Towards the 9th World Water Forum in Dakar, 2022

Held every three years and in alignment with the themes defined for the World Water Forum, the Mediterranean Water Forum will target specific themes for the Mediterranean region coordinated by the main regional stakeholders. The main theme of the 9th World Water Forum (21-26 March 2022) is “Water Security for Peace and Development”, and discussions in the Forum are expected to be centred on the identification of effective responses which can guarantee water security. This theme is of interest for the Mediterranean where changing demographics, socio-economic challenges and the onset of climate change are increasingly threatening the water security of the region. But, the Mediterranean has throughout its history managed to transform the challenges of water scarcity into opportunities for its sustainable development.  The Mediterranean process will therefore seek to identify best practices and technologies which have been developed in the region, and present these as solutions for addressing water security in the region and beyond.

During the activities of the 4th Mediterranean Water Forum, other major subjects and initiatives will be discussed and debated. The outputs of the working groups’ activities, the panels and other events will serve to significantly enhance the Mediterranean participation to the 8th World Water Forum. Furthermore, this 4th Mediterranean Water Forum should contribute to making water on the highest political agenda at Global, regional and a national level.

Hon. Dr Miriam Dalli

Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Sustainable Development

Located in the centre of the Mediterranean region, Malta has always been a meeting point which facilitated the integration of different cultures and contributed to the development of the Mediterranean’s distinctive characteristics. This applies for the water sector as well, thanks to all those who have passed by Malta’s shores and who played a part in the development of Malta’s distinctive Mediterranean Water Culture. Our Mediterranean region is facing unprecedented challenges, due to factors such as increasing populations and climate change. We are therefore called to identify increasingly sustainable solutions which can ensure the well-being of our citizens. I am sure that as host of the 4th Mediterranean Water Forum, Malta will provide the necessary discussion environment conducive for the development of an equitable strategy for the sustainable management of water resources in the Mediterranean. Our country has played a critical role in optimising the management of water resource security in the context of a broader sustainable development agenda. In this regard, the Mediterranean’s context can provide an important contribution to the 9th World Water Forum, in particular on its focus area of Water Security for Peace and Development. I look forward to hosting you in Malta for the 4th Mediterranean Water Forum in December. I am confident that it will help to contribute to the development of our sustainable water management frameworks in the challenging post-COVID environment.

Alain Meysonnier

President of the Mediterranean Institute for Water

It is our great pleasure to invite you to participate to the 4th Mediterranean Water Forum, on the road to the 9th World Water Forum in Dakar 2021 on ‘Water Security for Peace and Development’. After Marrakech (2011), Murcia (2014) and Cairo (2018), the 4th edition of the Forum will take place in Malta. With demographic change, rising living standards, tourism development, land planning and the impact of climate change, water security today and tomorrow is a great challenge. It is not only a question of dealing with the qualitative and quantitative problems of water resources but also of securing water use and biodiversity. Securing water use requires technological innovation and significant behaviour changes. These major orientations based on the three pillars of governance, knowledge and finance, can only be achieved through strong political decisions. Water must be a decision priority. The Mediterranean region brings together all water-related crisis situations and all solutions to deal with them. The Mediterranean Water Forum in Malta is an excellent opportunity to promote our responses for a better water management on earth.

Loic Fauchon

President of the World Water Council

Water is an invaluable resource. It is essential to all life, all ecosystems and all human activity. Yet, water is still not appreciated as it should. That is why, since its creation, the World Water Council has been working to make water a global political priority, mainly through the organization of the World Water Forums. The time has come to transform our speeches into tangible and concrete solutions. It is also time to approach water in a cross-cutting manner. Water must be inseparable from energy, food, education and health. The 9th World Water Forum will take place in March 2022 and for the first time in sub-Saharan Africa in Dakar, Senegal. The contribution of the Mediterranean will be crucial for the 9th Forum of Dakar in view of the similar challenges encountered. We all have a responsibility towards water. Let us never lose sight of the reasons for our commitment, and above all for who we are fighting for. Several billion people are concerned worldwide. Join us in Malta for this 4th Mediterranean Water Forum and let us bring together the long-awaited solutions to Dakar in 2022.

Nassar Kamel

Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean

Our common efforts in the next decade have to focus on facing this urgent issue that goes way beyond climate change and implies reconsidering our approach to the region’s limited resources. The UfM is committed to supporting its member states to achieve the objectives of the UfM Water Agenda and the Financial Strategy for Water, as a contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The Forum aims to present the Mediterranean as a hub of innovative water management solutions which have been locally developed or adapted to address the prevailing challenges of the region including those related to climate change impacts.  It will also outline how the Mediterranean region is developing an integrated implementation framework through the Union for the Mediterranean’s Water Agenda, while also servicing other important political and technical regional and sub-regional frameworks, which ensures that different water management actions reinforce each other thereby providing a comprehensive solution for evolving needs.  It will also showcase the replication potential of these solutions to address emerging problems at a global scale, including as a contributor to jobs, prosperity, stability and peace.

Location

Strategically located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, the Maltese islands throughout millennia have been occupied by some of the greatest empires the world has ever seen. With every new settler, new water management technologies have been introduced within the islands, some of which dating back to the Roman and Arab rule. Through this rich history, we can indeed say, that Malta is really a hub for Water Management Solutions.

Logistics

Agenda

Day 1Day 2Day 3

9:30-12:30

Side Event

“International Observatory of Non-conventional Water Resources and associated Renewable Energies” by Institut Méditerranéen de l’Eau IME

18:00 – 19:30

Official Opening of the Ceremony

14:00-15:30

Side Event

“Youth mobility” by HOMERE France

16:00-17:30

Side Event

“Small Mediterranean islands engines of sustainable development IWRM bright spots” by SMILO- Sustainable islands

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Technical Site Visits

GHAJN National Water Conservation Awareness Centre
Malta North Wastewater Treatment Plant and New Water System
Chadwick Lakes
Pembroke Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant
Vittoriosa -The Water Harvesting City

GHAJN National Water Conservation Awareness Centre

GĦAJN is Malta’s National Water Conservation Awareness Centre which has developed an educational programme for students based on the use of interactive media – hence enabling students to appreciate the importance of water conservation whilst having fun. During the visit to GĦAJN, participants will be able to experience the Centre’s four water educational activities – The Water Cycle, The Thirsty Knight, The Water Hero and the Water Operator. GĦAJN was awarded the 2019 European Sustainability Prize by the European Commission in recognition of its innovative and comprehensive educational character. The tour will end with a visit to Mdina, Malta’s medieval capital with its imposing bastions, narrow winding streets and grand architecture.

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