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
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.
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.
Agenda
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
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.