EMWIS/SEMIDE side event on "Shared water information systems for a better governance"

This side event aims at gathering the commitment of Mediterranean countries to “strengthening the coordination and the development of National Water Information Systems harmonized at the Mediterranean level, towards a shared Mediterranean water information system”.  A national water data collection and monitoring system is an essential element in order to provide reliable background for defining, implementing and evaluating each country’s water policies and investments linked to clear and shared objectives. It is a tool for good governance practices that support political decisions to change or adapt water legislation and to strengthen water institutions, stakeholder participation processes, transparency and accountability in the sector. EMWIS have been working with all Mediterranean countries since 2005 on sharing knowledge on data management. A new momentum has been reached thanks to the Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial recommendations for data, information and statistics on water, based on internationally agreed definitions and methods, structured within information systems. The commitments to be discussed are directly linked to the governance targets of the Mediterranean Process, as well as the information monitoring and sharing of the thematic process “cooperation and peace”.

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Cross continent Mediterranean process
PfA 1.5 T7
CS1 T1, T6
CS3 T6, T7