Objectives
The Mediterranean Component of the EU Water Initiative (MED EUWI) aims:
- to assist design of better, demand driven and result oriented programmes,
- to facilitate better coordination of water programmes and projects, aiming at a more effective use of existing funds, and the mobilization of new financial resources, where this is required, based on an analysis of gaps, and,
- to enhance cooperation for the proper implementation of these programmes and projects, based on peer review and strategic assessment.
The 2004-2006 Activity Plan of the Mediterranean Component of the EU Water Initiative (MED-EUWI) formulates a set of inter-related actions, defined by: specific targets, expected results and monitoring frameworks and timeframes, and designed to generate the momentum for fulfilling the stated objectives.
It contains eight (1-8) Programmatic Objectives that are
divided to three Thematic objectives (1-3) and five Horizontal
objectives (4-8). The Programmatic Objectives are:
Thematic
Objective 1 | Initiate programme on water supply and sanitation, with emphasis on the poorest parts of the society |
Objective 2 | Initiate programme to support national and transboundary IWRM plans |
Objective 3 | Initiate programme to support sustainable water use in agriculture and its integrated management for sensitive water ecosystems |
Horizontal
Objective 4 | Strengthen underlying institutions and build capacity |
Objective 5 |
Improve coordination between the actors involved in water resources management at the country level |
Objective 6 | Enhance funding for the supply, management and development of water resources, and sanitation |
Objective 7 | Improve the use of existing and new scientific knowledge to achieve water-related MDGs |
Objective 8 | Promote education on water issues |
The MED EUWI Work Programme 2006 includes activities that serve the MED EUWI
Objectives.