A Regional workshop on Planning of Water Resources in SWIM-SM Countries has been organized in Athens on 13-14 June 2012 with the following objectives:
(a) Review, discuss, complement and validate the findings of a regional review of national water plans and/or strategies realized in the framework of SWIM-SM activities with the view of suggesting a series of policy options for further actions towards mainstreaming water resources management in non-water sectors.
(b) Discuss degree of success and achievements of PCs in planning and implementing IWRM principles such as level of participation of stakeholders, horizontal coordination, gender balance, institutional and legislative reforms, etc.
(c) Deliberate the main constraints, shortcomings, and main gaps facing proper implementation of IWRM principles and the most applicable measures to bridge these gaps.
(d) Discuss the main challenges to sustainable water resources management such as population growth, urbanization, climate change, inadequate financing, etc. and identify measures to overcome these challenges.
(e) Examine available opportunities, discuss and agree on a series of measures, policy options and propose further measures to expedite implementation of IWRM principles with a main focus on mainstreaming sustainable water resources management in non-water sectors.
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