Funded with an overall budget of approximately €15 Million, five Demonstration Projects have been approved by the European Commission and started implementation at the beginning of 2012.
They focus on specific priorities mostly addressed in their regional or sub-regional dimension:
- Priority 1: Enhancing effective water governance for integrated water resources management
All Across the Jordan
Leader: Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME)
- Priority 2: Adapting to climate change and enhancing drought and flood management
- Adaptation to Climate Change of the Mediterranean Agricultural Systems – ACLIMAS
Leader: International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) – Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM-IAMB)
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- Water harvesting and Agricultural techniques in Dry lands: an Integrated and Sustainable model in MAghreb Regions – WADIS-MAR
Leader: University of Sassari – Desertification Research Group
- Priority 3: Promoting water demand management and efficiency, including non-conventional water resources
- Innovative Means to Protect Water Resources in the Mediterranean Coastal Areas through Re-injection of Treated Water – IMPROWARE
Leader: Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea
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- Network of demonstration activities for sustainable integrated wastewater treatment and reuse in the Mediterranean – Sustain Water MED
Leader: Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH - Mediterranean Region and Middle East Division