A unique opportunity to build a regional strategy on water and concrete projects responding to the population’s demands

France, being the President of the European Union Council, and Egypt, are the co-chairs of the

"Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean". The two countries will co-preside together with Jordan, the hosting country,

the Ministerial Conference on Water that will take place on the 29th October 2008.th July 2008, several essential issues were identified by the Heads of States and Governments of member countries of this process. Among them, two main priorities regarding water: the combat of pollution in the Mediterranean and the sustainable management of water resources.to set the guidelines of a long-term strategy on water in the Mediterranean, which should be approved by the ministers in 2010 and submitted to the Heads of States during the second summit that will be held in 2010; to announce first concrete projects that are coherent with this strategy in order to mobilise the governance powers of the process and the financial sponsors.dealt with by all the stakeholders (local authorities, companies, NGOs, researchers, etc.). For this reason, the civil society actors are also invited to meet on the 28th October in order to bring an important contribution to this conference.