Background
The Capacity Building Workshop on “Integrated Water Resources Management, with particular reference to the conditions in the extended Drin River Basin” was co-organised in Skhodra, Albania, 25-27 November 2008 by the Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean (GWP-Med), the Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) and the GEF “Lake Shkoder/Skadar Integrated Ecosystem Management” Project.
The Consultation Meeting on Integrated Management of the extended Drin River Basin was organised in Tirana, Albania, 24 November 2008 by the Albanian Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Water Administration, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Global Water Partnership Mediterranean (GWP-Med), with the financial support of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
The 3rd International Conference “AQUA 2008” on Water Science and Technology with emphasis on water & climate was held on 16-19 October 2008, in Athens, by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Dpt.
GWP-Med, with its capacity as the MED EUWI Secretariat, organised a Consultation Event on Household Affordability Assessment of Water Tariffs on 21st July 2008 in Cairo, Egypt, within the framework of the MED EUWI Water Policy Dialogue in Egypt.
The 5th Conference of the Water Directors of the Euro-Mediterranean and South-Eastern European Countries took place in Athens, 21-22 July 2008.