It is noteworthy that the 3rd Malta meeting, the "official one", was linked to the Mediterranean Water Network meeting. In fact Spain and Italy volunteered to coordinate the EuroMed conference jointly. Instead the Spanish and Italians followed somewhat different directions. Through a very obscure procedure they appointed "working parties" and "produced" instead of an Action Plan a set of proposals for support of specific institutes and schemes (mostly French and Italian although formally for the benefit of the South). This "Action Plan" was introduced by an Italian Consultant who did not make (in writing) not even once a simple mentioning to the work of NGOs or the MCSD and its work or on the previous works of Blue Plan or MEDTAC etc. This is why in the meeting NGOs, UNEP/MAP and others where not only omitted but also practically excluded. Therefore Prof. M. Scoullos participated for one day, through his inclusion in the official Greek Delegation.
Greece and later on other countries in different ways, and most importantly, the Commission (mainly Mrs Mourmouris and Mr Starding) refused the logic of selecting projects or programmes on the spot! Through the Greek Delegation it was asked to identify a series of priority areas, vertical actions (such as the combat of drought etc.) which should derive from all the analyses done until now and a series of horizontal actions (such as a training proposed) in order to identify a matrix the high priority areas. Based on that a transparent call for tender will be made for organisations and consortia to apply including (at least this was our proposal) NGOs. Therefore in Turin there will be the finalisation of this Action Programme and not of the projects.
Prof. M. Scoullos, as Chairman of the MIO-ECSDE and also as a water expert, intends to follow the issue as much as possible.

MIO-ECSDE'S PROPOSAL, TO DGXI OF THE EC, FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT, OF ITS 1999 WORK-PROGRAMME WAS APPROVED

During July DGXI of the European Commission informed the MIO-ECSDE Secretariat that it had approved MIO-ECSDE's 1999 Work-Programme proposal, submitted under the budget-line "Community Action Programme: Promoting NGOs Primarily Active in the Field of Environmental Protection". According to the contract the subsidy of the Commission will be 50%, maximum, of the proposal's foreseen budget. The Secretariat is continuing, now more relaxed financially, the foreseen 1999 activities, amongst which are the organisation of a Mediterranean Conference on Waste, the edition of new booklets etc.

MIO-ECSDE PUBLICATIONS

The Secretariat proceeded with the broad dissemination of MIO-ECSDE's recent publications, namely:
- Guidelines for the Organisation of Roundtables on Public Participation (english)
- Guides pour l' Organisation de Table Rondes sur la Participation Public (french)
- A Guide for NGO Funding
The publications were sent out in June to all the member organisations, as well as to other NGOs included in MIO-ECSDE's NGO directory and to several International Organisations, libraries, Ministries and other bodies active in the Mediterranean.
We would like to remind you to keep the Secretariat updated to any changes in your address in order to facilitate communication.

2nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN WATER NETWORK, MALTA, 5/7/1999

The 2nd General Assembly and Conference of the Mediterranean Water Network, to which MIO-ECSDE is an associated member, took place in Malta on the 5th of July, in parallel to the Euro-Mediterranean Water Director Meeting (6-7 July 1999). This network was, for years, sponsored to a large extent by the Spanish Government and has prepared a series of proposals briefly debated during the meeting in order to be introduced to the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. A major proposal was to transform this network (which originally started as network of Directors of Mediterranean water services and was widened) to a Euro-Mediterranean Water Network. This proposal was not supported enough and no decision was taken on it. MIO-ECSDE was represented by its Chairman.

EURO-MEDITERRANEAN WATER DIRECTOR MEETING, MALTA, 6-7/7/1999

It is noteworthy that the 3rd Malta meeting, the "official one", was linked to the Mediterranean Water Network meeting. In fact Spain and Italy volunteered to coordinate the EuroMed conference jointly. Instead the Spanish and Italians followed somewhat different directions. Through a very obscure procedure they appointed "working parties" and "produced" instead of an Action Plan a set of proposals for support of specific institutes and schemes (mostly French and Italian although formally for the benefit of the South). This "Action Plan" was introduced by an Italian Consultant who did not make (in writing) not even once a simple mentioning to the work of NGOs or the MCSD and its work or on the previous works of Blue Plan or MEDTAC etc. This is why in the meeting NGOs, UNEP/MAP and others where not only omitted but also practically excluded. Therefore Prof. M. Scoullos participated for one day, through his inclusion in the official Greek Delegation.
Greece and later on other countries in different ways, and most importantly, the Commission (mainly Mrs Mourmouris and Mr Starding) refused the logic of selecting projects or programmes on the spot! Through the Greek Delegation it was asked to identify a series of priority areas, vertical actions (such as the combat of drought etc.) which should derive from all the analyses done until now and a series of horizontal actions (such as a training proposed) in order to identify a matrix the high priority areas. Based on that a transparent call for tender will be made for organisations and consortia to apply including (at least this was our proposal) NGOs. Therefore in Turin there will be the finalisation of this Action Programme and not of the projects.
Prof. M. Scoullos, as Chairman of the MIO-ECSDE and also as a water expert, intends to follow the issue as much as possible.

MIO-ECSDE'S PROPOSAL, TO DGXI OF THE EC, FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT, OF ITS 1999 WORK-PROGRAMME WAS APPROVED


During July DGXI of the European Commission informed the MIO-ECSDE Secretariat that it had approved MIO-ECSDE's 1999 Work-Programme proposal, submitted under the budget-line "Community Action Programme: Promoting NGOs Primarily Active in the Field of Environmental Protection". According to the contract the subsidy of the Commission will be 50%, maximum, of the proposal's foreseen budget. The Secretariat is continuing, now more relaxed financially, the foreseen 1999 activities, amongst which are the organisation of a Mediterranean Conference on Waste, the edition of new booklets etc.

MIO-ECSDE PUBLICATIONS

The Secretariat proceeded with the broad dissemination of MIO-ECSDE's recent publications, namely:
- Guidelines for the Organisation of Roundtables on Public Participation (english)
- Guides pour l' Organisation de Table Rondes sur la Participation Public (french)
- A Guide for NGO Funding
The publications were sent out in June to all the member organisations, as well as to other NGOs included in MIO-ECSDE's NGO directory and to several International Organisations, libraries, Ministries and other bodies active in the Mediterranean.
We would like to remind you to keep the Secretariat updated to any changes in your address in order to facilitate communication. The Secretariat proceeded with the broad dissemination of MIO-ECSDE's recent publications, namely:
- Guidelines for the Organisation of Roundtables on Public Participation (english)
- Guides pour l' Organisation de Table Rondes sur la Participation Public (french)
- A Guide for NGO Funding
The publications were sent out in June to all the member organisations, as well as to other NGOs included in MIO-ECSDE's NGO directory and to several International Organisations, libraries, Ministries and other bodies active in the Mediterranean.
We would like to remind you to keep the Secretariat updated to any changes in your address in order to facilitate communication.