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The
Conference
on "Institutional and
Economic Instruments towards
Integrated Water Resources
Management in the Mediterranean
Region" was held at the
Journalists' House in
Nicosia,
Cyprus, on June 11th
2009. The Conference was the
final major public event of
INECO, and was organised in
collaboration with the Water
Development Department of the
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural
Resources and the Environment of
Cyprus.
The event was planned so as to
provide a framework for
discussions in the field of
policy development and
implementation for Integrated
Water Resources Management. It
focused on current major challenges, within the overall effort of
balancing economic growth and
social considerations on the one
hand, and environmental
sustainability and protection of
water bodies and the environment on the other. The
presentation of innovative,
incentive-based policies, as
well as inhibiting factors and
institutional barriers to
successful policy
implementation, formed the
backbone of the Conference
themes.
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Emphasis was given on
lessons learnt from the overall effort to promote
interactions between the science and policy spheres and
the strengthening of stakeholder-driven processes as key
for successful policy development and implementation.
Case-specific results were also presented, covering a
wide geographical spectrum of Mediterranean countries
and cross-cutting water management issues (industrial
pollution in urban areas, groundwater management,
inter-and intra-sectoral water allocation, efficiency
improvements in irrigated agriculture, etc.).
Overall, sixty persons attended the
event, which included presentations from the INECO
Consortium and the Water Development Department,
highlighting recent policy developments and water
management strategies, public participation efforts and development of
instruments policies for addressing
factors contributing to water stress issues.
More information on the
Conference event (link to the INECO web site)
The
INECO Conference Proceedings (6.71MB)
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