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# 38 - September - October 2017 | |
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 PARTNERS MedCities participates in the launching conference of the 3rd Med Water Forum On July 11th, MedCities participated in Montecarlo in the launching conference of the 3rd Mediterranean Water Forum (MWF), foreseen on December 2017 in Algiers. It was organised by the Mediterranean Institute of Water (IME) and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), distributed in WGs intended to launch the discussions to feed contents for the MWF. MedCities and IPEMED coordinated the WG dedicated Reuse & Treatment Technologies (REUT) at urban contexts. | | | EDITORIAL Decentralized Coopearation in Lybia Following the mandate of the previous General Assembly of MedCities, in which members expressed the aim to build bridges with Libyan municipalities, an International Seminar entitled «Urban strategies,tools and technologies in the era of sustainability» is organised in Sfax (Tunisia), on 17-18 October 2017. This seminar will count on the participation of over ten municipalities from Libya as well as other MedCities members from Tunisia and Morocco. The seminar is complementary to the Nicosia initiative, promoted by the Committee of the Regions and ARLEM, and encouraging decentralized cooperation towards Libyan cities in order to strengthen their public services. It is also organized in cooperation with the City Strategy Strengthening Program (SDV) in Libya of the German Cooperation Agency (GIZ).The seminar will work on urban sustainability using as starting point City Development Strategies (CDS). Moreover, several instruments and technologies for its implementation will be presented through concrete and tangible projects. It is taking place in a context of consolidating decentralization in Tunisia, which is organizing municipal in the coming months. We are looking forward the new paths of cooperation this Seminar will lead to. | | |
|  "A prosperous and peaceful Mediterranean region in which people enjoy a high quality of life and where sustainable development takes place within the carrying capacity of healthy ecosystems. This is achieved through common objectives, strong involvement of all stakeholders, cooperation, solidarity, equity and participatory governance." The Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2025 is built around this vision (https://planbleu.org/sites/default/files/publications/mssd_2016-2025_final.pdf) 
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