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objectives structure activities partnership project documents WASAMED Thematic Network Wasamed is a thematic network project funded by the European Commission (EC), within the 5th framework program for the international cooperation with Mediterranean countries (INCO-MED), aiming at establishing a platform for effective Mediterranean communication and debate on water saving in agriculture. Overall objective The overall objective of WASAMED is to contribute to improve management of limited water resources and sustainable development in the Mediterranean Region. Specific objectives To improve regional co-ordination of present and future actions in water saving. To establish a Mediterranean-wide convention to strengthen communication and sharing of experience among relevant researchers, decision and policy makers, and end-users To develop water saving research projects and actions that meet with the needs and concerns arising from the different Mediterranean contexts To facilitate access of different stakeholders to an easy-to-use knowledge-base To create a framework and seek consensus to assist regional planning and EU-funding in water resources management for the Mediterranean Region Structure The project breaks down into eight interlinked Work Packages (WP):                 WP1    WP2    WP3    WP4    WP5    WP6    WP7    WP8    WASAMED ensures: that previous and current research, EU-funded projects, and experiences of all partners are fully integrated in the debate the most comprehensive participation of the Southern Mediterranean countries and the full consideration of their common social, economic, institutional and environmental interests that guidelines, indicators, conceptual frameworks and recommendations arising from the Network are fully discussed and formulated with the involvement of all the project stakeholders Activities Information retrieval and research review . To build knowledge-base To design and maintain an Internet based Forum A series of five workshops on: Participatory Water Management & Cultural Heritage (Turkey, December 2003) Irrigation System Performance (Tunisia, July 2004) Unconventional Water Use (Egypt, December 2004) Water Use Efficiency and Water Productivity (Jordan, July 2005) Harmonization and Integration in Water Saving (Lebanon, February 2006) Electronic newsletters Thematic Video-CDs International Conference on Water Saving in Mediterranean Agriculture (Italy, December 2006). project documents   Proposal submission Form B.pdf   Proposal submission Form C.pdf   ToRWASAMED.pdf WASAMED COORDINATES For further information: WASAMED Project Agronomic Mediterranean Institute of Bari Via Ceglie, 9 70010 VALENZANO Bari, ITALY Tel 0039 080 4606326 Fax 0039 080 4606274 e-mail: wasamed@iamb.it website: http://wasamed.iamb.it Contact persons Cosimo LACIRIGNOLA (IAMB Director) Nicola LAMADDALENA (Coordinator) Claudio BOGLIOTTI(Project Manager) Visitors since June 2003 4505