The ministers and delegation heads
participants to the Marseilles Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Local Water Management:
- referring to the Union and the participants policies, and to the principles stated in the declaration of the Barcelona Conference held on November 28 1995, including those related to political partnership,
- adopt the attached declaration,
- take note of the recommendations selected by the experts at the Cairo Conference held on October 21 and 22, 1996 and in Marseilles on November 25, 1996, and agree to initiate, facilitate or develop, whenever possible, actions that are consistent with the recommendations proposed by these workshops, notably by way of Euro-Mediterranean co-operation,
- agree to set up a Euro-Mediterranean information system on practical knowledge in the water management field, taking into account the operations and structures that already exist. This system will contribute to the development and setting up of the Mediterranean Water Network, created by the Charter of Rome on October 23, 1992. It will have to be related to existing organisations.
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The Presidency of the European Union, represented by Mr. Bernard ALLEN, Irish Minister of State for the Environment ;
The European Commission, represented by Mrs. Emma BONINO, European Commissioner for Fisheries, Consumers and Humanitarian Aid ;
Algeria represented by Mr. Abdelnaceur KALLI, Director of the Minister's Cabinet, Ministry of Public Works and Land Reclamation ;
Germany, represented by Mr. SPRANGER, Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development ;
Austria, represented by Mr. Wolfgang STALZER, Director General, Ministry of Agriculture ;
Belgium, represented by Mr. Jan DE SCHUTTER, Natural Environment and Landscape Administration, Flanders Region ;
Cyprus, represented by Mr. Costas PETRIDES, Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment ;
Denmark, represented by Mr. Thomas BECKER, Special Adviser to the Minister, Ministry of Environment and Energy ;
Egypt, represented by Mr. Abd El-Rahman SHALABY, Senior Undersecretary, Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources ;
Spain, represented by Mrs. Isabel TOCINO, Minister for the Environment ;
Finland, represented by Mrs. Sirkka HAUTOJÄRVI, Secretary General, Ministry for the Environment ;
France, represented by Mrs. Corinne LEPAGE, Minister for the Environment ;
Greece, represented by Mr. Theodoros KOLIOPANOS, Secretary of State for the Environment ;
Israel, represented par Mr. Gidon ZUR, Water Commissioner, Ministry of Agriculture;
Ireland, represented by Mr. Bernard ALLEN, Minister of State for the Environment ;
Italy, represented by Mr. Giovanni Francesco MATTIOLI, Deputy Minister for Public Works ;
Jordan, represented by Mr. Samir KAWAR, Minister of Water and Irrigation ;
Lebanon, represented by Mr. Ali HRAJLI, Minister of Transports ;
Luxembourg, represented by Mr. Johny LAHURE, Minister for the Environment ;
Malta, represented by Mr. Charles BUHAGIAR, Minister for Public Works and Construction ;
Morocco, represented by Mr. Abdelaziz MEZIANE, Minister of Public Works ;
The Netherlands, represented by Mr. Jan HOOGLAND, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management ;
Portugal, represented by Mr. Pedro SERRA, President, National Water Institute ;
United Kingdom, represented by Mr. Neil SUMMERTON, Director for Water, Ministry for the Environment ;
Sweeden, represented by Mr. Mats KARLSSON, Secretary of State for International Cooperation ;
Syria, represented by Mr. Abdul Rahman MADANI, Minister of Irrigation ;
Tunisia, represented by Mr. Mohamed Medhi MLIKA, Minister for the Environment and Land Reclamation ;
Turkey, represented by Mr. Recai KUTAN, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources ;
Palestinian Authority, represented by Mr. Riyad EL-KHOUDARY, President, Al Azhar University.
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