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The
EC Delegation in Amman, Jordan, which has assigned a special programme
manager to the programme, manages the MEDA Water programme. This includes among
others the follow up on the progress of the projects and taking decisions on
issues of contract and budget amendments and important issues regarding content,
directly related to the achievement of project results and objectives.
In its management tasks, the EC Delegation is supported by the Regional
Monitoring and Support Unit for the MEDA Water projects and the EU Water
Initiative (RMSU), which started its work in October 2005. The RMSU has three
important fields of actions.
- The improvement of the performance of the
MEDA Water projects through improvement
of planning and follow up of activities and progress towards achievement of
objectives;
- The improvement of co-ordination between the
MEDA Water projects through the
facilitation of information exchange, the organisation of workshops and the
stimulation of interaction between the projects; and
- The promotion of the MEDA Water programme through the preparation of
promotion materials, the development of a MEDA Water website, promotion of
MEDA Water activities towards decision makers and support of the
MEDA Water projects in their promotion
activities.
The RMSU is managed by a consortium lead by the
Mediterranean Water Institute (IME) from France, joined by the
International
Office for Water (OIEau), also from France and the
Finnish Environmental Institute (SYKE). The RMSU has its main office in
Amman and a second office in Marseille for easier contact with the Maghreb
region and institutions based in the EU. It is anticipated that the activities
of the RMSU will last until autumn 2008 |
