<H5>HORIZON 2020 - De-polluting the Mediterranean Sea by 2020</H5> <P>&nbsp;</P> <H5>&nbsp;In November 2005, at <A href="http://www.iisd.ca/ymb/horizon2020/">the summit</A> to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Euro-Mediterranean process, the partners committed to:</H5> <P>"endorse a feasible timetable to de-pollute the Mediterranean Sea by 2020, while providing appropriate financial resources and technical support to implement it, using the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development and exploring possible areas for co-operation in this regard with UNEP"</P> <P>This underlined an opportunity to ensure that re-orientation of actions for the 10th Anniversary of the Euro-Mediterranean Process will, through this initiative, re-focus attention onto the longstanding EU objective to reduce pollution of the Mediterranean Sea. This suggested a possible scope for the depollution initiative and identifies the issues to be addressed in defining its structure and content.&nbsp;</P> <P>Following-up on this commitment from all of the Euro-Mediterranean Partners the European Commission launched the Horizon 2020 initiative that aims to tackle the top sources of Mediterranean pollution by the year 2020. The Commission is building a coalition of partners to implement it.</P> <H5>For more information please contact <A href="mailto:ENV-Horizon2020@ec.europa.eu"><FONT color=#0000ff>ENV-Horizon2020@ec.europa.eu</FONT></A></H5> <P>Reference: EC DG Environment: <A href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/enlarg/med/horizon_2020_en.htm">http://ec.europa.eu/environment/enlarg/med/horizon_2020_en.htm</A></P> 2008-01-11T17:40:48Z tag:www.semide.net,2008-01-11:/initiatives/horizon2020 http://www.semide.net/misc_/SEMIDE/Site.gif Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector