Water Strategy in the Western Mediterranean 5+5 10th Technical Working Group

The 10^th Technical Working Group Meeting of the Water Strategy in the Western Mediterranean 5+5, took place on 22^nd September 2022 in Valencia, at the headquarters of the Jucar River Basin Authority.

The meeting was organised back-to-back with the holding of two other events, which together conformed the so-called “Mediterranean Water Week”:

• MWI Symposium: Mediterranean Water Institute Symposium, Water Challenges and Regional priorities for 2050, on the occasion of the MWI’s 40^th Anniversary.
• MASAR-Water Seminar: AECID´s MASAR Water seminar devoted to discussing the Integration of non-conventional resources in a context of climate change in the Mediterranean area.
• 5+5 WSWM Meeting: 10^th Expert Working Group meeting of the Water Strategy in the Western Mediterranean 5+5, to discuss and agree on a Capacity Development Programme within its Action Plan.

The meeting kicked-off with the intervention of the President of the Jucar River Basin Authority and Permanent Secretary of MENBO, Mr. Miguel Polo, who warmly welcomed all the participants and thanked them for their attendance and their involvement in the previous events and meetings held during the week. He then recalled the approval of the Ministerial Declaration of 10^th March 2022, in Valencia, which entrusted to the Working Group the elaboration of a Programme for Capacity Development.