About EMWIS
The
Euro-Mediterranean Water Information System (EMWIS), also
referred to as Sytème Euro-Méditerranéen d'Information sur les savoir-faire dans le Domaine de l'Eau
(SEMIDE) in French, is a EuroMed
initiative intended to set up an information system on the know-how
in the water sector. It was
established at a Ministerial Conference in 1996 in Marseilles. In Malta, EMWIS is
supported by the Malta Resources Authority
(MRA) and
Water Service Corporation
(WSC) on behalf of
Maltese
Government.
The
aim of the EMWIS project is to gather and make available to decision makers
information on the water sector which otherwise exists in a fragmented,
dispersed and heterogeneous manner. This project also serves as a tool for
co-operation between Euro-Mediterranean countries in developing the sharing and
facilitating the access to information and define common outputs and programmes
according to the five EMWIS topics, namely:
·
Institutions /
Organisations,
·
Training,
·
Research,
·
Documentation,
and
·
Data Management.
The
information is made available by a "National Focal Point" (NFP) in
each country and by a central "Technical Unit". Only information
sources granted with a "quality label" by EMWIS managers could be
accessed through the system.
The
Malta Resources Authority (MRA)
and the Water Services Corporation (WSC)
are the Maltese organisations responsible for the
establishment of the NFP for Malta. Malta is also a member of the steering
committee that
formulates the main strategic
orientations and validates the yearly budgets and progress reports.
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