Setting the scene-Intoduction  

Dr Phillippe QUEVAUVILLER, DG Research

Water Agenda: Development and implementation of integrated water resources management policy to a river basin, through the application of a social wide local agreement, based on the principles of Agenda 21  

by Mr Sokratis FAMELLOS (ANATOLIKI S.A., Development Agency of Eastern Thessaloniki) (LIFE04/ENV/GR/000099)

CAMI: Water-bearing characterization with integrated methodologies

by Ms Michela GIUSTINIANI (OGS, National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics). (LIFE04 ENV/IT/000500)

ALMOND PRO SOIL: Soil protection in Mediterranean areas through cultivation of new varieties of almond tree

by Mr Jorge Garcia GOMEZ (IMIDA - Instituto Murcianode Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario y Alimentario) (LIFE05 ENV/ES/000288)

NGO point of view on European policy and practice of implementation of the WFD regarding water shortage and related climate change scenarios

by - Mr Gidon BROMBERG (Israel), Director of Friends of the Earth – Middle East

Gaps in policy and implementation regarding water scarcity in the frame of the WFD. Possibilities for future projects?

byMr Iacovos IACOVIDES (Cyprus), I.A.CO Environmental and Water Resources Consultants Ltd