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RELEASED: Article about Sciences Po Menton's Simulation on Water Management and Desalination in the MENA !
https://t.co/NjwBBUpcKu

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Despite several parties issuing their concerns about the desalination plant project, construction works have started this June !

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Simulation Debriefing Session with Minister Saad Seddik and Prof. Eric Verdeil. Thank you all very much for your wonderful participation ! It was a great pleasure to conduct this exercise with you.

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@verder0 Panelist replies "avant de dépasser les Etats, il faut déjà des Etats". According to him, water problems (and the associated socio-economic issues) need to be managed first at a national level, before thinking about transboundary management initiatives.

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New technology by Adionics seduces Moroccan Government officials at GLOBAQUA Conference: Extracting salt from seawater for freshwater production is less energy-consuming!

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@MenaSimu panel 3 of the globalaqua conference : desalination could be a solution, but solutions should involve partnership at the level of the Maghreb. Need to promote water saving, not only the population but also other users (industry : taxing water misusers).

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Panel 3 suggests the setting up of an International Agreement on Water. Water "is not the resource of any sovereign entity, it is the common good of humanity".

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@verder0 *Intersting proposal

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@verder0 Interested proposal coming from the researcher, but is the Israeli government willing to follow him on this issue ? "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink"

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Les panelistes de l'atelier 1 de la conférence Globaqua @MenaSimu pensent que la décroissance ne résoudrait rien car elle oterait des moyens. Les solutions sont à trouver dans de nouveaux usages agricoles notamment en réduisant l'exportation de produits agricoles

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ILO Representative, Tom Azoulay, argues that water scarcity needs not just "technical fixes" but also and most importantly political ones.

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Plenary Session has started at GLOBAQUA Conference

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Interview de Najib Akesbi, économiste et professeur à l'université Hassan II au Maroc @MenaSimu / ITW of Najib Akesbi, economist and professor at the university Hassan II in Morocco

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Informal Negotiation during GLOBAQUA CONFERENCE

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Working Group Sessions are in progress at GLOBAQUA Conference

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Morocco World News Press Release

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OCDE Representative speaks up to defend the Moroccan government and to "reason" the Moroccan activists.

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Moroccan Civil Rights and Environmental Activists interrupt the Keynote address of the Director of ONEE at GLOBAQUA CONFERENCE, trying to make their voice heard amidst international actors.

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Abderrahim EL Hafidi gives keynote address at GLOBAQUA conference.