The Water Embassy, with the collaboration of the Mediterranean Network of the Basin Organizations, is pleased to invite you Tuesday, February 7, 2012, to:

The Information and Initiation Day "STRATEAU"

The official opening by:

• H.E Mr. Shaddad Al Attili, Minister of the Palestinian Water Authority –PWA

• Mr. Patrick Barranquand, Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, French Republic

The conclusion by:

H.E. Mr. Nazem Khoury, Minister of Environment - Lebanon

With the participation of :

The Water Embassy (AdE), Jeannette Prétot, President, in collaboration with Mediterranean Network of Basin Organization (MENBO), Fadi Comair, President, have the honor to invite you to participate in the Information Day and “STRATEAU” Initiation.

Agenda:

• 9:30h - Official Opening

H .E. Shaddad Al Attili, Minister of the Palestinian Water Authority-PWA
P atrick Barranquand, Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, French Republic

• 10:15h - STRATEAU in the Mediterranean Union of Young Water

Ambassadors. (UMJAE), link between generations: Jeannette Pretot, President of the Water Embassy and Fadi Comair, General Director of Hydraulic and Electrical Resources, Ministry of Energy and Water - Lebanon and Honorary President of MENBO

• 11:00h - Technical Overview of STRATEAU

Nicolas Houdant, Director of Energies Demain (designer of the tool)

• 12:00h - Perspective and scientific development of the tool STRATEAU

Philippe Dupont, Management of scientific and technical action French National Agency for Water and Aquatic Environments (ONEMA) - France
Naim Ouaini, Assistant Rector for Public Administration - Lebanon. Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)

• 12:30h - Lunch

• 14:30h - Demonstration of the use of STRATEAU by Palestinian, Moroccan,

Lebanese and French

Scénario -1- Al Auja, Palestinian Territory Establishment of an economic zone: what are the impacts to foresee for the consumption of potable water and irrigation Deeb Abdelghafour, Palestinian Water-PWA
Scénario -2- on the territory of the Province of Khemisset “Morocco”
Establishment of the “Green Morocco Plan”: What are the impacts to foresee for irrigation by integrating the climate changes?
Salah Belmatrik, ABH of Bouregreg and Chaouia
Scénario -3- on the territory of the river Tet “France” Refereeing offered by Strateau in a Basin water stress: A modification in agricultural practices to decrease the demographic pressures and tourism
Luc Herrouin, Water Agency Rhône-Mediterranean- Corse Implementation and data availability: Nahr El Kalb watershed - “Lebanon”
Katia Fakhry, Project Officer, Water Embassy in Lebanon

• 15:15h - Roundtable followed by discussions: Development Prospects in the Mediterranean in professional organizations, academic and state (UfM, MENBO, EMWIS, RMEI, USEK, N&U, ECL)

Fadi Comair, President MENBO
Gilles Pennequin, Head of Territorial Development and Deputy Head of Sustainable Development, Mission UfM-France
Rafiq Husseini, Deputy Secretary General Water and Environment of the Union for the Mediterranean, Barcelona – Spain Secretariat (*)

• 17:15h - Role of STRATEAU in the Mediterranean Union of Young Water Ambassadors

The Young Water Ambassadors, engineering students at Ecole Centrale - Lyon
in the presence of their supervisor, Leo Vincent, President of the Mediterranean Network of Engineering Schools (MNES) and Jean-Baptiste Geissler, Project Manager - International Committee of the 6th World Water Forum (Youth Process).

• 18:00h - The 6th World Water Forum in Marseilles, the time for solutions:

André Flajolet, Deputy, Mayor of Saint Venant, Chairman of the National Water,
Government Commissioner for the Forum of Marseille.

• 18:30h - Conclusion

H.E. Nazem Khoury, Minister of Environment - Lebanon

• COCKTAIL