1st Stakeholders Meeting Morocco Research Advance in ICT for Water (MoICT) project. at faculty of Sciences and Technology in Fez on 23rd April 2012. This meeting is first of series of targeted event concerning stakeholders’ mobilization. As part of MoICT project, this meeting is financed by grant agreement for coordination and support action under Seventh Framework Program FP7. This event aims to set up a cooperation platform with private sector and enhance collaboration with policy makers to gather inputs for development of directions for competitiveness and innovation in the fields of ICT for Water. The objectives of this first one day stakeholders ‘meeting were: - To engage dialogue between public and private water institutions and researchers interested in ICT and Water sector; - To take stock of the conclusions of the Innovation forum on water and innovation organized by MIRA in December 2011; - To discuss current situation of water resources management in the Mediterranean region especially in Morocco; - To promote the MoICT project by displaying its objectives, activities and its consortium represented by mix of expertise in water research, ICT and strategic capacity building. Besides, this event was also an opportunity to MoICT project’s partners to gather and collect data and information which shall be used under following WPs: - To gather inputs to draft Guidelines and Recommendations for ICT4Water in Mediterranean region; - To identify the needs for capacity-building and to define a comprehensive plan for training programs; - To analysis of innovation needs and capacities in USMBA; - To use the meeting’s outcomes as basis for USMBA development strategy.

1. Presentation of the conclusions of the
Innovation forum on water and
innovation organized by MIRA in
December 2011
Mediterranean Innovation and Research Co-ordination Action
(MIRA Project)
Date : 24 April 2012
Fez-Morocco
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2. MIRA Concrete Objectives/Activities
1) Create a dialogue platform to connect and facilitate the interaction between
the dispersed S&T cooperation initiatives already existing supported by the
Member States, the European Commission and other political bodies;
2) Address training activities to improve the quality of the participation and
management of the partners of FP7 from the MPC; create an IP in Palestine
3) Create discussion platforms and organizing meetings to monitor and discuss
the content of the Thematic priorities of FP7 in term of the common interest
of the EU and MPC;
4) Create an Observatory of the EU-MPC S&T cooperation, which will agree
indicators for the monitoring of RTD cooperation activities;
5) Create a “Gateway for EU-MPC Cooperation in RTD”
6) Create networks of research institutions and technological transfer services
from both sides of the Mediterranean, to provide a reference element for the
development of the Euro-Mediterranean Innovation Space (EMIS).
7) Support the functioning of the Monitoring Committee for Euro-Mediterranean
Scientific Cooperation ( MoCo) in order to provide a strong institutional basis
for the EU-MPC S&T cooperation.

3. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS (1-15)
Participant no. Participant Participant organisation name Country
short name
1 (Coordinator) CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Spain
2 (Deputy DT-MENESFCRS Direction de la Technologie. Ministere de la education Morocco
Coord.) Superieur, de la Formation des Cadres et de la
recherché Scientifique
3 IRD Institut de Recherche pour le Developement France
4 DGSRT Direction Generale de Recherche Tunisia
5 MHESR Ministry of Higher education and State for Scientific Egypt
Research
6 PT-DLR International Bureau of the Germany
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
7 CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Italy
8 NHRF National Hellenic Research Foundation Greece
9 DRSDT Direction de la Recherché Scientifique et du Algeria
Developpement Technologique
10 TUBA Turkish Academy of Sciences Turkey
11 MCST Malta Council for Science and Technology Malta
12 HCST Higher Council for Science and Technology Jordan
13 CIHEAM Centre International Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Italy
Mediterraneennes
14 TETHYS Euro-Mediterranean Universities Network France

4. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS (16-30)
15 WIP WIP GmbH und Co. Germany
16 CDER Centre de developement des Energies Renouvelables Algeria
17 ISERD Israel-Europe R&D Directorate Israel
18 ASRT Academy of Scientific Research & Technology Egypt
19 CNRS Conseil National de la Recherche Scientifique Lebanon
21 MADRI+D Autonomous Government of Madrid Spain
22 AOU Arab Open University Lebanon
23 TUBITAK The Scientific & Technological research Council of Turkey
Turkey
25 MEC Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia Spain
26 DGDSC Directorate General of Development & Scientific Palestine
Research
27 ONST Observatoire National des Sciences Tunisia
et de la Technologie
28 CNRST National Centre Morocco
for Scientific and Technological
Research
30 BC British Council U.K.
31 FCT Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia Portugal

5. The policy context
Relevant Projects & initiatives :
ASBIMED, MED7, ESTIME, MEDA, Barcelona process 1995 :
Medibtikar, ANIMA etc creation of (EMFTA) by 2010
 
The UfM / UpM : Horizons Association Agreements :
2020 Euro-MED transfer of new technologies
  + dissemination of know how
, Partnership
+ industrial cooperat
European Neighbourhood   ERA & FP7 (EMRA?) , Lisbon
Policy (Instruments): ENPI Strategy 2000: A series of
schemes and initiatives
The instrument: the Monitoring Committee of the EU-MPC cooperation in
RTD (MoCo),

6. EMIS
 Rational for EMIS:
 Innovation is a must : KBE, globalisation, MPCs?
 Worrying situation in MPC’s: Euro-Mediterranean region as an area of
sustainable development and shared prosperity (Barcelona declation)
 Why EU-MPCs cooperation on innovation?:
1. RDI are, by nature, widely internationalized activities
2. The existence of common problems and shared challenges
3. Big research and innovation programs require Critical mass &
Resources, not available in MPCs
Objective of EMIS: The mobilization of innovation stakeholders in common
framework and mutually beneficial partnership to develop a more intelligent
and competitive Euro-Med space
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7. EMIS
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8. EMIS WP –
RA, AM, …
EMIS Charter
(poiltical
MPC INNOVATION /strategic
ANALYSIS documents)
Mapping
actors /
stakeholders
MIRA FP7
Training
- Organisation
- Procedures JMG, AM, …
IA, AM, HZ, … RTD projects IA, RN, AM, …
(FP7-WP2011) - Nat. Corresp. EMIS
EMIS WG WEBSITE
RESEARCH
DRIVEN NETWORKING
CLUSTERS -TT / EEN
-ANIMA- Invest
Water Clusters
INSTITUTIONAL -Tech Platforms
IA, RN, … COOPERATION -Diasporas
IA, RN, … DGENTR, … Twinning
EMIS Fora
2010-2011
IA, RN, JH, YK,
…

9. MIRA Forum
The MIRA Forum, held at Casablanca, 1-2 December, 2011 is
aimed at promotion of a Research Driven Cluster initiative on
water, to support the integration of the Knowledge Triangle
(Academia, Business, and Public sector) in the Mediterranean
Area.
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10. MIRA Forum
The MIRA Forum organized its debates along four thematic lines:
1.De-contamination of the Mediterranean, waste water
treatment from industry
2.Integrated Water Management and Waste Water sustainable
technologies
3.Innovation in Water and Waste Water Management in the
Mediterranean
4.Valorisation of research results and technology transfer
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11. MIRA Forum
1. De-contamination of the Mediterranean,
waste water treatment from industry
Critical issues addressed:
Sustainable waste water management, considering both the input of
advanced technologies public and private partnership
Innovation in water and waste water management, e.g. with use of
water evaporation.
The natural specificities of North, South , West and East coasts of the
Mediterranean sea.
The necessity of regulation law and quality standards on industrial
pollution
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12. MIRA Forum
1. De-contamination of the Mediterranean,
waste water treatment from industry
The Forum agreed on some issues for future activities under the
„Casablanca-Roadmap“:
1.Development of capacity building, technician skills for technology
adaptation, quality insurance and creation of a platform of
dissemination of information
2.Strengthening of law by creation of a fiscal policy in water reuse and of
a market with fiscal advantages : trust to build a confident system (win-
win).
3.Development of incentives : mechanisms, encouragement, bridge
between Researchers and Policy-makers.
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13. MIRA Forum
2. Integrated Water Management and Waste
Water sustainable technologies
Critical issues addressed:
Guarantee of universal access to water, dealing with key questions:
which user, sustainability, long-term perspectives
Waste water recycling fully integrated into the water management
(catchment to watershed level)
Waste water re-use to become an important asset of the overall water
budget /cycle
A multidimensional approach to waste water recycling
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14. MIRA Forum
2. Integrated Water Management and Waste
Water sustainable technologies
Issues for the future “Casablanca Roadmap“:
a.it is not only technology related problem but mostly socio-economic
and institutional
b.Clustering of Water clusters in the Mediterranean region in order to
reduce fragmentation
c.Generation of a consolidated document addressing politicians, civil
society and donors
d.Getting a more continuous flow of support to research as well as
setting means to attract stakeholders, SMEs, users (society) in research,
technology and innovation developments
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15. MIRA Forum
2. Integrated Water Management and Waste
Water sustainable technologies
Issues for the future “Casablanca Roadmap“:
e.Pursuing the 5C’s water management (political Commitment, political
Content addressing the poor and marginalised, Cooperation between
stakeholders, Control of implementation and results, and successful
Communication to the public)
f.Setting up of an interactive online platform (drawing on lessons ,
through a dialogue linking researchers, institutions/policy makers and
civil society)
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16. MIRA Forum
3. Innovation in Water and Waste Water
Management in the Mediterranean
Critical issues addressed:
Creation of a Water Science Alliance for the Mediterranean on the
basis of the existing identified efforts and ongoing activities in the
Mediterranean (ERA-WIDE; WISE-RTD; MELIA; EMWIS; TERENO, etc.)
Creation and implementing of innovative capacity building techniques
to link-up the inter-disciplinary actors
Having a more long-term vision when dealing with water management
(15 years, not 3-5 – project duration)
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17. MIRA Forum
3. Innovation in Water and Waste Water
Management in the Mediterranean
Issues for the future “Casablanca Roadmap“:
Consolidation of the data / initiatives / effort in water management
currently available
Working at the local level contributing data to the regional level and
vice-versa
Specific water call for the Mediterranean with a long-term vision and
create smaller travel grants to stimulate the participation of young
researchers
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18. MIRA Forum
4. Valorisation of research results and
technology transfer
Critical issues addressed:
Technology transfer should be accompanied in parallel with know how
transfer.
Linking academia with industry through creation of spin offs is an
important step towards bridging the gap with the market.
Dissemination of information is the first step for the possible
exploitation of research results and technology/knowledge transfer
opportunities.
The Proof of Concept Phase could increase the success rate of
technologies produced in the public research organization.
Importance of improvement of innovation management skills of
researchers and research institutes.
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19. MIRA Forum
4. Valorisation of research results and
technology transfer
Critical issues addressed:
Water cluster in the mediterranean in collaboration with Enterprise
Europe Network (EEN) and ensuring SMEs involvement due to importance
of clusters initiatives and clusters in supporting transnational innovation.
EEN could serve as information multiplier and a common communication
platform among TT facilitators. Twinning between EEN nodes in EU
countries with adequate quality to coach and mentor EEN nodes from the
southern mediterranean.
DG Enterprise, DG RTD and DG DEVCO synergy and collaboration is
essential to ensure optimization of the funds and effectiveness of results.
Better synergy between ENPI programmes in the Mediterranean with the
EEN platform.
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20. MIRA Forum
4. Valorisation of research results and
technology transfer
Issues for the future “Casablanca Roadmap“:
Supporting the creation of a “Water Cluster Initiative” in the
Mediterranean, supported by the creation of suitable channels for
dissemination of information (EEN and other existing structures)
together with improving innovation management skills through
initiatives such as summer schools
Ensuring the involvement of SMEs especially those created by
universities e.g. creation of spin offs.
More coherent cooperation among national stakeholders (public
bodies and business support organizations) in every participating
country in the Euro-Mediterranean area.
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21. MIRA Forum
4. Valorisation of research results and
technology transfer
Issues for the future “Casablanca Roadmap“:
Strengthening and reinforcing the participation of EEN from the
southern Mediterranean countries with the support of other already
existing experienced EEN partners sharing research and innovation
priorities
Enhanced synergies between DG DEVCO, DG Enterprise and DG RTD to
coordinate funding instruments towards technology transfer and liaison
offices in the Euro-Mediterranean
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22. THANK YOU
‫شكرا‬
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