Marrakesh hosts international water, energy forum

An international forum on water and energy opened in Marrakesh with experts from the Maghreb, Senegal, Germany, Spain, France and Oman, attending.

The three-day meeting, co-sponsored by the European Commission and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is focusing on "developing water-energy concepts in the Mediterranean," "the role of renewable energies in the concept water-energy: best practices for developing countries' rural areas," "financial and organizational aspects of water-energy resources management by rural populations" and "developing countries: what policy to follow? Case of the Mediterranean."

UNESCO's Osman Bencheikh voiced hope that the meeting adopts the recommendations the organization may make, along with other United Nations organizations at the conference on sustainable development to be held in South Africa.