EMWIS is an initiative of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. It provides a strategic tool for exchanging information and knowledge in the water sector between and within the Euro Mediterranean partnership countries

EMWIS has three main targets:

• To provide easy access to information, with special emphasis on:
  • Institutions
    The types of institutions and the people involved.
  • Documentation
    Existing centres and their organisation; the means and technologies used for processing, accessing, consultation and dissemination, standardisation and quality certification.
  • Training
    Existing organisations, programmes, localisation, trainers, methods, training materials, quality certification.
  • Research and development
    Existing organisations, programmes, people involved, means and technologies, publications, partnerships, funding sources.
  • Data administration
    Existing organisations and databases, methods used for data gathering and checking, publications.
• To develop the sharing of information
• To work together on common products and cooperation programmes.