MEDITERRANEAN WATER FORUM
Actions for water & Climate

February 5, 2024, Laico Tunis
(Carthage room)

MONDAY 5th FEBRUARY 2024

2:00 P.M.9

INAUGURAL SESSION

H.E. Mrs. Anne GUEGUEN,
Ambassador of France to Tunisia

H.E. Karim AMELLAL
Ambassador, interministerial delegate to the Mediterranean

2:20 P.M.9

Introductory sequence: water, an issue of sovereignty and development

Michel BAUZA
Business Director France North Africa

Mme. Meritxell SERRET
Minister of External Action and the European Union (Catalonia)

Mr. Abdourahman MAKI
Land and Water Officer, FAO-SNE Subregional Office for North Africa, Tunis

Mrs. Cécile COUPRIE
Regional Director, French Development Agency

Mr. Alain MEYSSONNIER
President of the Mediterranean Water Institute

Mr. Abou-Rabi Ali OTHMAN
Ministry of Water Resources (Libya)

2:55 P.M.9

Technical keynotes

Mr. Walid RAACH
Technical Sales Manager Tunisia & Libya, SNF Group

Mr. David MARIET
Sales Manager, Cifec

Mr. Nicolas GUIDON-THIESSELIN
Export Sales Manager, Bayard (Talis group)

M. Philippe MULLER
Export Manager, Max Perlès

3:10 P.M.9

Round table 1 : The emergency of acting against water stress, considering energy transition imperatives

Mr. Abdelkader DODO
Coordinator of the Water department at the Sahara and Sahel Observatory

Mr. Pierre-Alexandre SEGRE
Managing Director of Suez Tunisia

Mrs. Zineb SBAI
Head of Division at the Planning Directorate, National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (Morocco)

Mr. Gil MAHE
Research Director at the Research Institute for Development, Montpellier Hydro Sciences Laboratory (France)

Mr. Hassan JBIRA
Engineer, National Sanitation Office (Tunisia)

Mrs. Nora ZIANI
Managing Director, National Sanitation Office (Algeria)

4:00 P.M.9

Technical keynotes

Mr. Sebastien COHIN
CEO, Cohin Environnement

M. Hervé DE LAVERSIN
Co-founder, Seawards

Mr. Maxime THERRILLON
Africa Sales Manager, Osmosun

M. Damien MOINE
Maghreb Sales Manager, GF Group

4:15 P.M.9

Round table 2: digitalization serving the performance of the water sector

Mrs. Sourour SALAH
District Head Djerba, National Water Exploitation and Distribution Company (Tunisia)

M. Hamzatou THIAM
General Director , National Water Company (Mauritania)

M. Pierre-Yves HORGNIES
Maghreb Territory Manager, Société du Canal de Provence (France)

M. Jean-Marc PHILIP
Sales and Innovation Director, Société du Canal de Provence (France)

Mrs. Khadija AYARI
Water and Sanitation Project Manager, French Development Agency Tunisia

Mrs. Rim ZITOUNA
Researcher at the National Institute for Research in Rural Engineering, Water and Forests (INRGREF) and co-responsible for the Mediterranean Observatory of Rural Environment and Water

M. Walid MAROUFI
Division manager, SAGEMCOM

4:55 P.M.9

Technical Keynotes

Mr. Thomas FERRERO
CEO, MEOSS

M. Aymeric DUBLED
Sales Engineer, Areal (TOPKAPI)

M. Valery FRIAUDET
Channel Manager, CODRA

Mr. Jean-Philippe LUC
Land & hydro International Business Developer, CLS group

Mr. Nicolas ANJUBAULT
Representative of the Hydreos and Dream Eaux et Milieux clusters

5:10 P.M.9

Round table 3 : private & financial sector actions to support the water sector

Mr. Arnaud GUIGNE
Head of the Regional Economic Service, French Embassy in Tunisia

Mr. Dragan PERSIC
Managing Director, ASTEELFLASH

Mrs. Mina BARKAN
QHSE Manager, Office Chérifien des Phosphates (Morocco)

Mr. Ahmed HERZI
Principal Engineer, CITET (Tunisia)

Mrs. Raja TOUIL
Managing Director, Tunisian-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Mr. Nicolas BRULE
Investment manager, PROPARCO

5:45 P.M.9

Closing session by HE. Mrs. Leila CHIKHAOUI, Minister of Environment of Tunisia

7:30 P.M.9

An invitation-only networking cocktail offered by Business France