Hosted by the Cyprus Institute, and organised in cooperation with the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Interacademic Group for Development (GID), the Academie des Sciences d’Outremer and the French Institute in Cyprus, the conference will bring together a range of science diplomats to discuss how the Hydrodiplomacy initiative launched by the Cyprus Institute on World Water Day (March 2022) can bring together countries in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME) Region in a common approach to the management of their joint water resources, contributing to the peaceful development of the EMME.