Implementing projects:
SWIM-SM: Support Mechanism of the SWIM Programme
SWIM-ACLIMAS: Adaptation to Climate Change of Mediterranean Agricultural Systems
SWIM-All Across the Jordan: Transboundary NGO Master Planning of the Lower Jordan River Basin
SWIM-IMPROWARE: Innovative Means to Protect Water Resources in the Mediterranean Coastal Areas through Re-injection of Treated Water
SWIM- Sustain Water MED: Network of demonstration activities for sustainable integrated wastewater treatment and reuse in the Mediterranean countries
SWIM- WADIS-MAR: Water harvesting and Agricultural techniques in Dry lands: an Integrated and Sustainable model in MAghreb Regions
Activities of 2014 |
Activity type / topic | Activity title / short description | SWIM Partner Countries involved | Status | Implementing Project |
On-line course | On-line course on Natural Wastewater Treatment Systems | All SWIM Partner Countries | Planned | SWIM-SM |
E-Learning course | 2nd e-learning course on “Sector Governance in Urban Sanitation | All SWIM Partner Countries | Planned | SWIM- Sustain Water MED |
Report | Water collection and agricultural techniques in an arid environment: an integrated and sustainable model in the Maghreb Regions | Algeria and Tunisia | Implemented | SWIM WADIS-MAR |
E-Learning course |
1st E-Learning Training course on Sector Governance in Urban Sanitation |
All SWIM Partner Countries | Implemented | SWIM- Sustain Water MED |
Steering Committee Meeting | 4th SWIM-SM Steering Committee Meeting | All SWIM Partner Countries | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Meeting | 5th Regional Meeting | Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia | Implemented | SWIM- Sustain Water MED |
Regional Conference | Regional Conference on "Sustainable Integrated Wastewater Treatment and Reuse" | All SWIM Partner Countries | Implemented | SWIM- Sustain Water MED |
Regional Workshop | All SWIM Partner Countries | Implemented | SWIM-SM | |
Meeting | Third Annual Meeting of ACLIMAS | Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia | Implemented | SWIM-ACLIMAS |
Conference | International Conference on Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley | Israel, Jordan and Palestine | Implemented | SWIM-All Across the Jordan |
Training | Training on Risk and Insurance in Public-Private-Partnerships (PPPs) for Water Infrastructure | All SWIM Partner Countries | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
High level policy dialogue | High Level Policy Dialogue on Enforcement of Water Laws in SWIM-SM countries | All SWIM Partner Countries | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Symposium |
International Symposium “Policies and Techniques for a Sustainable Present” |
All SWIM Partner Countries | Implemented | SWIM-IMPROWARE |
Case Study | Case study to strengthen the capacity of SWIM Partner Countries in assessing the cost of Water Resources Degradation at the Basin Level | All SWIM Partner Countries | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Regional Conference | Regional Conference on Sustainable Integrated Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in the Mediterranean | Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia |
Implemented |
SWIM- Sustain Water MED |
Annual Meeting | Annual Meeting and Steering Committee Meeting of the ACLIMAS Project | Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia | Implemented | SWIM-ACLIMAS |
E-learning Programme | E-learning Programme on Water Resources Management (2 of the 3 modules) | All SWIM Partner Countries | Implemented | SWIM-IMPROWARE |
Exchange workshop | Egypt, Jordan | Implemented | SWIM- Sustain Water MED | |
Regional Meeting | 4th SWIM Sustain Water MED regional meeting | Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia |
Implemented |
SWIM- Sustain Water MED |
Stakeholders Consultation meeting |
Second Stakeholder Consultation Meeting for the Rehabilitation of the Jordan River Basin |
Israel, Jordan and Palestine | Implemented | SWIM-All Across the Jodan |
Consortium Meeting | Meeting of the Consortoim partners | Israel, Jordan and Palestine | Implemented | SWIM-All Across the Jodan |
Sub-regional training |
Two sub-regional trainings to strengthen the capacity of the South Mediterranean countries in the assessment of the cost water resources degradation and prioritize remediation measures at the basin level |
Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Expert Group Meeting |
Mitigating the cumulative environmental impacts of desalination plants in the Mediterranean |
Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Regional Training / wastewater quality monitoring | 3rd Regional Training Course on Decentralized Wastewater Treatment and Reuse | Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia |
Implemented |
SWIM- Sustain Water MED |
Call for Success Stories | Call for Success Stories on Sustainable Water Integrated Management in the SWIM Partner Countries | All SWIM Partner Countries | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Assessment |
Assessment of current legislative capacity and legal procedures for the prosecution of violators of water legislation and guidelines |
All SWIM Partner Countries | On-going | SWIM-SM |
Study / recharge of aquifers | Study on the legislative framework regulating the recharge of aquifers with adequately treated wastewater | All SWIM Partner Countries | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Guidelines | Support to the Union for the Mediterranean in the development of criteria and guidelines for project selection (in relation to updated environmental hotspots) for potential funding | All SWIM Partner Countries | On-going | SWIM-SM |
Assessment & best/bad practices / depollution | Provision of technical verification and documentation of best or bad practices on implementing/operating depollution investments projects. | All SWIM Partner Countries | On-going | SWIM-SM |
Online Course / natural systems |
Support the involvement of officials in online: course on natural systems |
All SWIM Partner Countries | On-going | SWIM-SM |
Assessment / droughts & floods |
Regional Assessment of past drought & flood episodes and their management in Selected SWIM-SMPCs |
Focus on Jordan, oPt and Tunisia | On-going | SWIM-SM |
Regional Guidelines with focus on some countries / compliance with water legislation | Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Morocco | Implemented | SWIM-SM | |
Assessment / desalination | Assess potential cumulative environmental impacts of mega desalination plants conglomerating around the Mediterranean in synergy with MED-POL | All SWIM Partner Countries | On-going | SWIM-SM |
Assessment / ICZM-IWRM | Regional Assessment on the status of joint ICZM and IWRM planning | All SWIM Partner Countries | Planned | SWIM-SM |
Expert Group Meeting / desalination | Regional Expert Group Meeting on Potential Cumulative Environmental Impacts of Desalination Plants on the Mediterranean Sea to substantiate and verify the outcomes of the assessment previously made about this issue. In synergy with UNEP-MAP, MED-POL, H2020, MEDRC | All SWIM Partner Countries | Planned | SWIM-SM |
Assessment | Review and Analysis of Private Sector Participation: Modalities in Water Service Delivery, with emphasis on the Southern Mediterranean Region | All SWIM Partner Countries | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Assessment / Best practices | Documentation of Best Practices in non-revenue water management in selected Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Israel, Jordan, Morocco) | Algeria, Israel, Jordan, Morocco | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Activities of 2013 |
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Activity type / topic | Activity title / short description | SWIM Partner Countries involved | Status | Implementing Project |
Coordination Meeting | Regional Coordination Meeting of SWIM Sustain Water MED ‘annual review and planning’ in Berlin, Germany | Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia | Implemented | SWIM- Sustain Water MED |
Regional Training / wastewater |
2nd Regional Training Course on Decentralized Wastewater Treatment and Reuse |
Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia |
Implemented |
SWIM- Sustain Water MED |
Regional Meeting | Technical Task Force and Steering Committee Meetings | Egypt, Tunisia | Implemented | SWIM-IMPROWARE |
Guidelines | Publication of Guidelines on Baseline Assessment Studies for projects on non-conventional water resources management on project website | Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia | Implemented | SWIM- Sustain Water MED |
Regional Training Course / wastewater |
Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia |
Implemented |
SWIM- Sustain Water MED |
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Annual Meeting | Annual Meeting and Steering Committee Meeting of the ACLIMAs Project | Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia | Implemented | SWIM-ACLIMAS |
Training / wastewater | Training and study tour in Europe on the operation and management of Wastewater Treatment Plants (9 to 20 September 2013, Spain and The Netherlands) | Algeria, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco and Palestine | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Regional Expert Group / WUAs | Regional experts group meeting on the development of a comprehensive Monitoring & Evaluation system for participatory irrigation management & irrigation management transfer process | Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Training / Private Sector Participation | Training workshop on Strengthening Public Sector Capacity to Mobilize Depollution Investments and Private Sector Participation | Algeria, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Training / desalination | Training Course - Cost Estimating of Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Desalination Plants | Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Tunisia | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Coordination Meeting | Regional Coordination Meeting of SWIM Sustain Water MED: Annual review and planning (Tunis, Tunisia) | Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia | Implemented | SWIM- Sustain Water MED |
Exchange workshop / wastewater | Regional Exchange Workshop on the Safe Reuse of Treated Wastewater in Agriculture with policy-makers from Jordan and Tunisia, held in Tunis, Tunisia | Jordan, Tunisia | Implemented | SWIM- Sustain Water MED |
Training / enforcement of water legislations | Training workshop and study tour for developing the capacity of prosecutors and investigators to enforce water & environment legislations | Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Study tour / WUAs | High level study tour on participatory irrigation management/irrigation management transfer process | Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Regional Meeting / Wastewater | Organisation of the 2nd Regional Meeting of the Project | Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia | Implemented | SWIM- Sustain Water MED |
Transboundary Master Plan | Drafting of the Inception Report related to the FOEME’s Master Plan for the Jordan River | Israel, Jordan, Palestine | Implemented | SWIM- All Across the Jordan |
Activities of 2012 |
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Coordination Meeting |
Regional Coordination Meeting of SWIM Sustain Water MED: annual review and planning (Amman, Jordan) |
Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia | Implemented | SWIM- Sustain Water MED |
Launching Workshop |
Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia |
Implemented | SWIM- Sustain Water MED | |
Software / agriculture & irrigation |
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Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia |
Implemented |
SWIM-ACLIMAS |
Protocol / wheat phenology |
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Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia |
Implemented |
SWIM-ACLIMAS |
Farmers sheet |
ACLIMAS farmers’ sheet for monitoring on-ground implementation |
Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia |
Implemented |
SWIM-ACLIMAS |
Seminar / water governance on the Jordan River |
Israel, Jordan, occupied Palestinian territory |
Implemented |
SWIM-All Across the Jordan |
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Training Workshop / ICZM-IWRM |
Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia |
Implemented |
SWIM-SM |
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Steering Committee Meeting | The 2nd SWIM Steering Committee and Coordination Meetings | All Partner Countries | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Training Workshop / climate change no regret actions |
Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia |
Implemented |
SWIM-SM |
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Training / water plans & strategies |
Training of Government Officials on the Preparation of Water Plans/Strategies |
Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, occupied Palestinian territory and Tunisia |
Implemented |
SWIM-SM |
Training Workshop / WUAs |
Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) |
Implemented |
SWIM-SM |
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Training Course / Non conventional water resources | Sub-regional training course on Innovative and adaptable technologies for treated waste water re-use, including the re-charge of aquifers and desalination | Jordan, Palestine, Israel | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Workshop / IWRM |
Regional Workshop on Planning of Water Resources in SWIM-SM Countries |
Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, occupied Palestinian territory and Tunisia |
Implemented |
SWIM-SM |
Expert Group meeting / desalination |
Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, occupied Palestinian territory |
Implemented |
SWIM-SM |
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Information Workshop / media |
Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia |
Implemented |
SWIM-SM |
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Expert Group Workshop / WUAs |
SWIM-SM Regional Expert Group Workshop on Water Users Associations |
Algeria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, occupied Palestinian territory |
Implemented |
SWIM-SM |
Training Course / Non conventional water resources | Sub-regional training course on Innovative and adaptable technologies for treated waste water re-use, including the re-charge of aquifers and desalination | Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Assessment / WUAs |
Regional Assessment - Water Users' Associations in the SWIM-SM Partner Countries |
All Partner Countries |
Implemented |
SWIM-SM |
Assessment / water Plans & Strategies |
All Partner Countries |
Implemented |
SWIM-SM |
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Assessment / Desalination |
Economic Considerations for Supplying Water Through Desalination in South Mediterranean Countries |
All Partner Countries |
Implemented |
SWIM-SM |
Assessment / climate change adaptation |
Guideline for Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation Options in IWRM Plans |
All Partner Countries |
Implemented |
SWIM-SM |
Assessment / BAT wastewater |
All Partner Countries |
Implemented |
SWIM-SM |
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Assessment / BAT desalination |
Assessment of Best Available Technologies (BAT) for Desalination in Rural/Local Areas |
All Partner Countries |
Implemented |
SWIM-SM |
Training / Public Private Partnership | Regional training course on Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Water infrastructure | All Partner Countries | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Workshop/launching event | Launching Workshop of SWIM and 1st Steering Committee Meeting of SWIM-SM | All Partner Countries | Implemented | SWIM-SM |
Non conventional water resources | Workshop on Sustainable Use of Non-Conventional Water Resources (16 September 2011, Athens - Greece) | All Partner Countries | Implemented | SWIM-SM |