• Active participation and contribution to the Workshop on “Climate change, water scarcity and sustainable use of resources in agriculture” (1st of July 2015, EXPO Milano 2015).
• Training course (follow up) on “Climate change adaptation for water, food and environment security” (15-17 September 2015, Cairo – Egypt).
• Active participation and contribution to the International Conference on “Modern technologies, strategies and tools for sustainable irrigation management and governance in Mediterranean agriculture” (IrriMed 2015) (23-25 September 2015, CIHEAM – Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari). For more information about the conference click here.
• Closing national Workshop-Seminar on the “Adaptation to climate change of Mediterranean Agricultural Systems” (29 September – 1 October 2015, Tunisia).
• Training course on “Water use and productivity of Mediterranean agricultural systems” (6-8 October 2015, Settat – Morocco).
• Closing national Workshop-Seminar on the “Adaptation to climate change of Mediterranean Agricultural Systems” (8-10 December, Marrakesh – Morocco).
• Closing International Workshop-Seminar on the “Adaptation to climate change of Mediterranean Agricultural Systems”, 15-17 December 2015, Cairo, Egypt.

• Training course on " Eco-physiology measurements: a quantitative and qualitative approach to environmental-plant interaction (Beirut and Tal Amara LARI station – Lebanon, 5-7 May 2015) with the participation of 23 young researchers and students from the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), the Lebanese University (LU) and the Saint Joseph University (USJ).
• Field day on “Good management practices for cereals cultivation under climate change” (Irbid - Jordan, 21 May 2015) with the participation of twenty-five local farmers.
• Training Workshop on “Maximizing productivity of wheat and barley under dry-land systems” (National Centre for Agricultural Research and Extention-NCARE headquarter - Amman, 8-10 June 2015) with the participation of 23 water managers and the extension staff of NCARE coming from different experimental stations all around the country. The lecturers, NCARE staff from Maru station and NCARE-Amman who actively participated in the project activities, transferred the project achievements and results to other colleagues and discussed how to extend the best management practices to other provinces of Jordan.
• Training course on: "Climate Change Adaptation for Water, Food and Environment Security" (Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation Training Centre, 6th of October City – Egypt, June 13-15, 2015). The training brought together 60 experts, including 18 lecturers and 42 trainees (Policy makers, Officials, Researchers, Practitioners and students), in irrigated agriculture, water, agri-food production and environmental issues. The participants (40% gender equity) were affiliated to different Research Centers, Academia and Universities and Agricultural departments across Egypt working together in interdisciplinary teams.
• The training themes ranged from Water-Energy-Food Nexus and Socio-economic impact assessment of Climate Change to the technical water management sessions and policy analysis. To read the agenda (available only in English) click here
• The project promoted visibility and dissemination about its activities and achievements in two occasions:
  • During the International Conference on “Sustainable Water Integrated Management in the South Mediterranean: Matching Efficient Irrigation & Renewable Energy Sources” (May 6, 2015, Order of Engineers and Architects of Beirut – Lebanon) organized by the ENSIAP project in collaboration with SWIM-SM.
  • During the EU – Lebanon cooperation days (8 May 2015, Beirut – Lebanon)

     and communicates with its “community” also through various social Media and networks : Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube.

This activity supports the implementation of IWRM plans and policies in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon by proposing a credible monitoring system based on a set of indicators reflecting the IWRM holistic approach.
In order to establish a point of reference, the state of the art in developing and utilizing IWRM monitoring indicators in two Euro Mediterranean countries (France and Spain) with an advanced IWRM planning and implementation will also be investigated.
In this sense a comparative assessment of implementation and monitoring modalities between the above-mentioned groups of countries will be carried out with focus on the following issues:

• Measures applied for integrating socio-economic and environmental dimensions in monitoring IWRM
• Procedures and techniques to interpret and integrate water relevant information, including how IWRM indicators are reported and disseminated and to whom.
• How the civil society, media, stakeholders, etc. are informed about IWRM indicators and if this is promoting their participation in managing water resources.
• Measures, tools, techniques, capacities and mechanisms currently used to monitor for implementation of IWRM, in order to assess gaps and identify capacity building needs.

The availability of primary data, in terms of its accuracy, continuity, cost effectiveness, technical monitoring capacity, source of data, coordination among water relevant institutions, etc., will also be investigated and if the selected indicators for monitoring IWRM are adequately populated.

Finally, a set of recommendation for the three Focus Countries, donors and organizations working in the field to assist them design their forthcoming technical support assistance programs on this issue according to the actual needs will be formulated.

The need for this activity stems from the recognition that while IWRM concepts are already adopted and some reforms are either completed or underway, in most South Mediterranean countries there is still a big lack of appropriate indicators and/or systems to monitor progress and to ensure that the actions and measures outlined in their IWRM national plans are being realized and that adequate resources are being allocated and used effectively.