SWIM-SM Regional Expert Group Workshop on Water Users Associations, 23-24 April 2012, Athens -Greece
A two-day regional workshop involving experts from the SWIM Partner Countries was organized on 23-24 April 2012 in Athens with the aim to:
a) promote sharing of experiences and best practices in the establishment and operationalization of WUAs in the region and
b) discuss / validate the findings of a SWIM-SM Regional Assessment illustrating the range of experiences – both successful and less successful - in water users’ participation with regard to irrigation, complemented with specific case studies coming from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Tunisia. The Regional Assessment was conducted in cooperation with and input from the SWIM National Focal Points and involved relevant stakeholders.
Twenty (20) international, regional and local experts from seven countries participated in the regional workshop, including representatives of governments, WUAs, regional organisations and donors in addition to non-governmental organisations involved in the establishment and empowerment of WUAs in the region.
Among outcomes, the workshop identified gaps and concrete follow-up actions for the SWIM-SM Project to undertake, including targeted capacity building and trainings in order to improve local water management and reinforce users’ participation in irrigation management.
Opportunities for networking between the countries’ representatives and international, regional and independent experts were also created.
The workshop falls under one of the four thematic pillars of the SWIM project involving enhancement of knowledge on ‘water governance at the local level’ with emphasis for the first year on experiences in Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) and irrigation management transfer for WUAs in the region.
Presentations held during the Workshop: download here
Summary of the Workshop's results: download here
SWIM-SM participated at the 5th Meeting of the Horizon 2020 Steering Committee (SC) Group that took place on 19 Aril 2012, in Barcelona - Spain. In that, H2020 Sub-Groups reported on progress and discussed ways forward for the initiative, highlighting on-going synergies and potentials for future co-operation with regional programmes, including SWIM-SM. SWIM-SM presented to the H2020 SC elements of a proposed Mediterranean Environmental Replication Strategy that is under joint elaboration by UNEP MAP GEF MedPartnership, SWIM-SM and H2020 CB MEP Programmes. Countries and stakeholders recognize the need to advance,in a systematic and coordinated way, replication of sustainable and cost-effective practices in the region and this is pursued through the Strategy under development. SWIM-SM was represented by Mr. Vangelis Constantianos, GWP-Med, who also attended the Meeting of the H2020 Sub-Group on Capacity Building, on 18 April.
More info: www.h2020.net
SWIM-SM Workshop on Sustainable Use of Non-Conventional Water Resources, 16 September 2011, Athens - Greece
Sustainable management of non-conventional water resources is among the priority themes of SWIM-SM. The use of non-conventional waters is already applied in many countries of the region, primarily through reuse of treated and untreated waste water including recycling of agricultural run-off, rainwater harvesting, desalination, etc, with a range of challenges and opportunities related to these.
A SWIM-SM Workshop was organized on 16 September 2011 in Athens, Greece, back-to-back with the Regional Conference on Advancing Non-Conventional Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean with the aim to:
- Provide a briefing on SWIM-SM regional priorities in relation to the non-conventional agenda and contribute as a brainstorming meeting on the related parts of the upcoming SWIM-SM Inception Report.
- Discuss SWIM-SM regional priorities on wastewater reuse as a key issue in the non-conventional agenda.
- Discussing SWIM-SM regional priorities on desalination with emphasis on the possible formation of an Expert Group on Sustainable Desalination within SWIM-SM.
Download the report and the presentations of the workshop: Click here
For additional information click on the titles of each activity
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Activity’s title |
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Topic/Pillar |
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Study tour on wastewater management using natural treatment systems in rural areas |
27-30 July 2015, Sicily - Italy | Wastewater / non-conventional water resources |
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Training in evaluating and structuring public-private-partnerships in the water sector |
8-10 June 2015, Dead Sea - Jordan | Private Sector Participation |
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SWIM-SM Fourth Steering Committee Meeting and Fourth SWIM-Demos Coordination Meeting |
15-16 December 2014, Barcelona - Spain | All |
| Regional Workshop on the M&E system to monitor and evaluate the Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) and Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT)Process in the SWIM-SM Countries | 17-18 November 2014, Athens - Greece | Water Users Associations / Local Water Governance |
| Training workshop on risk and insurance in PPPs for water infrastructure | 30-31 October 2014, Athens - Greece | Private Sector Participation |
| High level policy dialogue on enforcement of water laws in SWIM-SM countries | 14-15 October 2014, Athens - Greece | Enforcement of water legislations |
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Evaluation workshop of the pilot implementation for the M&E system to monitor and evaluate the participatory irrigation management (PIM) and irrigation management transfer (IMT) process |
15-16 September, Amman - Jordan 29-30 September, Tunis - Tunisia |
Water Users Associations / Local Water Governance |
| Expert Group Meeting on Cumulative Environmental Impacts of Desalination in the Mediterranean | 23-24 June 2014, Brussels - Belgium | Desalination / non-conventional water resources |
| Capacity building of SWIM Partner Countries in the assessment of the cost of water resources degradation at the basin level |
16-18 June, Tunis - Tunisia (for participants from Maghreb countries) 23-25 June, Athens - Greece (for participants from Mashrek countries) |
Cost of Environmental Degradation |
| 1-5 June 2014, Deir Alla - Jordan | Water Users Associations / Local Water Governance | |
| National Consultation Workshop on the Cost of the environmental degradation and remediation of the Litani River Basin in Lebanon | 12 December 2013, Beirut - Lebanon | Cost of Environmental Degradation |
| 9 December 2013, Amman - Jordan | Water Users Associations / Local Water Governance | |
| 26 November 2013, Algiers - Algeria | Cost of Environmental Degradation | |
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3rd Steering Committee Meeting of SWIM-SM and 3rd SWIM Coordination Meeting |
11-13 November 2013, Athens - Greece | All |
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Training and study tour in Europe on the operation and management of Wastewater Treatment Plants |
9-20 September 2013, Spain and The Netherlands |
Wastewater / non-conventional water resources |
| Regional experts group meeting on the development of a comprehensive Monitoring & Evaluation system for participatory irrigation management & irrigation management transfer process | 2-4 September 2013, Athens-Greece | Water Users Associations / Local Water Governance |
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3-5 July 2013, Luxembourg |
Private Sector Participation in Depollution investments |
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Training Course - Cost Estimating of Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Desalination Plants |
25-27 June 2013, Muscat – Oman |
Desalination / non-conventional water resources |
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3-18 June 2013, The Netherlands, Spain and France |
Enforcement of water and environmental legislations |
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High level study tour on participatory irrigation management/irrigation management transfer process |
13–17 May 2013, Izmir Region –Turkey |
Water Users Associations / Local Water Governance |
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respectively on 5, 7 and 11 of March 2013 |
Wastewater / non-conventional water resources |
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4 and 7 December 2012 |
Cost of Environmental Degradation |
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30 October - 1 November 2012, Algeria |
IWRM and ICZM |
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16-18 October 2012, Brussels - Belgium |
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3-5 October 2012, Amman – Jordan
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Adaptation of the water sector to climate change through no-regret actions |
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Training of Government Officials on the Preparation of Water Plans/Strategies |
10-11 September 2012, Athens, Greece
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Water Plans and Strategies |
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17 – 19 July 2012, Bari – Italy |
Water Users Associations / Local Water Governance |
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| Sub-regional training course on Innovative and adaptable technologies for treated wastewater re-use, including the recharge of aquifers and desalination | 10 - 13 July 2012, Israel | Wastewater re-use, aquifers recharge and desalination / non-conventional water resources |
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Regional Workshop on Planning of Water Resources in SWIM-SM Countries |
13-14 June 2012, Athens - Greece |
Water Plans and Strategies |
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11-12 June 2012 Athens – Greece |
Desalination / non-conventional water resources |
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May - June 2012 |
Media |
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SWIM-SM Regional Expert Group Workshop on Water Users Associations |
23-24 April 2012, Athens -Greece |
Water Users Associations / Local Water Governance |
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10-13 April 2012, Tunis, Tunisia |
Wastewater re-use, aquifers recharge and desalination / non-conventional water resources |
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Regional training course on Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Water infrastructure |
19-21 December 2011, Amman - Jordan |
Public Private Partnership in water infrastructure |
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Launching Workshop of SWIM and 1st Steering Committee Meeting of SWIM-SM |
7-8 December 2011, Brussels – Belgium |
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Workshop on Sustainable Use of Non-Conventional Water Resources (16 September 2011, Athens - Greece) |
16 September 2011, Athens - Greece |
Non-conventional water resources |
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