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

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

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 

Exchange workshop for Egyptian and Jordanian stakeholders to generate discussion and promote the sharing of experiences on the application of decentralized wastewater management (DWWM) in both countries, where the process is still in its early steps

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

Develop regional guidelines on measures for improving compliance with water legislations and assess the available enforcement capacity and mechanisms currently practiced in SWIM-SM region to enforce water legislations with focus on 4 SWIM-SM PCs

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

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

Regional training course on ECOSAN practices and Rainwater Management, with a special focus on rural areas

Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia

Implemented

SWIM- Sustain Water MED

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

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

Regional Coordination Meeting of SWIM Sustain Water MED: agreement on project structure, objectives, processes (Berlin, Germany)

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

SIWI Middle East Seminar

Israel, Jordan, occupied Palestinian territory

Implemented

SWIM-All Across the Jordan

Training Workshop / ICZM-IWRM

Sub-regional workshop on the interlinkages between Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)

Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia

Implemented

SWIM-SM

Steering Committee Meeting The 2nd SWIM Steering Committee and Coordination Meetings All Partner Countries Implemented SWIM-SM

Training Workshop / climate change no regret actions

Regional training workshop on the identification and development of climate change no-regret actions in the water sector

Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia

Implemented

SWIM-SM

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

Regional Training Workshop on Water Users’ Associations (WUAs)– basic operational concepts and practices for WUAs

Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, occupied

Palestinian territory (oPt)

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 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

First Core Desalination Group Meeting

Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, occupied Palestinian territory

Implemented

SWIM-SM

Information Workshop / media

SWIM Media Information Workshops

Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia

Implemented

SWIM-SM

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

Regional Review of National Water Plans and/or Strategies

All Partner Countries

Implemented

SWIM-SM

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

Assessment of Best Available Technologies (BAT) for Wastewater Reuse in Rural/Local Areas in South Mediterranean Countries

All Partner Countries

Implemented

SWIM-SM

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

 

 

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