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Sustainable Development and Productivity
Water Resources

The Arab Region suffers from a variety of pressures and deficiencies that endangers the sustainability of its already scarce water resources. The natural scarcity of water in the region, and its arid ... more >>

PROGRAMME NEWS

	Workshop on Raising Awareness and Capacity Building on Joint Planning and Management in the Nahr El Kabir Junoubi Basin: Case Study in the Eastern Portion of the Mediterranean, Cairo 16-17 January 2008
	Workshop on the Initial Implementation of Joint Management in the Nubian Sandstones Aquifer System: Case Study in the Western Portion of the Mediterranean, Cairo 14-15 January 2008
	Workshop on "Shared Aquifer Database in the MEDA Region: Contents, Use and Maintenance" Thessaloniki 26-27 November 2007
	World Water Week, August 2007, Stockholm
	Workshop on "Evaluation and Adaptation of Existing Water Visions and Forecasts of Shared Aquifer Management in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Region (MEDA)", Cairo 30-31 July 2007
	Expert Group Meeting on The Application of Indicators and Indices for Water Quality Management in the ESCWA Region, Sana'a 17-19 July 2007
	Training on Negotiations and Dispute Resolution Over International Shared Water Resources in Jordan From 12-17 June 2007 Amman
	Training Seminar on “Protection of shared aquifer Resources", 24-29 March 2007 , Cairo-Egypt
	Oman Water Week and World Water Day 18-22 March 2007
	Training seminar on “Ground Water Modeling and Data Analysis”, 2-7 December 2006, Cairo-Egypt.

KEY DOCUMENTS, PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

Activities

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Reports of Meetings

Studies

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PUBLICATIONS

E/ESCWA/SDPD/2007/6
ESCWA Water Development Report 2: State of Water Resources in the ESCWA Region

E/ESCWA/SDPD/2005/15
Regional cooperation between countries in the management of shared water resources: Case studies of some countries in the ESCWA region

E/ESCWA/SDPD/2005/9
ESCWA Water Development Report 1: Vulnerability of the Region to Drought

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Specialized Sites

AWARENET

LINKS

	International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering
	Economic Commission for Africa
	United Nations University
	The Arab Center For The Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands
	International Center For Agricultural Research In The Dry Areas
	International Hydrological Programme
	Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
	United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific
	United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
	UNESCO Cairo
	Center for Environment and Development for Arab Region and Europe
	World Health Organization - Water Resources
	World Bank
	United Nations Development Programme: Seed
	United Nations Environment Programme
	Capacity Building for Integrated Water Resources Management
	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
	League of Arab States
	Center for Environment and Development for Arab Region and Europe
	Johannesburg Summit 2002
	The Arab Center For The Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands
	International Center For Agricultural Research In The Dry Areas
	World Health Organization
	UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
	The World Bank Group
	The World Conservation Union
	United Nations Environment Programme
	United Nations Development Programme
	Application of Integrated Water Resources Management in the Arab Region
	UN-Water

Upcoming Events

1/12-3/12/2009
Expert Group Meeting on Applying IWRM Principles in Managing Shared Water Resources: Towards a Regional Vision Beirut

Past Events

26/10-28/10/2009
Expert Group Meeting Towards Assessing the Vulnerability of Water Resources to Climate Change in the Arab Region Beirut

17/12-19/12/2008
Eighth session of the Committee on Water Resources Beirut

29/3- 31/3/2008
High-level regional meeting to review and promote supply and sanitation policies and related organizational reforms in Western Asia - Muscat

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