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Sustainable Development and Productivity
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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.

 

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PUBLICATIONS

 

E/ESCWA/SDPD/2007/6
ESCWA Water Development Report 2: State of Water Resources in the ESCWA Region
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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
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E/ESCWA/SDPD/2005/9
ESCWA Water Development Report 1: Vulnerability of the Region to Drought
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Specialized Sites


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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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