Regional Coordination on Improved Water Resources Management and Capacity Building

The objective of the First Phase of The Multicountry regional Coordination on Improved Water Resources Management and Capacity Building Program Project for Middle East and North Africa is to improve water resources and agricultural management and planning within and across beneficiary countries based on quantitative and spatial based decision making tools. There are three components to the project. The first component is improved water resources and agricultural management. The first component will comprise: (a) the purchase, installation and validation of various Water Information System Platform (WISP) tools and other ancillary equipment to remote sensing centers and stakeholder agencies and institutions in each of Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco and the Centre Regional de Teledetection Nord (CRTEAN) and its partners; and (b) support to the selected stakeholders on the application of WISP tools to pertinent research issues in local and regional water resources, agricultural, and environmental management; the second component is capacity building and project management. the second component will comprise: (a) capacity building (workshops and consultants) to implement WISP tools; (b) local workshops to share results with local stakeholders; (c) participation in international conferences and study tours on environmental remote sensing; (d) funding graduate fellowships; (e) development of an online national portal to share data across stakeholder institutions; and (f) project management of the Grant; and the third component is regional integration and cooperation. The third component will comprise: (a) organization of quarterly workshops to share results with regional stakeholders; (b) development of an online regional portal to share regional results; (c) generation of once-yearly regional report on applications of regional significance.