EMWIS Flash n°146 - September - October 2019
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HEADLINE
1- First UfM Annual Conference on Water Investment and Financing - Rome, Italy - 5th December 2019
2- Second edition of Cairo Water Week launched with participation of the EU
3- World Water Council announced the creation of an International Observatory on Unconventional Water Resources
4- Algae to treat waste water: main results and technical achievements of SaltGae project
5- Open Water Symposium – 28 - 31 October 2019 Morocco
6- International Symposium on the use of non conventional waters to achieve food security, Madrid, Spain, November 14-15, 2019
7- EU supports the organisation of a workshop about water security in the Middle East
8- Climate Change is Affecting the Way Europe Floods, Experts Warn
9- EIB supported resilient and inclusive initiatives with 5.6 billion investment in the Mediterranean
10-10th meeting of the Mediterranean Sea depollution Review and Monitoring Group, 23-24 Sept. Athens
11- SUPROMED a New PRIMA project:
innovative technologies and practices to adapt Med
agriculture to climate change
12- VISCA:
Discover a DSS combining climate, phenology and irrigation services and
its added value to viticulturists
13- EdiCitNet:
Edible Cities Network meeting and training of trainers for Follower
Cities in Girona, Spain
14- HYDROUSA: Joining the Third Annual
Meeting of SMILO, 14 - 18 October 2019, Porquerolles (France)
15- Med-Greenhouses Webinars " Use of Innovative Geothermal Greenhouses"-18-19 November 2019
16- 11th World Assembly of the International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO)
17- Germany offers
Jordan additional 1M euros to support water sector
18- Lebanon: National
water sector strategy update 2019
19- Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon: AFD and UNWRA team up to provide essential services
20- Egypt: Former Egyptian minister calls for UN Security Council intervention into GERD crisis
21- Tunisia: Launching workshop on the food security component of Tunisia's National Adaptation to Climate Change Plan
22- Tunisia: The
French Development Agency (AFD) has launched a new modeling tool for
the assessment of climate change in Tunisia
23- Morocco elected
president of the International Network of Basin Organizations
24-
Algeria, Turkey sign MoU on water resources sector
25-
Algeria: Within four years, 2.2 million shrubs have been planted,
around 52 rivers
26- MedYWat: 2nd
General Meeting and next action plans, 26-27 September 2019, Marseille,
France
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1- The
Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the Italian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) organize the First UfM
Annual Conference on Water Investment and Financing, in the
framework of the Mediterranean Dialogues (MED), on 5th December 2019 in
Rome (Italy). The UfM Annual Conference on Water Investment and
Financing is a key component of the implementation plan for achieving
the objectives of the UfM Financial Strategy for Water, as endorsed by
the UfM Senior Officials’ Meeting in December 2018. The special topic
of the first Annual Conference on Water Investment and Financing is
“Public-Private Partnerships and Financial Sustainability of the Water
Sector”. It will also include a Technical Segment (morning) and a
High-Level Segment (afternoon). The High-Level Segment will be
co-chaired by the UfM Secretary General Amb. Nasser Kamel and will
include a Ministerial Panel. Further information on EMWIS
website
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IN BRIEF (Full news)
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2- Coming as part of a cooperation framework between the European Union and Egypt, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on 21 October launched the second edition of the Cairo Water Week, in the presence of the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aty, and the Deputy Director-General for EU Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Maciej Popowski. The high level panel also included Ambassador Nasser Kamel, the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Yousef Bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen the, the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), representatives of the League of Arab States, and water sector experts from around the world. Egypt’s Ministry of Water resources organized the week to promote greater awareness of pressing water issues and find ways to address the most urgent challenges. Running from October 20 until October 24, the Cairo Water Week sees over 500 people coming in from all around the world. This provides ample opportunities to for water resource experts, scientists, academics and policy makers to discuss key plans and actions tackling water issues. Further information on EMWIS website
3- In Cairo, during the water week, the
World Water Council represented by Loic Fauchon announced
the creation of an International Observatory on Unconventional Water
and Energy Resources. Loic
Fauchon underlined that
alternative and unconventional resources such as desalination of sea
water and of salted aquifers, as well as wastewater reuse are efficient
and renewable solutions, which will need to be applied worldwide in
response to demographic pressure. Further information on EMWIS
website
4- After 40 intense months of activities
and different tests from the laboratory through piloting, SaltGae
project comes to an end. The SaltGae project provides a simpler and
economically sustainable solution to treat saline waters with high
organic load, such as, for example, the effluents of the Food and Drink
industry; using a combination of different technologies for the removal
of pollutants and their recovery. Three demo sites have been built up
in different locations (Israel, Italy and Slovenia) with different
climatic conditions and origins for the wastewater to be treated, which
allows confirming its versatility, thanks to SaltGae modular design.
Further information on EMWIS
website
5- UNESCO organized from 28 to 31 October
2019 in Rabat, Morocco, an Open Water Symposium dedicated to African
and Arab countries. During this event, several specialists
showcased open and/or free software dedicated to various aspects of
water resources management, and provided training sessions to
selected participants (decision-makers, government representatives,
students, professors and researchers, etc.). This Open Water Symposium
is in line with the work of the Global Open Water Network, which aims
at promoting Joint Research, Development and Education on Open Source
software and Open data for Integrated Water Resources Management.
Integrated modelling tools are becoming important solutions for water
resources management, but their use has been limited due to costly
licenses and the lack of data, especially in developing countries. With
the Global Open Water Network, UNESCO aims at promoting open source
software and open data by offering training (e-learning and workshops),
and cloud services providing easy access to and easy use of computer
infrastructures, data and open source software for water resources
applications. Further information on EMWIS
website
6- The Symposium on the
use of non conventional waters to achieve food security is
under the UN-FAO global framework addressing Water Scarcity in
Agriculture – WASAG – in a changing climate. It aims to build momentum
with a gathering of international leaders, financing institutions,
policy-makers, researchers and the private sector. The objectives of
this Symposium on is to analyse the state-of-the-art knowledge from
current adopters as well as future technologies, including issues
related to regional policies and life cycle and economic assessment of
water, nutrient recycling, and energy technologies at scale.
Ultimately, the Symposium will provide guidance for maximizing the safe
use of non conventional water, especially for agriculture and food
security. Further information on EMWIS
website
7- On October 24, a workshop about “Water
security and water diplomacy in the Middle East” took place in East
Jerusalem. The workshop was organised by IPCRI and Arava Institute in
the framework of EuroMeSCo ENI Project, co-funded by the European
Commission and the IEMed. The workshop examined how water can become a
source of cooperation in the region, instead of a source of conflict.
During the workshop case studies of cooperation and cross border
agreements have been presented. Furthermore, the risks and challenges
of water-energy nexus were analysed. Finally, the de-securitization of
water was studied as a crucial step toward building a solid water
diplomacy. Further information on EMWIS
website
8- Climate change is disrupting the
rhythms of spring growing and river flooding across Europe, which
could pose new problems for biodiversity and food security in
floodplains, scientists say. New analysis of five decades
of European flood and temperature data, published in the
journal Geophysical Research Letters, demonstrates
for the first time an increasing overlap between the onset
of spring and the highest points of seasonal flooding.
Researchers from the University of Glasgow in Scotland and Umeå
University in Sweden performed a detailed analysis of data
collected since the 1960s on flood peaks and daily
temperature in locations across Europe. They found that the
thermal growing season – defined as periods where the
temperature rose consistently above 5°C, encouraging plants
and trees to begin to grow – has been consistently starting
earlier in the year, bringing it closer to the periods where the
highest river floods occur, which have begun to happen later in
the year in Central and Eastern Europe. Further information on EMWIS
website
9- During the 19th edition of the EIB-Med
conference “Investing in a resilient and inclusive future” held in
Beirut on 30 September 2019, the European Investment Bank
Vice-President Dario Scannapieco reviewed the EIB investment in Egypt,
Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia for the period
2015-2018. The EIB financing has contributed to improve water and
sanitation services for 5.8 million people, bring reliable and
environment-friendly transport to 1.4 million people, and upgrade 1170
km of roads, while sustaining more than 300,000 jobs in the private
sector. Through its Economic Resilience Initiative (ERI), and with
support from the European Commission and EU member states, the EIB has
scaled up its financing activities in the EU neighbourhood
(Mediterranean Partners and West Balkans) considerably. Since its
launch in 2016, additional financing agreements were signed for 38
projects with total value of EUR 3.5 billion in the Mediterranean
Partner Countries and Western Balkans. These financing agreements
include projects in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Morocco and
Tunisia and cover investments in education, industry, water and
sewerage, solid waste, energy, transport and SMEs sectors. Further
information on EMWIS
website
10- The 10th meeting of review and monitoring groups of the
Mediterranean Sea depollution (so-called Horizon 2020) initiative was
organised by the EEA and UNEP-MAP in the framework of the ENI SEIS II
South Support Mechanism (Implementation of the Shared Environmental
Information System (SEIS) principles and practices in the ENP South
region). The meeting was organised back to back with 1st Steering
Committee meeting of the new Med Water and Environment Support action
that will be implemented for the next 4 years. The meeting aimed to
take stock and review progress achieved with the implementation of the
programme of work of the H2020 Review and Monitoring group and in
particular assess progress with the production of the Horizon 2020
indicators as well as the preparation of the 2nd Horizon 2020
indicator-based assessment. All presentations and documents, including
countries presentation and assessment by sector (water, waste,
industrial emissions) are available online. Further information
on EMWIS
website
11- SUPROMED “Sustainable Production in water limited environments of Mediterranean agro-ecosystem” is a new PRIMA project that has started on October 1st. The project Kick-off meeting was held on 03-04 October 2019 at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) in Albacete, Spain. PRIMA foundation has participated at the meeting and explained the rules for scientific monitoring of SUPROMED. The main objective of SUPROMED is to enhance the economic and environmental sustainability of Mediterranean farming systems through a more efficient management of water, energy and fertilizers. The project will be validated by real life demonstrations on three sites in Spain, Lebanon and Tunisia. Further information here
12- The aim of VISCA DSS is to integrate
climate services and agricultural models with vines growers’ management
specifications in order to decide on short-term practices, to
design medium- and long-term adaptation strategies to climate
change. The tool is currently tested and validated in real-life
environment at the 3 demonstration sites involved in the project: Spain
(Codorniu), Italy (Mastroberardino) and Portugal (Symington). The main
part of VISCA DSS user interface is an integrated dashboard which
includes the farm details (location, a map, the parcels and reference
dates) and the 3 main layers (phenology and sugar levels, irrigation
and weather forecasts) in order to enable farmers to set smart
strategies to take on climate change. Discover the architecture of the
system and the added value of each layer of the DSS on VISCA website.
13- EdiCitNet project annual meeting was
held in Girona, Spain from 22-25 October where the 1st feed-back from
Front Runner Cities (after one year of operation) was provided. Back to
back to the annual meeting, from 19 to 22 October, a training of
trainers for Follower Cities was organized. Cities, SMEs, NGOs and
academia took part at the meeting. Moreover, a technical visit to
Sant Feliu de Llobregat (a follower city) social gardens was held
during the second day. An "EdiCitNet & friends" session was
organised the last day of the meeting, when different European projects
and local initiatives on natural based solutions were presented to
foster synergy with EduCitNet project. further information on EdiCitNet website
14- On 14-18 October 2019, the Third
Annual Meeting of SMILO sustainable islands network was held at the
island of Porquerolles, France where the H2020-funded project HYDROUSA
was represented by SEMIDE to foster the transferability of the project
solutions in different water-stressed islands and regions. The event
was joined by about 90 representatives from small islands of
SMILO network, institutional and financial partners, and field experts
from all over the world who expressed their interest in the project and
the importance of applying similar solutions in protected and green
areas. HYDROUSA project setting up innovative solutions closing the
water loops with regenerative business models for Mediterranean islands
became a SMILO member of the association in early 2019. The solutions
currently deployed in Mykonos, Tinos and Lesvos islands in Greece where
introduced during the island pitch session. Many islands
representatives from water scarce regions as well as from tropical
regions expressed an high interest in potential Hydrousa replication.
Further information on SMILO
website
15- In the framework of Med-Greenhouses project
of Interreg MED program 2014-2020 , SEMIDE is organizing 2 Webinars for
the use of Innovative Geothermal Greenhouses on 18 & 19 November
2019 at 15:00 CET time. It is an opportunity to learn about new
technologies applied in Greece for energy and water efficiency under
greenhouses. The webinars will be in French. Click
here for registration. The final conference and the final steering
committee meeting of MED_Greenhouses will be held on 3&4 of
December 2019, in Volos, at the University of Thessaly premises. On the
1st day final steering committee meeting will take place in
the afternoon, only with the participation of the project
partners. In the 2nd day a final Conference with participation of
stakeholders from the regions involved in the project will be
organized. Further information on Med_Greenhouses website
16- The 11th World Assembly of the
International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO) took place in
Marrakech from 30 September to 2 October and was jointly organised with
the Marrakech International Summit on Water Security. The conference
was opened by the head of government of the Kingdom of Morocco and
attended by 400 participants representing 62 countries. The high level
panel gathered 10 ministers in charge of water from Africa, EU and
Middle-East. The event was concluded by the "declaration of Marrakech"
for participative and innovative basin management. Further information on INBO
website
17- Secretary General of the Jordan
Ministry of Water and Irrigation Ali Subah and German Federal Institute
of Geo-Science and Natural Resources (BGR) Vice President Christian
Bonnemann signed the additional aid agreement to expand the work of
existing water projects valued at 7.5 million euros. The grant will be
divided between two projects. The first one is a Germany-funded
4-million euro project on assessing the Kingdom's water sources, Subah
said, noting that the aid will be employed to develop water information
systems to better assess environmental conditions and water sector
actions.The grant will also cover a second 3.5 million-euro-supported
project, which will continue till 2023 and aims to conduct studies on
the costs of water extraction and the quality of water. Subah expressed
gratitude for the German support to the Kingdom, especially in
improving water supply and sanitation services in response to the
urgent conditions which emerged from the Syrian influxes to the
Kingdom, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The one-million euro
agreement was signed to mark the 60th anniversary of BGR-Water and
Irrigation Ministry relations with the aim of improving water resources
in refugee-hosting countries, he added. Bonnemann lauded the water
sector's efforts, commending the "fruitful" cooperation between the
ministry and the BGR, while expressing the institute's keenness on
providing all support to address the Kingdom's water needs. Further
information on EMWIS
website
18- On the occasion of the Beirut Water
Day September 27th, the Ministry of Energy and Water presented the
various steps followed for the update of the national water sector
strategy scheduled for the end of 2019. The Ministry is relying on a
consortium of consultants to revise its strategy for water, sanitation
and irrigation. An important component of this national strategy is
governance and management. For each component of this strategy,
specific attention is given to economic and social impacts. This
strategy is in line with previous intervention policies but redefines
national and regional priorities in the current context. The update of
the strategy is divided into three phases: Data collection in
coordination with the various sector stakeholders (June to September
2019);Data processing and analysis for the definition of better
management and governance (in progress);Data processing and analysis
for infrastructure prioritization (in progress). For infrastructure, a
priority is given to the extension and improvement of water supply
networks, the reduction of unpaid debts, the development of water
infrastructures (including dams), the protection of the Lebanese coast
and the Mediterranean, the protection of storage areas and protection
of major surface and underground water resources. For the definition of
a better management, a priority is given to the increase of the
subscription and recovery rates, the restructuring of the tariffs, the
update of the organization charts of the Ministry of Energy and Water
and Regional Establishments water, the protection of water quality and
its security, the revision of the water code and the publication of its
application decrees and demand management with volumetric pricing.
Further information on EMWIS
website
19- In Lebanon, the influx of Syrian
refugees in existing Palestinian camps and rising numbers of vulnerable
people are adding to pressure on limited resources. Agencies are on
hand however, to help provide essential services. Thanks to a financial
support of €21 million from the French Development Agency (AFD) through the Peace & Resilience Minka
Fund, the UNRWA will
implement this new project aims to improve access to water and
education for the next four years. The signing of the partnership
agreement on October 17, 2019 was attended by a host of officials
including: the Ambassador of France in Lebanon, Bruno Foucher; UNRWA
Chief of Donor Relations, Marc Lassouaoui; the Director of UNRWA
Affairs in Lebanon, Claudio Cordone; AFD Regional Director of the
Middle East, Olivier Ray; the Ambassador of Palestine, Ashraf Dabbour,
as well as representatives of the Lebanese army, Palestinian NGOs,
Palestinian Popular Committees and pupils from UNRWA schools. Further
information on EMWIS
website
20- Former Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Nasr Eddin Allam called on Tuesday 15 October for the UN Security Council to stop the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and evaluate its structural safety as well as its water and environmental repercussions on Egypt and Sudan after the failure of negotiations with Ethiopia. Allam’s comments came during a conference on the GERD organized by the Egyptian Center for Strategic Studies. Further information on EMWIS website
21- On October 8, in Tunis, in the
presence of the French
Development Agency (AFD) director,
the Chief Cabinet of Ministry of Agriculture, Water and fishery (MARHP)
and the representative of UN-FAO, the workshop on the food
security component of the National Plan for Adaptation to Climate
Change of the Tunisia was launched. Funded by the AFD through the Adapt
Action Facility and entrusted to the Suez-GRET-ACTERRA consortium, the
study aims to assess the impact of Climate Change on the different
dimensions of the country's food security and to define options and
trajectories for adaptation in the medium and long terms. The first
results will be published soon. Further information on EMWIS
website
22- The French Development Agency
(AFD) launched a new modeling tool called "General Monetary and
Multisectoral Macrodynamics for the Ecological Shift" (GEMMES), to
assess climate change and its macroeconomic impact in Tunisia. A
research collaboration agreement was signed on Tuesday 15 October 2019
between the Tunisian Institute of Competitiveness and Quantitative
Studies to adapt this model to the characteristics of the Tunisian
economy. The objective is to assess the macroeconomic impact of climate
change and to report on the adaptation issues that this change poses
for the agricultural sector by integrating a water cycle module. Further information on EMWIS
website
23- Morocco was elected on October 1st as
president of the International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO)
for three years (2019-2022) during its 11th general assembly of the
network. A ceremony to hand over the presidency was held between
Moroccan Minister of Equipment, Logistics and Water Abdelkader Amara
and Deputy Director General of the Mexican National Water Commission
Jorge Eugenio Barrios Ordonez. Morocco is committed, during this
mandate, to promote the implementation of an integrated water resources
management policy, in the context of adaptation to the climate change. Further information on EMWIS
website
24- Algeria and Turkey have signed a
Memorandum of Understanding on Water Resource sector on Wednesday 9
October in Algiers. The agreement was signed on the occasion of Turkish
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu's working visit to Algiers. Further
information on EMWIS
website
25- In Algeria, the principle of CSR
(Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility) has a more
ecological colour within the National Agency for Dams and Transfers
(ANBT). The public agency has set up a reforestation plan along the
banks of the rivers where it operates. The results of this operation
were presented on October 1, 2019 in Algiers. It appears that between
2016 and September 2019, 2.2 million shrubs were planted along 52
watercourses, which supply dams and hill reservoirs in 32 localities
across the country. Water Resources Minister Ali Hammam said that this
stream protection operation has resulted in the development and
reforestation of nearly 25,000 hectares of land. This operation is also
expected to reduce soil erosion and reservoirs sedimentation. Further
information on EMWIS
website
26- On 26-27 September, the 2nd mid-term
meeting of Mediterranean Youth for Water (MedYWat) network was held in
Marseilles with the support of Cnter for Mediterranean Integration (CMI
Marseilles). During the meeting, the activities of the network were
presented such as academic exchange, collaboration on research calls,
GIS tool, capacity building, communication and entrepreneurship. The
coordination team also discussed the orientation and plan activities
for the next year (cycle) including: World Water Day workshop ‘Water
Heroes contest’ which is planned for March 2020, thematic work,
memberships and working papers. Several action plans were agreed upon
for the coming period with a special focus on climate change and
entrepreneurship in the water sector. Further information on EMWIS
website
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NOMINATIONS and VACANCIES
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27- COST Action CA17133 is offering
financial support to eligible applicants to carry out a Short Term
Scientific Mission that will specifically contribute to the scientific
objectives of this COST Action. STSMs facilitate scientists going to
an institution or laboratory in another country to foster
collaboration, to learn a new technique or to take measurements using
instruments and/or methods not available in their own
institution/laboratory. Eligible are PhD students and early
Career Investigators (ECI, up to 8 years after award of a PhD). The
deadline for this calls is 1 December 2019. Further information on EMWIS
website
28- Fourth Mediterranean Water
Heroes Contest on “Water and Climate Change”: Every year, World Water
Day draws the world’s attention to key global water issues. World Water
Day 2020 will focus on Water and Climate Change. Youth has an important
role to play in working towards regional water security and increased
water awareness. To amplify the voice of regional youth on this topic,
the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) is launching the fourth
edition of its Mediterranean youth workshop on Water and Climate
Change. Deadline for applying: 15 December 2019. Further information
and access to the application on CMI
website
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PUBLICATIONS
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29- On September 2019 UN-Water
launches Policy Brief on Climate Change and Water: it provides short
and informative analyses on the most pressing freshwater-related issues
that draw upon the combined expertise of the United Nations system.
These Briefs can be used for substantive discussions and provide policy
recommendations for sustainable management of water and sanitation.
Further information on EMWIS
website
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CALL FOR TENDERS AND PROPOSALS
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31-
Call for strategic projects of the Italy-Tunisia ENI Cross-border
Cooperation Program 2014-2020: As part of the ENI's final goal of
progress towards "an area of shared prosperity and good neighborliness"
between the EU Member States and their neighbours, the Italy-Tunisia
ENPI CBC Program 2014-2020 has set three Thematic Objectives:
Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and
Entrepreneurship;Support for education, research, technological
development and innovation; Environmental protection and adaptation to
climate change. Closing date
17 December 2019. Further information on EMWIS
website
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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32- III
International Symposium on Soilless Culture and Hydroponics, 1-4 Nov
2020, Limassol/Lemesos, Cyprus. The Conference is a joint initiative of
the Cyprus University of Technology (Cyprus), Department of
Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology & Food Science and the
University of Turin (Italy), Department of Agricultural, Forest and
Food Sciences. Abstract submission deadline
15/01/2020. Further information on EMWIS
website
33-
Call for papers for ecoSTP2020, 22-26 June 2020, Milano, Italy 5th
International Conference on Ecotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment
(ecoSTP2020) "Impacting the environment with innovation in wastewater
treatment". Deadline: 10 December 2019. Further information on EMWIS
website
34- 10th International Congress of the French Association for Political Economics (AFEP). The AFEP is a scientific association whose objective is to promote pluralism in the field of economics. The AFEP annual congress is an important moment for the association and for the community of economists. It allows the pluralism of theories, methods and objects to be brought to life. Beyond that, this approach encourages dialogue and inter disciplinarity within the humanities and the social sciences. For that reason, proposals from other disciplines than economics (economic sociology, management, anthropology, geography, planning, political sciences, history, philosophy, etc.) are welcome and encouraged.Topic of the 2020 Congress: “Resources”. Deadlines for thematic workshops (one page + references list + list of proposals for closed workshop) : 15th January 2020. Further information on EMWIS website
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TRAINING
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[28/10/2019 - 31/10/2019] The
European Training Foundation: Skills and sustainable development goals
in Arab countries. The Middle East and North Africa Public
Administration Research (MENAPAR) network is organising a conference in
Ifrane, Morocco, from 28-31 of October, to discuss how Arab countries
are delivering on the SGDs and what is the role of skills development
and government support in this process, among other aspects. More
specifically, the event will focus on “Public Administration Research
and South-South Cooperation for the achievement of the Sustainable
Development Goals in the Arab Region". Further information on EMWIS
website
[07/11/2019 - 12/11/2019]
cewas Middle East, LEWAP, the Lebanese Water Actors Platform, and
AUB-FAFS are pleased to offer a 4,5-day training course in Sustainable
Sanitation and Water Management (SSWM) with a specific focus on Faecal
Sludge Management (FSM) solutions for practical implementation in
Beirut, Lebanon.The Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management
Training course is ideal for professionals working as: technical staff
of municipalities and governmental offices, non-governmental
organisations (NGOs) and civil society groups dealing with faecal
sludge management issues, engineers and practitioners from the private
sector, local and international service providers, university
professors, students and researchers, members of local and
international NGOs and entrepreneurs working in the water and
sanitation sector. Further information on EMWIS
website
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Events
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[2020/03/22 - 2020/03/24] 7th Farming System Design Symposium in March 22-24, 2021 in Tunis
Further information on EMWIS website
[2020/03/11 - 2020/03/12] Geo-IT and Water Resources 2020 4th Edition of International Conference on Geo-IT and Water Resources 2020
Further information on EMWIS website
[2019/30/01 - 2019/30/01] CITIES FORUM 2020
Further information on EMWIS website
[2019/20/01 - 2019/20/01] Hydrodiplomacy and climate change for peace:
the governance of the international basins
Further information on EMWIS website
[2019/12/02 - 2019/12/05] Barcelona convention - cop21 (naples, 2-5
december 2019)
Further information on EMWIS website
[2019/12/12 - 2019/12/12 EU Water Innovation Conference 2019
Further information on EMWIS website
[2019/11/19 - 2019/11/21] MedaWeek Barcelona 2019
Further information on EMWIS website
[2019/11/18 - 2019/11/21] WATEC Israel 2019
Further information on EMWIS website
[2019/11/14 - 2019/11/14] Symposium Revision of the european water policy: with or without france?
Further information on EMWIS website
[2019/11/11 - 2019/11/22] 2019 UN Climate Change Conference : COP25
Further information on EMWIS website
[2019/11/07 - 2019/11/08] 9th AESOP Sustainable Food Planning Conference: "Agroecological transitions confronting climate breakdown: Food planning for the post-carbon city"
Further information on EMWIS website
[2019/11/04 - 2019/11/05] EWA Brussels Conference on 4-5 November 2019
Further information on EMWIS website
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