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First Arab Water Forum held in Riyadh, 16-19 November 2008
The 1st Arab Water Forum (AWF) was held at the King Fahd Cultural Centre in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in conjunction with two other big events: the 3rd International Conference on Water Resources and Arid Environments, and the awards ceremony of the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water. The Arab Water Council (AWC) is set to organize Arab Water Forums (AWF) every three years prior to the World Water Forums to become the most important inclusive water-related event at the regional level. The objective of the AWFs is to mobilize all water stakeholders in the region, to identify priorities of water-related issues and define solutions that can successfully address regional and country specific water challenges.
The AWF comes only four months before the 5th World Water Forum (WWF5) that will be held in Istanbul on 16-22 March 2009 with the main theme “Bridging Divides for Water”. Hence, the AWF focussed on presenting and discussing the progress of the MENA/Arab Region’s preparatory processes towards the WWF5, for which the AWC acts as the regional coordinator.
The preparatory documents of 1st AWF are available on the Arab Water Council web site [please note that many of the links were broken on 22 Dec 2008].
The Water Demand Initiative for the Middle East and North Africa (WaDImena) presented progress and findings of its applied research and pilot projects at the AWF. See a list of presentations below:
- Water Governance in MENA Region InWent experience
- GICs in Tunisia - by A BelHassan
- Greywater reuse in Jordan - by N AlHmoud
- Greywater reuse in Lebanon - by Ghogassian
- Saline water use in Morocco - by M Chati
- Wastewater reuse in Palestine - by M AbuMadi
- Bridging divides bet rich & poor - by H Laamrani S AbdDayem K AbuZeid M Hefny
- Challenges of WDM in MENA - by H Laamrani
- Inwent experience in MENA - by V Detlef
- Theme 4 Governance and Management - by H Laamrani
- WDM Tunisian experience - A Hamdane
- WDM in Jordan
Source: IDRC, 27 Nov 2008
| Contact information | n/a |
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| News type | Inbrief |
| File link |
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-134017-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html |
| Source of information | IDRC |
| Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY |
| Geographical coverage | Saudi Arabia |
| News date | 05/01/2009 |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
