SWIM-SM has kicked-off on 16 January  2014 the pilot implementation in Tunisia of a regional system developed to enable the effective Monitoring & Evaluation of participatory irrigation management (PIM) and Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) process.

This is an approach involving the people who directly use the irrigation water, i.e. the farmersand implying the transfer of irrigation management responsibilities from the government to Water Users Associations (WUAs), which in the long term can result in a more effective management of the resources, as many examples worldwide and in the Mediterranean Region show.

The kick-off involved a meeting with the National Agencies responsible for implementing the PIM/IMT program in the country, the Direction Générale du Génie Rural et de l’Exploitation des Eaux (DGGREE) and the Bureau de la Planification et des Équilibres Hydrauliques at the Ministry of Agriculture and Hydraulic Resources, both represented by the respective General Directors and other officials.

To download the materials of the meeting (available only in French) click here

For the press note click here