A training was organised on 23-27 June 2014 to familiarise Tunisian stakeholders with the system set-up by SWIM-SM to enable the effective Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of the participatory irrigation management (PIM) and Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) process in the country. The activity was part of the pilot implementation in Tunisia of the regional PIM/IMT system previously developed by SWIM-SM.

The training was divided into two parts. 

Part I: for three days (23 to 25 June 2014) at the National Agricultural Training Center in Sidi Thabet involving relevant personnel of the Direction Generale des Resources en Eau (DGREE) and the Regional Commissions for Agricultural Development (CRDA) (Kairouan, Sousse and Monastir) corresponding to the Water Users Associations (WUAs) that have been proposed to participate in the pilot implementation of the M&E system and testing its applicability in the local context (El Hedhlia, Chot Mariem and Abida Bled).

Part II: two days (26 and 27 June 2014) at the Regional Agricultural Training Centre of Chott Mariam, targeting the technical Directors of the Groupements de Developpement Agricole (GDA) of El Hedhlia, Chot Mariem and Abida Bled and the Chiefs of the corresponding CRDA (Kairouan, Sousse and Monastir).

PIM/IMT is an approach involving the people who directly use the irrigation water, i.e. the farmers and implying the transfer of irrigation management responsibilities from the government to 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.

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41 environment and water specialists from relevant Ministries, River Basin Agencies, Universities, Research Centers and NGOs of 8 South Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia) were recently trained (in June 2014) on  environmental economic concepts and valuation techniques to cost water resources degradation.

To download the materials of the training for the Maghreb countries click here

To download the materials of the training for the Mashrek countries click here

To download the press note click here

The Expert Group Meeting was organized with a dual purpose: (1) to review, discuss and validate the findings of a recent SWIM-SM assessment on cumulative environmental impacts of desalination in the Mediterranean region; and (2) to review the overall results of SWIM-SM activities on desalination, with the aim of establishing a regional dialogue culminating into the formulation of a draft strategic policy note on prospects of desalination in the Mediterranean region.

The above mentioned assessment, that covers all Mediterranean countries and was prepared in synergy with UNEP/MAP MED-POL Program, provides decision makers in SWIM Partner Countries with a close-up look on current cumulative desalination capacity and resulting emissions to near-shore marine environment and the atmosphere. It also projects the prospects of desalination in the region with an estimation of volume of future discharges up to the year 2030. Furthermore, it provides a conceptual account and analysis of the potential fate, transport, bio-accumulation and bio-magnification of various pollutants to the marine environment.

To download the materials of the Meeting click here

To read the press note click here

 

An assessment recently released by SWIM-SM identifies the conditions under which specific investments aimed to reduce the degradation of the Seybouse River Basin in Algeria become effective and profitable in the long-term.

Based on 2012 data, the costs of environmental degradation of the Seybouse River Basin is estimated to be equivalent on average to 0.2% of Algeria’s (non-oil and gas) National GDP, and is particularly attributable to water resources degradation (73.1% of total costs in the Seybouse River Basin) including, in order of importance, water quantity, water-borne diseases and water quality.

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A training was organised on 1-5 June 2014 to familiarise Jordanian stakeholders with the system set-up by SWIM-SM to enable the effective Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of the participatory irrigation management (PIM) and Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) process in the country. The activity was part of the pilot implementation in Jordan of the regional PIM/IMT system previously developed by SWIM-SM.

The training was divided into three parts. 

Part I addressing the IT specialists who will be responsible for installing the system (computer application) and providing support to the users during the pilot implementation.

Part II targeting the partners at the national and regional levels implicated in the pilot implementation of the M&E system

Part III involving the local levels (the selected WUAs) implicated in the pilot implementation of the M&E system, in addition to the regional offices dealing with the selected WUAs.

PIM/IMT is an approach involving the people who directly use the irrigation water, i.e. the farmers and 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.

For the Information Note click here

For the materials of the training click here

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