In this issue:

The INECO Approach in IWRM

Project Activities

A participatory approach

Overview of the INECO Case Studies

Problem Analysis in the Damour River Basin, Lebanon

Major INECO events during the first year of the project

INECO Stakeholder workshop in Tunisia

Stakeholder consultation in Lebanon

The Egypt Women Awareness Symposium

The 1st semester Deliverables of INECO

Future project events

The INECO Consortium

The INECO Activities

INECO is founded on a series of Regional Activities that are  carried out in Mediterranean regions in Northern Africa and the Middle East (Cyprus, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Algeria and Morocco). The activities include the identification and analysis of water management problems, the development of responses (alternatives) incorporating institutional and economic instruments. A synthesis of findings into regionally adapted guidelines is one of the major expected outcomes of the project.

The INECO approach is divided into 3 distinct Phases, formulated around 11 workpackages:

  • Phase 1 addresses the "Situation, Problem and Stakeholder Analysis" in each of the Case Studies. The focus is on the elaboration on one (or more) water management problems related to three water management challenges (sharing, valuing and governing water), and for three distinct functional levels (constitutional, organisational and operational).
  • In Phase 2, INECO will formulate of alternative water management proposals, and will put forward their evaluation through a participatory process. The extensive discussion of alternatives at both the project and stakeholder levels, will help define the most suitable and appropriate mechanisms for each of the Case Studies.

  • Finally, in Phase 3 the Synthesis of results will take place, aiming at the development of policy framing through the integration of the different regional findings and developed problematique into a framework of adaptable guidelines for the application of institutional and economic instruments. This framework will be integrated in a Web Toolbox and will be presented in a Conference at the end of the project. 

 

INECO Structure