In this issue:

The INECO Approach in IWRM

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 1st Semester Deliverables of INECO

The WFD Implementation in arid and semi-arid countries: Institutional and Economic Issues
by A. Massarutto and V. Paccagnan, Istituto di Economia e Politica dell'Energia e dell'Ambiente, Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
 

The deliverable summarizes the work undertaken in Task 1 of Work Package 2 of INECO which dealt with institutional and economic issues relevant to the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in arid and semi-arid EC Member States. The deliverable addresses the following topics:

  • Patterns of the WFD implementation in Mediterranean EU Member States (Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal) characterized by quantitative water stress (arid and semi-arid countries), and

  • Critical issues that characterize water management in these countries and development of a set of case studies aimed at enlightening more and less successful practice examples.

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Synthesis report on the application of institutional and economic instruments in the water sector - Arid and Semi-arid regions
by J.M. Berland and N. Amorsi, International Office for Water

The deliverable summarizes the work undertaken in Task 2 of Work Package 2 of INECO, which aimed at reviewing the problems and experiences associated with institutional and economic interventions in the water sector in non EU world countries, focusing particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. The review aimed at highlighting drawbacks, accomplishments, advantages and disadvantages of institutional and economic reforms in the water sector, through the review of practices and structures adopted in several non-EU countries: Argentina, Australia, California, Canada, Chile, Israel and Japan, as well as the context (cultural and political) in which water policy is pursued and implemented. The objective is to provide examples of strategic approaches towards Integrated Water Resource Management, in order to initiate a discussion on alternative options that could be implemented in Southern Mediterranean countries.

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