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In this issue:

The INECO Stakeholder Assembly Workshop - Consolidating the progress made

Defining an action plan for improving efficiency in irrigation water use in the Oum Er Rbia Hydraulic Basin, Morocco

Prioritization and analysis of management options for mitigating water stress in the Damour River Basin, Lebanon

Defining means to address industrial pollution in the Seybouse River Basin, Algeria

New INECO Deliverables

The INECO Consortium

The INECO Stakeholder Assembly Workshop
“Discussing alternative instruments for improved water management in the Mediterranean Basin"

The INECO Stakeholder Assembly Workshop was held in Tunisia on July 15th-16th 2008, at the premises of the Tunis International Centre of Environmental Technologies. The event followed from a series of individual workshops, organized in each region analyzed within the framework of INECO from July 2007 to March 2008.

Each of these individual events had as objective to initiate the discussion on what the real and significant water management problems are in each region, and how these can be addressed in a desired water management situation. Throughout the second year of project implementation, the participatory approach, also supported by individual consultation meetings and local workshops, aimed at fostering live discussion and feedback on potential institutional and economic responses for problem mitigation.

In this framework, the INECO Stakeholder Assembly Workshop brought together key stakeholders from all the INECO Case Studies with the following specific objectives:

  • Presenting and evaluating the outcomes of the analyses undertaken during the 2nd year of INECO on the applicability of institutional and economic instruments in each Case Study;
  • Sharing, exchanging and integrating experience associated with the application of solutions across the Mediterranean Basin and assessing the corresponding economic, environmental and social trade-offs;
  • Deriving recommendations for enabling the effective implementation of proposed instruments at both the regional and national levels.

A total of 35 persons attended the event, which was structured in 3 main sessions, according to the specific themes dealt with in each INECO Case Study. The discussions that followed each session were aimed at clarifying issues relevant to the outcomes of each Case Study, and highlighting possibilities for implementing successful practices in regions facing similar problems.

More information on the INECO Stakeholder Assembly Workshop