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This issue of the INECO Newsletter
aims at presenting progress achieved thus far in the Project Case Studies, in
terms of defining potential responses
towards the mitigation of focal water management problems experienced in each
INECO region.
Following the overall methodological approach of INECO,
the preliminary screening of alternative (institutional and economic) options
for problem mitigation was based on participatory tools and processes.
Methods employed varied according to the particular characteristics of each Case
Study, ranging from local workshops and consultation meetings with key actors to
simple distribution of questionnaires.
The progress of each Case Study was discussed in the INECO
Stakeholder Assembly Workshop, held in July 2008 in Tunisia.
The event gathered stakeholders and decision-makers from all the Case
Studies and followed from a series of individual workshops in each region. |
The Tunisia Stakeholder Workshop
constituted an important step in the overall process of Case Study
development, highlighting commonalities and differences between
commonly themed Case Studies. It further fostered the exchange of
water management experiences in dealing with scarcity and pollution
in the Mediterranean Countries participating in the
project.
The outcomes of the
Stakeholder Assembly Workshop are also presented in this issue,
which further summarizes progress achieved in the Lebanon, Morocco
and Algeria INECO Case Studies. Subsequent Newsletters will present
outcomes from the Syria, Tunisia, Cyprus and Egypt Case Studies,
focusing primarily on the implications of proposed economic and
institutional responses to mitigating the analysed focal problems of
concern. They will further introduce the INECO Web Toolbox,
currently in the stage of finalization.
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