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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

Varia

11th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Chania, Greece, 3-5 September 2009

12th Inter-Regional Conference on Environment and Water, 9-11 November 2009, Marrakech , Morocco

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For further information on the INECO Project
please contact
Prof. D. Assimacopoulos
Tel.: +30-210-7723218
Fax: +30-210-7721196

Editorial

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.


The acronym "INECO" stands for "Institutional and Economic Instruments for Sustainable Water Management in the Mediterranean Region". INECO is a Coordination Action Project, supported by the European Commission (6
th Framework Programme). For more details, please visit the INECO web site: http://environ.chemeng.ntua.gr/ineco