IHE-Delft Water and Development Partnership ProgramMission in Jordan
18-11-2018 03:43 PM
Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - The Water and Development Partnership Program–DUPC2 managed by IHE-Delft in The Netherlands,and sponsored by the Dutch Government carried out a mission to Jordan to follow up on the DUPC2 on-going activities, and to promote for new initiatives in Jordan and the region. The mission covered field visits to selected storage and distribution facilities for irrigation water in the high lands as well as in Jordan Valley to validate water scarcity and related challenges and to explore the various farming practices. In addition, the mission organized a stakeholder consultation workshop to validate the national and regional priorities in water and development, and to receive feedback on the performance of DUPC2 in Jordan and in the region. The workshop was held in Amman under the patronage ofHer Excellency Ms. Tessa Terpstra, Regional Envoy for Water and Energy Security for the Middle East and North Africa Region - Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands. The workshop was coordinated and moderated by Dr. Naser Almanaseer from Al-Balqa Applied University, DUPC2 Regional Committee Member for the Middle East. The workshop was attended by 38 expert and stakeholder in water and development from Jordan and international institutions. International institutions includedthe Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the United Nations Development Program - UNDP, the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) GmbH, and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Center – UFZ, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas – ICARDA. National institutionsincluded the Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation – MWI, Water Authority of Jordan – WAJ, and the National Agricultural Research Center – NARC. Further, from leading Jordanian universities in water and development, University of Jordan - UoJ, Jordan University of Science and Technology – JUST, German Jordanian University – GJU, and Al-Balqa Applied University – BAU. |
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