Agenda of Transboundary Water Resources Management: Informing land and water cooperation, Land and Water Days in Near East & North Africa, 15-18 December 2013, Amman, Jordan

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Transboundary Water Resources Management:
Informing land and water cooperation
Land and Water Days – Session T1 – 16 December 2013
Agenda
14:30 – 14:35
Introduction and Session Overview
– Dr. Abdelaziz Zaki, UNESCO/Cairo Office
– Ms. Lucie Lamoureux, Facilitator
14:35 – 15:00
Part I: Institutional Mechanisms and Capacity Building Networks for
Transboundary Water Resources Management
Nile Transboundary Waters
– Dr. Abdalla Abdelsalam, Sudan
Connecting Transboundary Water Resources Management with National
Visions and Plans in Lebanon
– Dr. Sélim Sarraf, Lebanon
FRIEND/Nile: UNESCO Transboundary Water Experience
– Dr. Abdelazziz Zaki, UNESCO/Cairo Office
15:00 – 15:05
Questions and Answers on Good Practices drawn from these experiences
15:05 – 15:30
Part II: Operational Management and Knowledge Sharing for Improved
Transboundary Water Resources Management
Transboundary Water Cooperation: A tool for benefit sharing ‐ the case of the
Jordan River Basin
– Dr. Munther Haddadin, Jordan
Management Practices of the Transboundary Groundwater: The Nubian
Sandstone Aquifer System
– Dr. Ahmed Khater, Egypt
North Africa Transboundary Aquifer Systems
– Dr. Abdelkader Larabi, Morocco
Inter‐governmental and Expert Consultations for Information Exchange on
Shared Water Resources in the Arab Region
– Ms. Carol Chouchani Cherfane, UN­ESCWA
15:30 – 15:35
15:35 – 15:50
15:50 – 16:05
16:05 – 16:20
16:20 – 16:25
16:25 – 16:30
Questions and Answers on Good Practices drawn from these experiences
Key Question 1: What are the key messages and lessons learnt from the good
and bad examples of transboundary management in the Arab Region?
Key Question 2: How can improved transboundary water resources
management in the Arab region be a key to poverty reduction, social equity,
gender equality, preservation of water resources and protection of the
environment?
Key Question 3: How can water cooperation on transboundary water
resources management in the Arab region build peace?
Summary by Rapporteur
– Dr. MuhammadAkhtar Bhatti, FAO/Abu Dhabi
Closing remarks
– Ms. Carol Chouchani Cherfane, UN­ESCWA