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Improved water resources management
in Palestine: a cornerstone for the future in the Middle East
The course entitled Improved water resources management in Palestine: a keystone for the future in the Middle East is an initiative included within the framework of the Wings of the Dove program, which is part of the New Italian Initiatives for the Middle East program set up between the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Italian regional, provincial and municipal governments. The course is funded by the International Training Center-International Labor Office (ITC-ILO) and the Fondazione Cariplo; the Project Leader is the City of Como. The responsibilities for technical training and relationships with project partners are coordinated by Landau Network-Centro Volta (LNCV) and HYDROAID, which cooperate on water policy topics as set forth in the outline agreement signed in March 2005.
The project is a positive sign of technical cooperation between the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) and the Yarqon River Authority following statements issued at a trilateral meeting in Sede Boquer, Israel, in March 2004 organized by the Italian Embassy, Ben Gurion University, the LNCV, and the PWA, and at a multilateral forum in Como in November 2004 organized by the LNCV, the Italian Cooperation and the FAO.
The project’s objectives are consistent with Italy’s foreign policy of proposing the Italy System to countries bordering the Mediterranean as an advanced model of water resources management.
Specific project objectives
Duration: November-December 2005
Partners and donors
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Training Center-International Labor Office (ITC-ILO), Fondazione Cariplo, City of Como, LNCV, Hydroaid, Palestinian Water Authority, Yarqon River Authority thanking the technical-scientific support provided by:
Fondazione Minoprio, Gruppo 183, Ente Autonomo del Flumendosa, House of Water and Environment
Purposes
Program
The course entitled Improved water resources management in Palestine: a keystone for the future in the Middle East is an initiative included within the framework of the Wings of the Dove program, which is part of the New Italian Initiatives for the Middle East program set up between the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Italian regional, provincial and municipal governments. The course is funded by the International Training Center-International Labor Office (ITC-ILO) and the Fondazione Cariplo; the Project Leader is the City of Como. The responsibilities for technical training and relationships with project partners are coordinated by Landau Network-Centro Volta (LNCV) and HYDROAID, which cooperate on water policy topics as set forth in the outline agreement signed in March 2005.
The project is a positive sign of technical cooperation between the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) and the Yarqon River Authority following statements issued at a trilateral meeting in Sede Boquer, Israel, in March 2004 organized by the Italian Embassy, Ben Gurion University, the LNCV, and the PWA, and at a multilateral forum in Como in November 2004 organized by the LNCV, the Italian Cooperation and the FAO.
The project’s objectives are consistent with Italy’s foreign policy of proposing the Italy System to countries bordering the Mediterranean as an advanced model of water resources management.
Specific project objectives
- Offering technical, administrative, organization
and legislative tools for water resources management in urban areas
and throughout the Yarqon basin
- Fostering long-term management of regional water
resources through dialogue and adoption of shared instruments, the
creation of a basin authority to facilitate the transactional management
of water resources and to protect the environment and accommodate
social and economic development
- Addressing issues relevant to a coordinated, joint drafting of a Yarqon River basin master management plan and the related transitional steps for implementing it
Duration: November-December 2005
Partners and donors
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Training Center-International Labor Office (ITC-ILO), Fondazione Cariplo, City of Como, LNCV, Hydroaid, Palestinian Water Authority, Yarqon River Authority thanking the technical-scientific support provided by:
Fondazione Minoprio, Gruppo 183, Ente Autonomo del Flumendosa, House of Water and Environment
Purposes
- Offering instruments for water resources management in urban areas and throughout the basin
- Fostering the implementation of common structural and non-structural criteria for the management of the Yarqon River basin by the Israelis and the Palestinians
- Presenting an example of themes relevant to the coordinated, shared drafting of a master plan for the Yarqon River basin
Program
- two-week training course in Turin (November 14--26) in technical, management and administrative elements for the creation of a master management plan
- one-week practical experience in basin management at the Ente Autonomo del Flumendosa (Cagliari)
- a survey project for the collection of data on the Yarqon River basin by the PWA and the Yarqon Basin Authority
- one-week training course in innovative farming techniques
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