The Mediterranean is among the most arid regions in the world. While the region holds only 3% of global water resources it hosts over 50% of the world's water poor populations, around 180 million people, according to FAO. Human-made [...]
Educating for Sustainable Development (ESD) is an interdisciplinary system, process and form of education, that is acknowledged as essential in reaching all Sustainable Development Goals. Focusing on the provision of water education, is a necessary and powerful management tool [...]
Jordan ranks as one of the water-poorest countries worldwide, with renewable water resources available per person significantly below the global baseline for absolute water scarcity. While water service coverage reaches 94% of the population (2014), it is estimated that [...]
WES has developed an on-line ‘repository’ of selected practices (https://bestpractices-waste-med.net/) that promote circular economy and waste reduction across the municipal waste management chain in the Mediterranean. The aim was to identify (through a stakeholder consultation), document, and disseminate key [...]
The EU funded WES project is organising an online Regional Training on Water Demand Management (WDM) to build the capacity of the WES Partner Countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, and Tunisia) on WDM, as a mean [...]
The January WES E-Newsletter was just published! Take a look: https://www.wes-med.eu/activities_type/wes-e-newsletters/
The EU funded WES project is organising an online Regional Training on Water Demand Management (WDM) to build the capacity of the WES Partner Countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, and Tunisia) on WDM, as a mean [...]
The workplan of the EU funded, Water and Environment Support project (WES), for the coming 12 months, was endorsed on December 14, 2021, during the online 3rd WES Steering Committee Meeting (SCM). During the meeting, the project’s achievements and [...]
Water scarcity in Jordan is severe due to the climate change and the semi-arid climate of the country, compounded with high population growth rates (doubling of population 2004-2015, 9.5 million in 2015). As a result, the annual per capita [...]
The 3rd WES Project Steering Committee Meeting, which will be organised on the 14th of December 2021, is aiming to present the achievements and progress of the project in the past year - since the previous SCM (November 2020), [...]