WES E-Newsletter January 2022
The January WES E-Newsletter was just published! Take a look: https://www.wes-med.eu/activities_type/wes-e-newsletters/
WES Regional Training on Water Demand Management
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 to influence the water demand and usage of water and meet economic efficiency, social development, environmental protection, sustainability of water supply and services. The training is focusing on the customers’ water demand management targeting the residential, tourism/commercial, and industrial sectors. [...]
WES project workplan for year 3 was endorsed by the Steering Committee
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 challenges were thoroughly discussed, and the forthcoming plan of activities was presented. This SCM brought together the WES Water and Environment Focal Points from the Partner Countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia), the European Commission, institutional partners, [...]
Storm Water Management and Natural Water Retention Measures in Jordan
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 shares of renewable freshwater resources are being less than 60 m3. In addition, the urbanization and improved standards of living have brought about increasing municipal and industrial demands for water. The reduction of recharge to the groundwater sources and the [...]
3rd WES Project Steering Committee Meeting
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), to discuss the way ahead and endorse the Workplan of the next twelve months. The meeting will include the following: Progress overview of the WES national and regional activities over its 2nd year Brief presentations on the WES activities and [...]
Regional Training on Water Demand Management in MENA countries
On December 13, 2021, the EU funded WES Project will launch a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) exchange process focusing on Water Demand Management (WDM) which will be combined with a Regional Training (online) on the same subject during January/February 2022. The proposed scope of the P2P Exchange on WDM and its various approaches/measures in the domestic, touristic, and industrial water demands will be discussed with the peers from the different countries participating in the process. By the end of this P2P [...]