Regional Workshop on the launch of an Arab Water Data Bank for shared waters

The Centre of Water Studies and Arab Water Security (COWFS), a League of Arab States centre, has organised a workshop last 12-13 January 2010 in Damascus (Syria) to discuss the launch of an Arab Databank for Shared Water Resources. At the end of the workshop, the participants called Arab, regional and international organisations to support the Centre of Water Studies and Arab Water Security both financially and technically to implement the project. Participants stressed the need to accelerate the process of charging specialised organisations to develop a detailed document for the database to contribute to the implementation of the project and the signing of a memorandum of understanding with it, demanding the concerned Arab water ministries to nominate representatives in the technical and legal committees to be created by the COWFS to be as focal points. The workshop recommended the invitation of Arab, regional and international organizations to participate in the work of the technical committees, calling on the Arab ministries of water to provide the centre by water statistics necessary for the database and facilitate the linkage between the Centre and water information centres in Arab countries. 

EMWIS Technical Unit participated in this workshop through its representative (Dr. Jauad El Kharraz), and will be actively involved in the implementation of the project as well as in mobilising its National Focal Points in the Arab countries to support it.  

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