Water-Drop Capitalization seminar: Italian experiences in ENPI CBC MED projects

Water-DROP Project is organizing a capitalization seminar on Italian experiences in ENPI CBC MED projects next October 27th, in Rome (Italy). 

The seminar will focus on several topics: Water, Nexus (Food-Energy-Water), Post 2015 Water Development Agenda, R&D, Technology Transfer; ENPI CBC ED projects convened for capitalization: (ENPI-JMA, WATER-DROP, ENSIAP, ACCBAT, MAPMED, LANDCARE MED, R.E.A.D.Y. MED. FISH ); Italian cooperation water guidelines MAECI-DGCS; Financing development in the Mediterranean area integrated vision ENPI CBC MED authorities. In addition, a round table will take place on “Challenges and Achievements at technical and policy level” with focus on:

1. Communicate effectively project activities to target groups and public opinion

- Type of actors involved on the territory?

- How did they interact with local stakeholders, population, schools?

- Role of ENPI program authority in building synergies with other local project actions?

2. Decision supporting systems

- Which Tools were developed to support decisions? (GIS- legislative- database)

- Success stories/failures of decision support system used by national or local authorities

3. Pilot actions in target countries in particular Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine

- Which actions taken and where?

- Type of collaboration with local authorities

- Did project partnerships/networks facilitate access to further funding opportunities?

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Water-DROP Project: Water Development Resources Opportunity Policies for the Water Management in Semi-arid Areas Project

This global project will be implemented; namely Italy, Cyprus, Lebanon, Palestinian Authority, Jordan and Spain. The three-year-project, led by ENEA - Italian National agency for new technologies, Energy and sustainable economic development, aiming at developing an integrated Water Resources Management approach that will co-ordinate water cycle management across sectors with the enforcement of multi-stakeholder partnerships (public and private actors) to put in place the sharing of an innovative water management approach at the Mediterranean Basin level.

The project plans to enhance the water resources management in the territories at the Mediterranean Basin level contributing the promotion of a sustainable improvement of governance processes at local level.

It will develop four pilot actions in four countries to allow, on the basis of local experiences, the adoption of appropriate methodologies and technologies for the Water Cycle Management and the models are extendable at a Mediterranean level.

In order to achieve this specific objective, the Water-DROP Project has been designed on the consideration that the main impacts to be produced concern a technical-methodological aspect, an implementation and capacity building aspect, and a normative aspect.