A Model Water Agreement between Israel and the PA

Different than the Oslo agreement, this model is based on a dynamic agreement between the sides, and suggests an alternative to the "temporary" agreement in place since 1995.

The model presents an institutional structure with four critical bodies to implement the principles for joint management, where two central bodies lead the process: a "Bilateral Water Commission" and a "Water Mediation Board".

Principles of joint management include: economically efficient water management; socially and politically equitable (not necessarily equal) water management; ecologically sustainable water management; management that would be implemented in practice.

Contact information	Mira Edelstein, Resource Development, Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) (email: mira@foeme.org)
News type	Inbrief
File link	http://foeme.org/uploads/12990739030~%5E$%5E~Model_Water_Agreement_Map.pdf
File link local	PA-IS_Water_Agreement_Map.pdf (PDF, 693 Kb)
Source of information	Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME)
Subject(s)	FINANCE-ECONOMY , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , WATER DEMAND
Relation	http://www.emwis.net/thematicdirs/news/2011/04/economic-benefits-access-healthy-lower-jordan-river-palestinian-economy
Geographical coverage	Israel, Palestine,
News date	06/04/2011
Working language(s)	ENGLISH