AWARENET presentation

1. A Cap-Net Regional Network for
Capacity Development in Sustainable Water
Management hosted by UN ESCWA
July 2015
Dr. Ralf Klingbeil
AWARENET Network Coordinator
UN ESCWA Regional Advisor Environment and Water

2. Global
Thematic
Networks
International
Partners
Cap-Net
Regional
Networks

3. Objective
AWARENET
Who we are
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AWARENET is an independent,
impartial, regional network of
training and research institutes,
NGOs, government institutions
and experts in the field of water,
engaged in the development and
delivery of capacity development programs and resource
material on Integrated Water Resources Management
(IWRM) policies and practices for the Arab region.
The main objective of the network is to provide the public
with better water and sanitation services, protect
precious water resources and the environment, and
promote socio-economically constructive uses of water by
improving the implementation of IWRM concepts in the
countries of the Arab region.

4. Mandate
AWARENET
History The network was initialized in
March 2002 during a “Workshop for
Water Knowledge Consumers and
Producers” held in Beirut with
support from UN ESCWA and other
regional and international organizations.
The launching of AWARENET was officially endorsed by the
Member States of UN ESCWA in the 22nd Ministerial
Session through Resolution 244 (XXII) on the “Cooperation
between ESCWA member countries with respect to shared
water resources and the Arab Network for the Integrated
Management of Water Resources”. AWARENET is hosted by
UN ESCWA; acting as the network secretariat.
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5. AWARENET
Members
[Status: July 2015]
• 400 members,
• 90 institutions,
• 25% women,
• 21 Arab countries

6. AWARENET
Activities Means:
• Training-of-trainers (ToT),
• General training courses,
• Studies & pilot projects,
• Training material,
• Thematic exchanges, such as WGs
Themes:
• IWRM courses,
• Water footprint assessments,
• Water governance and integrity,
• Vulnerability / adaptation to Climate Change,
• …
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7. Working
Groups
AWARENET
Activities Thematic Working Groups:
• Time bound,
• Annual work plan,
• Annual election of Chair / Deputy Chair.
• Water Governance (WG-WG):
• since Apr 2014, 36 members,
• Chairs: A. Torrey (USA/UAE), A. Tamimi (PAL).
• Water Footprint Assessments (WG-WFA):
• since July 2015, 14 members,
• Chairs: elections on-going.
• Climate Change (WG-CC):
• Initially 2009, to restart Aug 2015, 37 members,
• Chairs: to be elected.
WG-CC
WG-WFA
WG-WG

8. AWARENET
Training
Course
Water
Footprint
Assessment
1/2

9. AWARENET
Training
Course
Water
Footprint
Assessment
2/2

10. AWARENET
Training
Course
Water
Integrity
1/2

11. AWARENET
Training
Course
Water
Integrity
2/2

12. AWARENET
Training
Courses
Training of
Trainers
Studies -
Pilots
Water
Footprint
Assessment
Water Integrity
Human Rights
Based
Approach
Managed
Aquifer
Recharge
Constructed
Wetlands
GIS GW Maps
for Decision
Making
Water – Energy
Efficiency
WW / Grey
Water Reuse
The Water SDG
Produced
Water
Ecosystems
and Water
Vulnerability /
Adaptation to
ClimateChange

13. AWARENET
Partners

14. Contact:
Dr. Ralf Klingbeil
Network Coordinator
c/o UN ESCWA
+961-1-978508 (office), +961-1-978510 (fax)
UN-House, P.O. Box 11-8575, Riad El-Solh Square,
Beirut, Lebanon
www.cap-net.org/partners/awarenet