The water sector, like many other sectors with large-scale infrastructure projects, public sector involvement as well as high technical complexity and multiple stakeholders, is at risk of corruption. The Global Outlook on Water Integrity estimates that $75 billion of water investments is lost to corruption annually. Water is indispensable for human health and welfare, therefore
The third E-learning session was held on August 14, 2016 using the Cap-Net Virtual Campus. The series is jointly organized by AWARENET, the Arab Integrated Water Resources Management Network, a Cap-Net Regional Network for Capacity Development in Sustainable Water Management hosted by UN ESCWA, and in cooperation with SIWI and Cap-Net UNDP, and is designed
AWARENET together with its partners UNDP WGF @ SIWI, IUCN-ROWA, GWP-Med postponed the 3rd regional Training Course “Water Integrity for MENA Region” to December 2016 (tentative dates). The training course is part of the SIWI-led and UfM-labelled Water Integrity Capacity Building Programme in MENA, co-sponsored by Sida, Cap-Net UNDP and GWP-Med. Further details to follow.
Six nominated AWARENET members participated in the UN ESCWA and ACSAD Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation in the Agricultural Sector Using Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Tools, Beirut, Lebanon, 15-17 February 2016. The workshop is part of a series addressing five key sectors: agriculture, economic development, environment, health, and human settlements. This workshop focuses on