Tunisia: National Seminar on National Water Information System (SINEAU)

In March 2010, the General Directorate General of Water Resources of the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture organized with EMWIS a national seminar to celebrate the grant agreement with the African Water Facility for the first phase of the National Water Information System (SINEAU).

The detailed SINEAU development, implementation and training plan was presented last March 26, 2013 in Tunis following the contract signature in early 2013 with a consortium led by the Tunisian consultancy company ST2I.

This phase is expected to last 12 months for the implementation of the SINEAU and its 3 sub-systems dedicated to water resources (SYGREAU), soil degradation (SISOL) and pollution control (COPEAU/SPORE).

From the institutional point of view, a SINEAU protocol has been signed by 5 Ministries and a technical team set-up with concerned directorates of the Ministry of Agriculture as well as the National Environment Protection Agency (ANPE).

With a budget of more than 3 MEuros, this 1st phase of SINEAU is a major tool of the 2nd Investment Plan for the Tunisian water sector (PISEAU II), especially for monitoring and assessment of the various activity foreseen as well as for the environmental impact of this plan.

SINEAU is also one of national pilots of the regional project on “Creating Shared National Water Data Management Systems towards a Mediterranean Water Knowledge Hub” in the projects’ pipeline of the Union for the Mediterranean. 

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Related:

• Lancement d’un nouveau système d’information national de l’eau (26/03/2013)
• Tunisie - Agriculture: Un nouveau système d'information national de l'eau (26/03/2013)
• SINEAU: Tunisian National Water Information System, 18 March 2010
• SINEAU: the National water information system to be launched in Tunisia
• http://www.emwis.net/medwip/national/tn/