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Event 5th Beirut Water Week: "Water, energy, food and ecosystems nexus in the Mediterranean Region: current challenges and future insights"

The regional 5th Beirut Water Week will be held on 22 and 23 May 2014 at Notre Dame University-Louaize, in Beirut, Lebanon.

The event is organized under the auspices of H.E Eng. Arthur Nazarian, Minister of Energy and Water of Lebanon, by the Notre Dame University (NDU) and its Water, Energy and Environment, Research Centre (WEERC), the International and Mediterranean Network of Basin Organizations (INBO-MENBO), the International Water Office (OIEau), the Euro-Mediterranean Information System on the know-how in the Water Sector (EMWIS), the Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean (GWP-MED), the Mediterranean Water Institute (IME), the Mediterranean Component of the EU Water Initiative (MED EUWI), the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Center of Arab and Water Security-Arab League, and follows up to the successful organization of four similar Mediterranean multi-events, with an emphasis this year on a set of crucial issues, such as:

1-     Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystems Nexus at National and Transboundary level:

  1. New policy approaches towards resource efficiency
  2. Impact of conflicts and mass population movements

2-     Non-Conventional Water Resources within an IWRM context :

  1. Mobilisation of additional resources for demand management (New Water Mass)
  2. Water reuse for Agriculture and Artificial recharge of aquifers
  3. Rainwater Management and Grey Water Reuse
  4. Sea Water Springs
  5. Water Transfers

3-     Innovative scientific and technological tools and methodologies:

  1. Approaches for Hydrodiplomacy and Managing Transboundary water Resources
  2. Spatial Observation of water and Environmental systems
  3. Promoting interlinks between Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Integrated Water Resources Management

EMWIS will be participating in this important event through Mr. Walter MAZZITTI, Steering Committee President. Mr. MAZZITTI will chair the session on "Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystems Nexus".

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Contact information Eng. Mona FAKIH / Dr. Fadi George Comair, Honorary President of MENBO / Mr. Marwan Saade (email: monafakih@hotmail.com ; comairfadi@hotmail.com ; marwan_saade@hotmail.com )
Phone: Mobile: +96171784447
Event type Conference
File link n/a
File link copy beirut water5_Tentative_Agenda_15May_EN.pdf (PDF, 431 Kb)
Source Notre Dame University-Louaize
Subject(s) AGRICULTURE , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY
Relation http://www.riob.org/riob/communications-et-photos-des/article/4th-beirut-water-week
Geographical coverage Lebanon,
Address Notre Dame University-Louaize, Bou Khater Auditorium, Beirut
Organizer Notre Dame University-Louaize
Target audience International
Period [22/05/2014 - 23/05/2014]
Status Confirmed
Working language(s) ENGLISH , FRENCH
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