New USAID initiative for water governance in the MENA region
The International Resources Group and partners (IRG, Oregon State University, IWMI) have just been awarded a USAID contract for water resources governance in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Region. The project called "Regional Water Governance Benchmarking" (ReWaG) was launched in September 2008 to run for 18 months and is funded by the USAID Office of Middle East Programs (USAID/OMEP) at a level of $1.5 million. Implementing partners working with IRG include the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the Institute for Water and Watersheds at Oregon State University (OSU), Computer Assisted Development Incorporated (CADI), Nile Consultants of Egypt and ECO Consult of Jordan.
Contact information |
Mark Svendsen, Ph. D., Team Leader, IRG: Philomath, OR, USA
(email: msvendsen@peak.org) Phone: +1 541 929-4855 ; Mobile: +1 541 231-3714 |
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News type | Inbrief |
File link |
http://www.emwis.net/initiatives/fol060732/regional-water-governance-benchmarking/ |
Source of information | The International Resources Group (IRG) |
Keyword(s) | water governance, benchmarking, IWRM |
Subject(s) | DRINKING WATER , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT |
Relation | http://www.emwis.net/initiatives/fol060732/regional-water-governance-benchmarking |
Geographical coverage | Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, Yemen, Libya, Mauritania, Sudan, Turkey, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates |
News date | 21/10/2008 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
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