8-10 June 2021
Background
Building on a first training series1 hosted by the JUST Water Diplomacy Center in 2020 and early 2021, the goal of this second training series is to build the participants´ knowledge and understanding to promote cooperation and the implementation of IWRM at the transboundary level. The objective is to help participants:
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, and as a result of the activities and study in this course, trainees should be able to accomplish the following:
- Assess current water allocations in an example basin, along with understanding the “methods” being used for those allocations.
- Compare the allocation arrangement to what international water law might offer.
- Outline possible approaches steps required to move from the first method (and current allocation) to the second method (ideally “equitable and sustainable”) and the allocation and ecosystem arrangements that it might provide.
- Consider how development of knowledge can inform analysis to help parties reduce the increasing pressure on scarce shared water resources.
Course Schedule
| LECTURER | |
|---|---|
| Dr. Muna Dajani Dr.Abdullah Droubi Prof. Mark Zeitoun | Initial Panel on Evaluating Transboundary Water Arrangements |
| Mr. Ziad Khayat | Science Informing Policy: The Inventory of Shared Water Resources in Western Asia-the Jordan River Basin |
| Dr. Rola Quba´a | International Water Law and Transboundary Water Allocation: Case of the Jordan River Basin |
| Dr. Shaddad Attili | Towards a more effective arrangement of the Jordan River Basin |
| Prof. Chadi Abdallah | Modern Technology and Science leading to Better Policy and Transboundary Hydrogovernance in the Yarmouk Basin |
| Prof. Amin Shaban | Towards Optimized Practices for Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Yarmouk Basin |
| Prof. Roula Bachour | Virtual Water and Food Trade Opportunities for the Yarmouk Basin |
| Prof. John Murray | Overcoming Obstacles to Developing a Cooperative Process for Water Resources Management: the Jordan River Basin |
| Prof. Mark Zeitoun | Transboundary Water Resource Management vs. Existing Practice in the Yarmouk Basin |