Introduction
Despite global calls to accelerate water resource governance, the Middle East water situation continues to deteriorate following from the pressures of growing populations, increasing demand, and exacerbating factors such as the impact climate change which all contribute to make water management more difficult. Despite the international communities political commitment to achieve a water specific Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6)1, a 2018 UN synthesis report on SDG6 stated that “the world is not on track”. The report identified that to be successful SDG 6 needs to (i) Adapt to country contexts; (ii) Create multi-stakeholder partnerships and strengthen regional integration; and (iii) Implement integrated water resources management (IWRM).
Objectives
To equip water professionals with legal knowledge required to appreciate global governance instruments and international legal principles relevant to transboundary waters; and to provide the negotiations understanding required to effectively assess cooperation with colleagues from neighbouring countries, regional counterparts and development in water governance at the international level.
| lecturer | lectures |
| Mr. Ziad Khayat | Shared Water Cooperation in the Arab Region |
| Dr Ana Elisa Cascão | Transboundary Water Negotiations: From Academic to Real Life Negotiations, 5 Transboundary Water Governance: What can the water politics of the Nile teach us about challenges and solutions? ( |
| Dr Abdulla. Droubi | Transboundary cooperation for reducing Climate Change impacts using IWRM principals |
| Dr. Shaddad Attili | Hydro-Diplomacy: Lessons Learned from Asymmetrical Negotiations |
| Ms. Sara Datturi | Global Water Governance: Core Principles of International Water Law and International Instruments |
| Dr. Mara Tignino | The Geneva List of Principles on the Protection of Water Infrastructure ( |
| (Dr. Muna Dajani | Knowledge production and dissemination: communication toolbox for transboundary hydro—governance |
| Mr. Fuad Bateh | Sub-regional Initiatives of Hydro-governance• Case study of the North West Sahara Aquifer System |
| Prof. Mark Zeitoun | Closing Remarks |