{"id":3766,"date":"2016-03-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/mediterranean\/news\/celebrating-world-water-day-2016-in-tunisia-with-a-workshop-on-water-youth-and-employment\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:37:12","slug":"celebrating-world-water-day-2016-in-tunisia-with-a-workshop-on-water-youth-and-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/mediterranean\/news\/celebrating-world-water-day-2016-in-tunisia-with-a-workshop-on-water-youth-and-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating World Water Day 2016 in Tunisia with a workshop on \u201cWater, Youth and Employment\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The workshop, as well as the whole campaign itself, have been held in cooperation with the partner organization International Association of Lions Clubs, within the framework of GWP\u2019s \u201cYouth for Water and Climate\u201d Initiative<\/a>, the BeWater Project<\/a> and their joint efforts in raising the Tunisian youth’s voice on water resources management.<\/p>\n

The workshop gathered about 80 participants, mainly representing civil society, but also public administration from the water, employment and youth fields, as well as media.<\/p>\n

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The workshop provided a platform for discussion on water sector challenges in Tunisia, allowing experts and youth the opportunity to exchange points of view on the role of youth and civil society in improving the sustainable management of water resources. Time was also devoted to present GWP\u2019s \u201cYouth for Water and Climate\u201d Initiative, within which the youth-led White Book \u201cUn Paris pour l\u2019eau\u201d<\/a> [A Paris for Water] was prepared that was launched and debated at the recent COP21 in Paris in November 2015. Workshop participants took an active interest and recommended the presentation of the White Book at a higher level, in Tunisia.<\/p>\n

The awareness campaign \u00d4VI that has reached more than 800 school children nationally was also presented during the workshop. The campaign is taking place as a follow-up action to previous steps of GWP\u2019s and the BeWater Project\u2019s involvement with the Tunisian youth. During the consultation workshop that GWP-Med held on 31 July 2015 <\/a>in the governorate of Zaghouan, under the thematic \u201cBoundaries and guidelines for a committed and active involvement of youth in sustainable water resources management and the fight against climate change\u201d, in order to get stakeholders\u2019 feedback on the status of the Tunisian youth\u2019s participation in water management, in the framework of the White Book\u2019s preparation, an action plan was agreed upon with three main activities: i) awareness raising activities aimed at civil society, ii) a capacity building program addressed to youth NGOs, iii) promoting the organization of a youth network on water resources management.<\/p>\n

The implementation of the action plan started with a national capacity building workshop targeting youth NGO stakeholders active in water resources management issues<\/a>, in November 2015, which led to the \u00d4VI campaign through the mobilisation and training of youth stakeholders in the planning and implementation of the campaign.<\/p>\n

Speaking of implementation, a call <\/a>was launched for local NGOs willing to participate to the campaign by organising themselves an awareness event in a primary school of their region. GWP-Med prepared a guide on the organization of these events<\/a> that was shared with the NGOs and coordinated their efforts.<\/p>\n

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The workshop further focused on the opportunities of promoting youth employment in the water sector. Participants had the opportunity to attend a presentation on the national strategy for green jobs related to water. Moreover, young entrepreneurs active in the sector shared their experiences, while a panel with representatives of agencies working in youth employment discussed various support mechanisms including financial assistance to start-ups in the water domain. The panel was concluded with the participants\u2019 recommendation to conduct further analysis on the difficulties faced by youth in the job market and the existing initiatives and mechanisms to support them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Upon finalization of the campaign \u00d4VI\u00a0(eau=vie \/ water=life) that has been running throughout February and March in primary schools around Tunisia to raise awareness on water scarcity and the importance of water saving, the Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP-Med) celebrated the World Water Day by organizing a workshop on \u201cWater, Youth and Employment\u201d on Saturday, 19 March 2016, in Hammamet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,4],"tags":[25,40],"class_list":["post-3766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","category-news","tag-mediterranean","tag-youth"],"acf":[],"spectra_custom_meta":{"_sidebar_content":["field_69d4d421acab1"],"sidebar_content":["

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\n \n Video on campaign activities in schools<\/a>\n <\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

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