{"id":3777,"date":"2016-02-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/mediterranean\/news\/progress-in-the-work-on-water-integrity-in-the-mena-region-specific-outputs-for-the-water-integrity-mena-programme\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:37:12","slug":"progress-in-the-work-on-water-integrity-in-the-mena-region-specific-outputs-for-the-water-integrity-mena-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/mediterranean\/news\/progress-in-the-work-on-water-integrity-in-the-mena-region-specific-outputs-for-the-water-integrity-mena-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress in the work on Water Integrity in the MENA Region: specific outputs for the Water Integrity MENA Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Based on the findings of rapid national integrity risk assessments conducted in 2014, specific capacity building needs were identified and a set of national trainings were designed and conducted during 2015. &nbsp;A total of 20 training workshops, 4 per country, were conducted targeting 5 different stakeholder groups<a href=\"#_ftn1\">[2]<\/a>. These trainings will conclude with a set of high level workshops in each of the focus countries in order to increase dialogue and advocacy on how corruption can be addressed in water management drawing on national and local experiences for new and appropriate approaches.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/mediterranean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/04\/dscn1529-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"263\"><\/p>\n<p>In this framework, the first three such high level workshops took place in Jordan (Dead Sea, 14-15 December 2015), Lebanon (Beirut, 18 December 2015), and Tunisia (Tunis, 28 January 2016) bringing together targeted decision makers who have an integral role in water governance and integrity in the respective countries. These events served as dialogue platforms to address the water integrity challenges highlighted in the national assessment reports, and the suggested policy recommendations. Moreover, the workshops offered the opportunity to showcase the outcomes of the capacity building trainings, through the presentation and discussion of some of the developed action plans by participants from the different training groups. Importantly, these events provided the chance for brainstorming and exchanges on concrete ways to promote integrity at policy level and towards sustainable water resources management. Among others, the suggestion to present the core findings of the project and the recommendation to the Council of Ministers and the water-related Parliamentary Committees of the countries is expected to have significant value for mainstreaming water integrity in policy and decision making.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/mediterranean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/04\/dscn1510-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"263\"><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, to support more long term water integrity processes at regional level, four regional Alumuni workshops will target selected participants to the national trainings, each one for a different stakeholder group. The first regional workshop targeting participants from civil society groups was held in Tunisia (Tunis 2 to 5 November 2015). The workshop offered a forum for the 25 participants from the 5 focus countries to share experiences on how integrity, transparency, accountability and corruption can be addressed in water resource management and what new approaches they are implementing in that purpose at basin, local and country-level. Moreover, the Alumni workshops led to the creation of regional community of practice on water integrity and to fostering water integrity ambassadors in the target countries.<\/p>\n<p>The second regional alumni workshop, targeting operational\/mid level staff will take place in Jordan, Dead Sea, on 8-11 Feb 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Securing continuous political support for enhanced ownership, wide outreach and impact, is among the horizontal objectives of the regional project &#8220;Capacity Building Programme on Water Integrity in the Middle East and North Africa&#8221;[1]. This SIWI-led, Sida-supported, UfM-labelled programme where GWP-Med is a core regional partner, aims to develop capacities of targeted water stakeholder groups at different governance levels to improve transparency, accountability and participatory practices in water management in the MENA region. Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia are the focus countries of this work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6241,"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":[47,25],"class_list":["post-3777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","category-news","tag-iwrm","tag-mediterranean"],"acf":[],"spectra_custom_meta":{"_sidebar_content":["field_69d4d421acab1"],"sidebar_content":["<div><div><article class=\"c-module\">\n        <div class=\"c-module__header\">\n            <h1 class=\"c-module__heading\">Notes<\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"c-module__content c-module__content--padded\">\n        <div class=\"s-cms-module-content\">\n            \n  <p>\n    <strong>[1] <\/strong>\n  <\/p>\n  <p>\n    <strong>The WI MENA programme is led by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) through the UNDP Water Governance Facility at SIWI (WGF) and is implemented together with Integrity Action, the Global Water Partnership - Mediterranean (GWP-Med) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature - Regional Office for West Asia (IUCN-ROWA. With a timeframe of three years (2014-2017), the project covers five pilot countries, namely Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, and Tunisia and conducts the national activities in close collaboration with national partners in each of the five countries. This regional project is financially supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and has been officially labelled under the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) framework.&nbsp;<\/strong>\n  <\/p>\n  <p>\n    <strong>\n      <br>\n    <\/strong>\n  <\/p>\n  <p>\n    <strong>[2]<\/strong>\n  <\/p>\n  <ul>\n    <li>\n      <strong>Public officials Group      aiming to increase knowledge on regulation, controlling, anti-corruption      tools including improving information flow and communication channels      between decision-makers at different governance levels;<\/strong>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <strong>Operational Staff Group aiming to improve the      capacity of mid-level water managers and water service operators - also in private      sector - to ensure integrity within their organisations, by promoting good      practice and contributing to monitoring mechanisms; <\/strong>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <strong>Civil Society Group aiming to improve the      capacity of local leaders and civil society actors such as farmers      organisations, water users associations, media, etc. to demand      transparency and accountability in the management of water resources and      services through various means, including information access, analysis and      advocacy, to ensure participation in decision-making processes;<\/strong>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <strong>Women Group aiming to equip them with tailor-made      pro-integrity messages and tools.<\/strong>\n    <\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/article><\/div><div><article class=\"c-module\">\n        <div class=\"c-module__header\">\n            <h1 class=\"c-module__heading\">Relevant Articles<\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"c-module__content c-module__content--padded\">\n        <div class=\"s-cms-module-content\">\n            \n  <p>\n    <a 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