introduction Despite global and regional 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. In the face of 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".2 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). In the transboundary context, SDG 6.5 target highlights the need to implement IWRM at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation. Further, SDG 6.5.2 provides an indicator to check progress against the "proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation" objectives: To equip senior academics and researchers with (i) the technical knowledge and tools required to be able to better respond to future transboundary water challenges induced by increasing demand for water (overwhelmingly from intensive agriculture) and reduced water availability (due to climate change); (ii) the legal knowledge required to appreciate global instruments and international legal principles relevant to transboundary waters; and (iii) the negotiations skills required to effectively assess discussions with colleagues from neighbouring countries, regional counterparts and development in water governance at the international level.
| lecturer | lectures | | Dr. Mark Zeitoun | A New Vision of Water Management in the Yarmouk Basin | | Mr. Fuad Bateh | Sub-regional Initiatives of Hydro-governance
-Case study of the North West Sahara Aquifer System | | Dr. Muna Dajani | Knowledge production and dissemination: communication toolbox for transboundary hydro—governance in the Yarmouk Basin | | Dr Chadi Abdallah | The Application of Modern Technology to the Yarmouk Basin | | Prof. Schmeier | Legal and institutional mechanisms for water cooperation in transboundary basins – with a particular focus on basin organizations | | Dr. Mara Tignino | The Geneva List of Principles on the Protection of Water Infrastructure | | Mr. Ziad Khayat | Shared Water Cooperation in the Arab Region | | Ms. Sara Datturi | Global Water Governance: Core Principles of International Water Law and International Instruments |
introduction: Despite global calls to accelerate governance on water resources, the Middle East water situation continues to deteriorate following from the pressures of growing populations, increasing demands, and exacerbating factors such as the impact climate change which all contribute to make water management more difficult. In 2015, UN Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda, setting seventeen transformative Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with respective targets for each, and committing to work towards their full implementation. In this context, one of the initiatives of the international community has been the creation of a water specific goal. Th official title "Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all" or SDG 6 - Water and Sanitation is a political commitment of all UN member states to achieve mutually agreed goal of water, but in the most recent 2018 synthesis report the United Nations 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, including from academia, research and civil society with (i) the technical knowledge and tools required to be able to better respond to future transboundary water challenges induced by increasing demand for water (overwhelmingly from intensive agriculture) and reduced water availability (due to climate change); (ii) the legal knowledge required to appreciate global instruments and international legal principles relevant to transboundary waters; and (iii) the negotiations skills required to effectively assess discussions with colleagues from neighbouring countries, regional counterparts and development in water governance at the international level.
| lecturer | lectures | | Dr. Mark Zeitoun | Water Management . . . from the Nile to the Yarmouk | | Mr. Fuad Bateh | Global water governance: Introduction to customary int´l law and treaty law | | Dr Ana Elisa Cascão | Transboundary water cooperation in the Nile - from negotiations to agreements or to a dead end? | | Dr Chadi Abdallah | Modern Technology and Transboundary Hydro-Governance | | Dr Abdulla. Droubi | Implementing IWRM towards achieving SDG6 in transboundary water basins | | Dr. Shaddad Attili | Hydro-Diplomacy: More Lessons from Asymmetrical Negotiations | | Prof. Murray) | Negotiation Skills Training and International Water Law |
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 |
introduction In light of the rapidly expanding global governance on water resources, the Middle East water situation continues to deteriorate from the inherent pressures of growing populations, increasing demands, and exacerbating factors such as the impact climate change make water management more challenging. In 2015, UN Member States adopted the historic 2030 Agenda, setting universal and transformative goals and targets, and committing to working tirelessly for their full implementation. In this context, one of the initiatives of the international community has been the creation of a water specific goal among the seventeen. The official title "Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all" or Sustainable Develop Goal 6. Water and Sanitation is a political commitment of all UN member states to achieve mutually agreed goal of water, but in the most recent 2018 synthesis report the United Nations stated that "the world is not on track". objectives To equip senior academics and researchers with (i) the technical knowledge and tools required to be able to better respond to future transboundary water challenges induced by increasing demand for water (overwhelmingly from intensive agriculture) and reduced water availability (due to climate change); (ii) the legal knowledge required to appreciate global instruments and international legal principles relevant to transboundary waters; and (iii) the negotiations skills required to effectively assess discussions with colleagues from neighbouring countries, regional counterparts and development in water governance at the international level. | lecturer | lectures | | Dr. Mark Zeitoun | introduce transboundary basin exercise, background to new water program and review of water in the region Transboundary basin riparian exercise, | | Mr. Fuad Bateh | Background to customary international law and treaty law, Sub-regional initiatives of hydro-governance | | Dr Ana Elisa Cascão | Transboundary water cooperation: from negotiations to legal/institutional arrangements Case-studies from Africa | | Dr Chadi Abdallah | Introduction to surface water and groundwater availability, interaction and use (including dams and wells) and expected impact of climate change | | Dr Abdulla. Droubi | IWRM and operationalizing SDG6, Modern technologies in Integrated Watershed Management | | Dr. Raya Stephan | Global water governance: Introducing SDG 6.5 and indicator 6.5.2 with highlights on Arab region |
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