a-The last Workshops
JUST will be responsible for establishing and running the Water Diplomacy Centre component of The Yarmuk Futures program.
Workshop1: "Transboundary Hydro-Governance and Sustainable Development Goal 6" (8-10 Feb 2020).
The goal of this Workshop is to build the participants´ knowledge and capacity to promote the
implementation of IWRM at the transboundary level, with a focus on international water law and
negotiation discussions, and case-studies.
Workshop 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. The training will be delivered in an engaging and interactive manner with regional
and world-class experts .
Participants: Water professionals, academics, researchers, etc. from the Mashraq region with a priority
to those who participated in February 2020 workshop entitled Transboundary Hydro-Governance
Workshop2: "Transboundary Hydro-Governance and the MENA Region Online Workshop (14-16 July 2020).
The goal of this Workshop is to build the participants´ knowledge and capacity to promote the
implementation of IWRM at the transboundary level, with a focus on international water law and
negotiation discussions, and case-studies.
Workshop 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. The training will be delivered in an engaging and interactive manner with regional
and world-class experts .
Participants: Water professionals, academics, researchers, etc. from the Mashraq region with a priority
to those who participated in February 2020 workshop entitled Transboundary Hydro-Governance and
SDG.
b- The project supported by GIZ
The GIZ operates on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and the European Union (EU).
It Is supporting Jordan in creating long-term prospects for both Jordanians and the Syrian refugees by assisting the host municipalities where many of the refugees are living, and thus contributing to the stability of the country.
In addition to Syrian crisis, Jordan as a desert nation faces other key development challenges that are rooted primarily in the lack of natural resources. Water is in short supply and a large number of refugees is further increasing pressure on water resources. Climate change and environmental pollution are other key issues. Furthermore, Jordan's industry is weak, and population growth is high at around 2.6 percent (2017). Much of the population lives in cities, but the younger population faces a shortage of productive sources of income.
Official data confirms that unemployment is reaching almost 19 percent, which is an "unprecedented" level unseen in the last 25 years. While the unofficial rate is estimated to be around 30 percent
