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The first day of the Water Diplomacy-related course entitled “A Theory-Practice Synthesis for Actionable Outcomes" " was launched today under the patronage of the regional head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Ms. Caroline Tissot. The workshop, organized by the Water Diplomacy Center - Jordan University of Science and Technology in cooperation with Tufts University in the United States, is being held at the Marriott Amman Hotel with local, regional and international participation. The workshop will last for four days and will be presented by experts and specialists in the field of water.

The Director of the Water Diplomacy Center opened the launching ceremony of the course by welcoming guests from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, lecturers and participants from the countries participating in the Blue Peace Initiative. He also spoke about the importance of holding such workshops that contribute to achieving the vision and mission of the Water Diplomacy Center to be a regional center for transboundary water management and water diplomacy.

In her welcome speech, Mrs Tissot affirmed the continuation of Swiss support for the Blue Peace Initiative, praising the role of the Water Diplomacy Center in achieving the objectives of this initiative and the importance of the topics covered by the course, which shed light on the importance of regional cooperation in the field of water in general, and transboundary water in particular.

This workshop comes after the success of the previous workshops held by the Water Diplomacy Center within the activities of the Blue Peace Project to develop capacities supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The workshop targets researchers and engineers working in the water and agriculture sectors, as well as diplomats from the ministries of foreign affairs of the partner countries in the Blue Peace Initiative, which includes Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkiye, and Jordan. Thirty participants from these countries and neighboring countries are participating in this workshop, including six participants in the Youth Fellowship Program of the Blue Peace Initiative in the Middle East.