CEDARE participates, as an observer organization, in the 8th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention in Astana, Kazakhstan, 10-12 October, 2018.

CEDARE participates, as an observer organization, in the 8th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention in Astana, Kazakhstan during the period of 10-12 October, 2018. The 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes is administered by a Secretariat at United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The Convention is now open for accession by Non-European countries. As of October 2018, 41 European countries and the European Union are parties to the Convention. Chad also became party to the Convention in May of 2018, and Senegal will become party to Convention in November of 2018.

Networks

  • CEDARE receives Arab Water Council Platinum Sponsor Award, 2010.
  • Member of the SAC (Scientific Advisory Council).
  • Connecting Deltas Movie on Climate Change & IUWM
  • Member, EUWI Ground Water Working Group.
  • Member, EUWI Transboundary Water Working Group.
  • Member, Mediterranean Commission for Sustainable Development
  • Technical Secretariat, North African Ministries’ Council on Water (NAMCOW).
  • Team leader, Nile Basin Decision Support System Conceptual Design (Nile Basin Initiative. World Bank)
  • Establishment of a framework for interstate cooperation among riparian Nubian Aquifer Countries.
  • Member, Arab Water Council (AWC) Board of Governors
  • Member, AWC Executive Committee.
  • Member, AWC Treasurer and continued to host
  •  AWC Interim Technical Secretariat.
  • Member, Scientific Board of AWC Journal
  • Member, Board of Arab Healthy Water Association (AHWA)
  • Member, AWC/UNDP Advisory Group
  • Member, Advisory Committee of Joint Arab/German Master of Science Program on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).
  • Regional Centre for e-learning in Meteorology, Hydrology and Water Resources, during the International Experts Meeting in Nanjing, China.
  • Member in the IUCN/WESCANA Advisory Board of the regional project on “Systematic Integration of Sectoral Networks for sustainable Freshwater Management at West/Central Asia and North Africa” funded by the Italian Cooperation Program
  • CEDARE participated in the formulation of regional programme on Global Climate Observation Systems (GCOS) (A Climate Change Monitoring Mechanism on Water and Others).
  • Member of the Experts Group to develop “Guidelines for Inter-Basin Water Transfers for Policy Makers in Africa”.
  • Member of the Consultative Group to develop “Mechanisms for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Water Sector in Africa”.
  • Regional Network of Wastewater Reuse.
  • Establishment and hosting of the Egyptian Water Partnership (EWP).
  • Mediterranean Water Network (MWN).
  • Water Demand Management Research Network (WDMRN) for the Middle East and North Africa Region.
  • Member in the Executive Board of the Arab Healthy Water Association.
  • CEDARE is a Member in the Steering Committee for the Eastern Desert Project.
  • Member in the Partnership Council of the Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean.
  • Member in the Africa Water Task force
  • Member in the Arab Water Council
  • Member in the Ground Water Task Force affiliated to the EU
  • Member in GEF Steering Committee for Grant Programs
  • Member in GEF Steering Committee For Small Grant Programs
  • Member in the Task Force of Water Resources Assessment of Nile Basin
  • Member in the National Water Resources Planning Committee to establish a monitoring and evaluation unit within the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation.
  • Member, Governing Board, Regional Centre for Training and Water Studies (RCTWS).
  • Member, Scientific Advisory Council, SPLASH European Programme