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FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa

Non-conventional Water Reuse for Agricultural Development Webinar

Hybrid Event, 23/09/2020

FAO with its partners, ICBA, IWMI, WHO, and IME, are organizing a webinar series for improved regional cooperation between countries in the field of non-conventional water reuse for agricultural development. These webinars will contribute to enhancing knowledge and information on the safe use of treated wastewater and drainage water in agriculture. Some of them will focus on policy dialogue for strategies and initiatives promoting non-conventional water reuse in the region.

The first webinar is focusing on the state-of-the-art on the reuse of treated wastewater and drainage water and will discuss a new holistic approach to boost the rate of reuse for agricultural development.

Webinar 1: Treated Wastewater and Drainage Water Reuse for Agriculture Development in NENA region:  THE STATE-OF-THE ART

Date:Wednesday, 23rd September

Time: 11:00 - 13:00 (Tunisia Time)

Agenda

Wednesday September 23rd, 2020

 

 

 

11:00 - 11:30

 

Moderator of the Webinar: Mr. Maki Abdourahman, Land and Water Officer FAO SNE

Opening remarks: 

• Ms. Ismahane Elouafi, Director-General, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA)

• Mr. Alain Meyssonnier, President of the Mediterranean Water Institute (IME)

• Mr. Basel Al Yousfi, Director of the Regional Centre for Environmental Health Action (WHO)

• Mr. Amgad Elmahdi,Head of MENA Region, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

• Ms. Fawzia Chakiri, Arab Maghreb Union (UMA)

•Mr. Philippe Ankers, Sub- Regional Coordinator – FAO, Office for North Africa (FAO)

 

11:30 - 12:00

Presentations:

• State-of-the art in North Africa? By Mr. Faycel Chenini, Project Coordinator (FAO)

• State-of-the art in Middle East? By Ms. Nisreen Lahham, Project Manager (IWMI)

• State-of-the art in Gulf Countries?  By Mr. Khalil Ammar, Principal Scientist (ICBA)

 

12:00 -12:45

Discussion with the Panelists:

• Mr. Sayed Ahmed Abd El-Hafez, Emeritus Professor, Ministry of Agriculture and Land reclamation, Egypt

• Mr. Ridha Gabouj, Director General DGGREE, Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries, Tunisia

• Mr. Michel Afram, Director General and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute (LARI), Lebanon

• Mr. Sidi Mouhamed Ould M’khaiti, Director of Central Directorate of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development, Mauritania

• Mr.  Nizar Haddad, Director of National Agriculture Research Centre (NARC), Jordan

• Mr. Mohmoud Badiss, Head of the Irrigation Management Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests, Morocco

• Mr. Omar Salem, President of the General Water Resources Authority of Libya, Libya

• Mr. Mohamed A. Dawoud, Water Resources Advisor, Environment Agency – Abu Dahbi, United Arab Emirates

• Mr. Salah Chouaki, Director of Agriculture Development of Arid and Semi-arid Zones Department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Algeria

 

12:45 -12:55

Questions and answers with all participants

 

12:55 -13:00

 

 

 

Closing and future orientations: 

• Mr. Mohamed Al Hamdi, Water Scarcity Delivery Manager, Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (WSI - FAO)

For Registration:

https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gRxLFYn5RsG9sKCiGd48BA