Water Sector in the Near East: Needs and Opportunities

Date: December 16 – 17, 2006
Venue: Crowne Plaza - Amman, Jordan

Under auspices of H.R.H. El Hassan bin Talal in cooperation with the Royal Scientific Society of Jordan

List of participants:

• Shaddad Attili, Policy Advisor Water & Environment, Negotiations Support Unit, Palestine Liberation Oirganization
• Fayez Bataineh, Assistant Secretary-General for Planning and Information Technology, Jordan Valley Authority, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Jordan
• Munther Haddadin, Chairman and CEO, House of Experience, Jordan
• Emad Hassan, Principal Consultant, Nexant Inc., Egypt
• Bassam Hayek, Director, Environment Research Center, Royal Scientific Society of Jordan
• Nuwwar Husseini
• Josef Janečka, Director, EKODO, Czech Republic
• Mohammed Ayman Jarrar, Director, Regulatory Direction, Palestinian Water Authority
• Jakub Landovský, Researcher, Oregon State/Charles University, USA/Czech Republic
• Megan King, Head of Mission, People in Need Foundation Middle East, Jordan
• Munqeth Mehyar, Chairman and Director for Jordan, Friends of the Earth Middle East
• Mohammad Mosa, Environment Research Center, Royal Scientific Society of Jordan
• Philippe Odievre, Executive Director, LEMA Co., Jordan
• Nidal Al-Oran, Environment Research Center, Royal Scientific Society of Jordan
• Jan Šnaidauf, Project Coordinator, Exploring Water Patterns in the Middle East, Forum 2000 Foundation, Czech Republic
• Mohamed Saidam, Environment Research Center, Royal Scientific Society of Jordan
• Abdul Rahman Sultan
• Shimon Tal, Executive Director, Tal Consulting, Israel
• Olga Zárubová-Pfeffermannová, Lecturer, Czech University of Life Sciences

General program:
Introduction: Water in the Region, Major Challenges
Speaker: Munther Haddadin, Former Minister of Water and Irrigation

Session 1: Future Visions and Solutions
Moderator: Olga Zárubová, Czech University of Life Sciences
Speakers:

• Mohammad Saidam, Royal Scientific Society – RSS Perception on Water Quality Monitoring & Resource Management
• Mohammad Mosa, Royal Scientific Society – Red Sea-Dead Sea Project, Socio-economic Aspects
• Nidal Al-Oran, Royal Scientific Society – Red Sea-Dead Sea Project, Marine Environment Aspects
• Solar Water & Power Source for Gaza
• Josef Janečka, EKODO – Northern Solution Involving Lebanon

Session 2: Private Sector and Partnership Opportunities
Moderator: Jan Šnaidauf, Forum 2000 Foundation, Czech Republic
Speakers:

• Emad Hassan, Nexant Inc., Egypt
• Philippe Odievre, LEMA Co., Jordan

Session 3: Shared Water Resources – The Challenges
Moderator: Bassam Hayek, Royal Scientific Society of Jordan
Speakers:

• Fayez Bataineh, Ministry of Water and Irrigation – Planning in the Sector and Usage of Information Technologies
• Shaddad Attili, NSU-PLO – Palestinian thinking of water for a viable Palestinian State–State of Art and way forward
• Shimon Tal, Israel Water Commission – Resources Management Ayman Jarrar, Palestinian Water Authority – Water Regulation in Palestine
• Jakub Landovský, Oregon State/Charles University – Legal Issues

Public lecture: Water Resources Management and Monitoring: the Israeli Experience Water Resources Governance and Management: the Jordanian/Palestinian Experience
Speakers: Shimon Tal, Former Water Commissioner, Israel