REC Sust Use of Trans Water Resources Water Security Management - Water SUMS

WATER SUM aimed to promote and enhance the sustainable use of water resources in the MENA region, taking into consideration the impacts of climate change, by mutually reinforcing efficient national water resources management and regional cooperation on water issues. The project comprised of two components, namely:  Water Resources Management Good Practices and Knowledge Transfer (WATERPOrT) Objective: To accelerate more sustainable use of the region’s water resources and strategic approach on adaptation to climate change by identifying best water management practices, demonstrate successful replication strategies, and to disseminate and promote best practices and replication strategies to practitioners, decision makers and interested public. Water and Security (WaSe) Objective: To promote comprehensive and integrated approach to water security and ecosystem services for sustainable development of eight municipalities and their local communities in selected countries of MENA region, as a part of efforts to combat water scarcity, reduce threat of conflicts, downward spiral of poverty, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation, and increase overall human well-being within the wider context of ensuring regional peace and stability