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Conferences & Workshops

 

The 1st Meeting of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Focus Group on Smart Water Management (FG-SWM), ITU, 8-15 December 2013, Lima, Peru.

The Annual Regional Consultative Meeting for Major Groups and Stakeholders and Policy Dialogue on the Implementation of the Arab Water Security Strategy and its Action Plan, UNEP, 26-29 November 2013, Amman, Jordan.

The 3rd Steering Committee Meeting of the Sustainable Water Integrated Management - Support Mechanism (SWIM-SM), SWIM, 12-13 November 2013, Athens, Greece.

The International Kick-off Workshop on Advancing a Nexus Approach to the Sustainable Management of Water, Soil &Waste, UNU-FLORES, 10-12 November 2013, Dresden, Germany.

Presented the Arab State of Water Report 2012 at the MEED MENA Water Conference, MEED MENA, 5-7 November 2013, Abu Dhabi.

3rd Steering Committee Meeting / MEWINA, Regional Validation Workshop, MEWINA, 27 -31 October to 2013, Intercontinental City Stars, Cairo, Egypt.

The 18th Regional Steering Committee Meeting for GWP Eastern Africa and the 3rd IWA Development Congress and Exhibition, GWP Eastern Africa, 13-20 October 2013, Nairobi, Kenya.

The World Water Council’s Members’ Meeting and the 50th Board of Governors’ Meeting, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, WWC, 5-12 October 2013, Budapest, Hungary

Water Sector M&E and WIS Workshop, 2 October 2013, Malawi.

UFM Technical Workshop on IWRM Indicators, UFM, 29 September - 1 October 2013, Barcelona.

Water Security Session (World Water Week), WWC, 4-6 Sept. 2013, Stockholm.

Expert Meeting on “Resource Efficiency: Economics and Outlook for the Arab Region” , 24 - 26 June 2013, Malta.

The National Consultation Workshop (MEWINA), 9June 2013,Tunis.

The National Consultation Workshop (MEWINA), 8 June 2013, Libya.

The launch of the Governance & Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector project , GWP, 28-29 May 2013, Barcelona.

GWP-Med Partnership Council (PC) Meeting, GWP, 30 May 2013, Barcelona.

The National Consultation Workshop (MEWINA), 25-27 May 2013, Algeria.

The First workshop on “Water MDG+ Initiative”, ESCWA, 20-24 May 2013, Beirut.

The 2nd GMES & Africa Workshop on Water Resources Management, European Commission, 13-16 May2013, Nigeria.

Workshop on “Information and communication technology as an enabling tool for water management in an intelligent way, Ministry of Communications, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), 14-15 April, Luxor.

The Peer-to-peer experiential learning and networks development meeting with National M&E focal points, AUC/AMCOW, 7-13 April 2013, Addis Ababa.

Final Workshop of the Climate Change Risk Management Programme, 4 April 2013 (MEWINA), Intercontinental CityStars.

National Wastewater Reuse Consultation in Egypt, 11 March 2013, Intercontinental CityStars.

The AMCOW Africa-wide Stakeholder Consultative Process on Post 2015 Water Agenda, AMCOW/GIZ, 2 March 2013, Tunis.

The AMCOW retreat, AMCOW/GIZ, 3 March 2013, Tunis.

The AMCOW TAC Sub-Regional meeting, AMCOW/GIZ, 4-5 March 2013, Tunis.

The third meeting of the General Assembly of the Arab Council Arab Water Council, AWC, 26-28 Feb 2013, Cairo, Egypt.

AWC Steering Committee meeting at Intercontinental, AWC, 24-25 Feb 2013, Cairo, Egypt.

Visit the OMVS for the Transboundary RA Report, MEWINA, 17-19 Feb 2013, Dakar, Senegal.

RICCAR Regional Knowledge Hub Working Group, ESCWA, 30 Jan.-1 Feb 2013, Beirut, Lebanon.

The 8th IWRM Advisory Board Meeting, ACWUA, ITT, WEEC, 25-28 January 2013,Amman, Jordan.

GWP-Med meeting, GWP, 27 – 28 November 2012, Rome, Italy.

The Mediterranean Round Table on Transboundry Water Resources, GWP, 25 – 28 November 2012, Rome, Italy.

The GWP Technical Committee, GWP, 20 – 22 November 2012, Stockholm.

The election of the General Assembly of the World Water Council, AWC, 17-19 November 2012, Marseille, France.

AMCOW: the African M&E Task Force Lead Institutions Meeting, AMCOW, 6-8 November 2012, Addis Ababa –Ethiobia.

The International Conference on Hydrodiplomacy: A tool for sharing water across borders, IUCN, 30 October to 1 November 2012, Chiang Rai, Thailand.

Conference on Water: “Conserving our most precious natural resources”, The Ditchley Foundation, 25-29 October 2012, Las Vegas.

GWP East Africa Steering Committee Meeting, GWP East Africa, 21-25 October 2012, Burundi.

The Second Steering Committee Meeting of the Sustainable Water Integrated Management – Support Mechanism (SWIM-SM), SWIM-SM, From 16-19 October 2012, Brussels.

Arab Region Consultation Meeting on Ground Water Governance, UNESCO, 7-10 October 2012, Amman, Jordan.

Meeting with the MEWINA Team at the Morocco Ministry of Energy, Mining, Water and Environment to expedite project progress and develop national plan, MEWINA, 3 to 6 October 2012, Casablanca.

Meeting at NARSS, with NASA, World Bank, USAID, and AWC to discuss water related data and models, AWC, 11 September 2012, Cairo, Egypt.

Technical Peer Review Meeting for the Integrated Assessment Report on Adapting to Climate Change Induced Water Stress in the Nile River Basin Climate, UNEP, 4 to 7 September 2012, Kampala, Uganda.

World Water Week, AMCOW/GWP, 28 to 30 August 2012, Stockholm.

GWP Annual Consultative Meeting/Delta Alliance Launching, GWP, 25 to 28 August 2012, Stockholm.

Consultative Meeting on “Climate Change Negotiations under the Nairobi Initiative”, UNFCCC, 17-20 July2012, Mexico city, Mexico.

UNWC Global Initiative Symposium, 5-8 June 2012, Dundee, Scotland, UK.

The 2012 U.S. – Islamic World Forum, 29 – 31 May 2012, Doha.

Third Workshop on Water and Adaptation yo Climate Change Transboundary Basins: Making adaptation work, 25-26 April 2012, Geneva, Switzerland.

Ministerial Dialogue on Sanitation and Water, 19 April 2012, Washington DC, USA.

Participating in the Africa Groundwater Network Steering Committee Meeting, 12-14 April 2012, Nairobi, Kenya.

Workshop on Basinwide Cooperation for Climate Resilience in the Nile and GWP Eastern Africa General Assembly, 27-30 March 2012, Nairobi, Kenya.

Conference on planning of Egypt – and transcending to the future, 27 – 28 March 2012.

First Arab Water Security Strategy -Action Plan Working Group Meeting organized by ESCWA in collaboration with the Arab League and the ACSAD, 22 March 2012, Beirut, Lebanon.

The 6th World Water Forum, 12-17 March 2012, Marseille, France.

Nile Basin Discourse Regional Forum, 18-20 February 2012, Khartoum, Sudan.

WWF 6 African Target 3 Coordination- Stakeholder meeting, 19- 21 December 2011, Gambia.

Arab Shared Groundwater Legal Framework, 13-14 December 2011, Beirut, Lebanon.

SWIM Launching Workshop and the 1st SWIM- SM (Sustainable Water Integrated Management – Support Mechanism) Steering Committee Meeting, 7-9 December 2011, Brussels.

Institution OF Civil Engineers (ICE) annual meeting, 30 November, 2011, Cambridge University, Department of Engineering, Cambridge, UK.

2nd Arab Water Forum, Arab water Council (AWC), 20-24 November 2011, Cairo, Egypt.

Target 3 Coordination meeting, Nairobi, November 2011.

Programme for infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) AMU Regional Workshop, 26-29 October 2011, Morocco.

Adapting to Climate Change Induced Water stress in the Nile Basin, Kigali, Rwanda, 23-27 October 2011.

The 10th AMCOW Executive Committee (EXCO) Meeting, 19-23 October 2011, Bela Bela, South Africa.

SWIM-SM (Sustainable Water Integrated Management – Support Mechanism) Workshop on Sustainable Use of Non-Conventional Water Resources, 16 September 2011, Athens, Greece.

Regional Conference on Advancing Non-Conventional Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean, 14-15 September 2011, Hilton Hotel, Athens, Greece.

AMCOW Water M&E Experts Group Meeting in Stockholm, 24-26 August 2011, Stockholm, Sweden.

Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) Steering Committee meeting, 21 August, 2011, Stockholm, Sweden.

Africa Target Coordinators for the World Water Forum meeting 24 August, 2011, Stockholm, Sweden.

World Water Week, 21-26 August 2011, Stockholm, Sweden.

Tripartite meeting with USGS, DHI, and CEDARE for the UNEP Nile Climate change project, August 8-15 2011, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Empowering Sustainability on Earth, University of California, 16-25 July 2011, Irvine, California.

Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)-High Level Technical Review Team Meeting, 06-09 July 2011, Tunisia.

The 10th Executive Committee (EXCO) AMCOW TAC Meeting, 26 -29 June 2011, Tunisia.

Final conference of the EU FP6 project MELIA (Mediterranean Dialogue on Integrated Water Management) was held under the title Integrated Water Resource Management in the Mediterranean: Dialogue Towards New Strategy, 19-23 June 2011, Agadir-Morocco.

Water Diplomacy workshop, 13-17 June, 2011, Tufts University, Boston, MA,USA.

Assessment and model scenario development group meeting under CEDARE/UNEP Project, 13-15 June 2011, Kampala, Uganda.

Launching of AMCOW Work plan, 26- 27 May 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Arab shared Water Strategy Meeting, ESCWA, 24-25 May 2011, Beirut, Lebanon.

A Session Co-Chair and Working Group Facilitators on the Expert Consultation on Water waste management in the Arab World, Arab Water Council, 21- 23 May 2011, Dubai, U.A.E..

Union of the Mediterranean Technical Meeting of the Water Expert Group, 17-18 May 2011, Barcelona, Spain.

Water-Food-Climate nexus on the Nile/Greater Horn of Africa, 11-14 May 2011, Khartoum, Sudan.

PIDA and East Africa Water Partnership meeting (Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa) High Level Technical Review Meeting, 18-20 April 2011, Libreville, Gabon.

2nd Arab Water Forum Consultation Meeting, Arab Water Council, 11-12 April 2011, Cairo, Egypt.

EUWI Med Project meeting, 5-7 April 2011, Beirut, Lebanon.

SWA SC Meeting & Forth South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN IV), 04-07 April 2011, Colombo, Sri-Lanka.

Inauguration of the AMCOW Regional Co-ordination Committee for the 6th WWF Africa Region Preparatory Process, 20 – 23 March 2011, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa.

Sixth IWA Specialist Conference on Efficient Use and Management of Water, Water Demand Management: Challenges & Opportunities, Amman, Jordan, 29 March-2 April 2011.

AWF Strategic Planning Meeting, 9-11 March 2011, Tunis, Tunis.

Arab Water Report Brain Storming Meeting, UNDP, 26-28 February 2011, Amman.

“Water & Sustainable Development: Challenges & Opportunities”, Ajman International Conference on Sustainable Development & Green Environment”, Ajman, UAE, 30-31 January 2011.

1st Amman-Cologne Symposium „The Water and Energy Nexus“, 24 January 2011, Amman, Jordan.

Attending 6th IWRM Advisory Board Meeting, 22-24 January 2011, Amman.

Associated Water Management Consultants (AWMC) meeting, 13-15 January 2011, Cairo, Egypt.

Dialogs for Water and Climate Change Cancun, Mexico, 29 November- 10 December, 2010.

2nd Stakeholder Consultation Meeting of 6th World Water Forum, Paris, From: 17/11/2010 to: 20/11/2010.

Participating in the AFED Annual Conference, Beirut, From: 03/11/2010 to: 05/11/2010.

Meeting with the representatives of the International Centre for Bio saline Agriculture ‘for the preparation of a workshop On Wastewater Reuse’ to be supported by the Islamic Development Bank and UNSGAP on Water & Sanitation, Dubai, from: 05/10/2010 to: 08/10/2010.

SPLASH ‘Sharing our Learning and Planning Our Future’ Good Practice WS on Water Research Development, Brussels, From: 26/10/2010 to: 29/10/2010.

UN Convention Workshop - Arab League, Damascus, From: 23/05/2010 to: 25/05/2010.

Panellist in the “MENA” at Harvard University & Meeting with Think Tank Foundations in Washington, Washington, From: 02/05/2010 To: 11/05/2010

IV Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Water, Barcelona, From: 11/04/2010 to: 14/04/2010.

The Dubai Initiative 2010-Climate Adaptation in the MENA.

SWITCH Workshop, Alexandria,  From: 28/03/2010 To: 30 /03/2010

Nile Basin Project Inception Workshop, Nairobi, From: 25-26 March 2010.

UNFCCC technical workshop on collaboration among centres and networks, Apia, Samoa, from: 2/3/2010 to: 5/3/2010.

Consultation Meeting between WHO and CEDARE, Geneva, 11/03/2010.

UNFCCC technical workshop on collaboration among regional centres and networks, from: 28 February 2010 to:  8 March 2010.

American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, February 17th 2010.

Focus group discussion on implications of climate change for water security and adaptation in River Nile Basin, 1st of Feb. 2010.

Egyptian National Competitiveness Council, Rationalization of Water Irrigation in the Delta, Cairo, Egypt, January 30th 2010.

IWRM Advisory Board Meeting, 26-28 January 2010.

Atlas of Africa’s Water Resources, Cairo, Egypt, 18-20 January 2010.

Attend Expert’s Meeting on Transboundary Waters Database at Arab League / Water Security Centre (Damascus), Syria, 11- 13 January 2010.

(GEF/SGP) Workshop on the Nile Basin, Egypt, 4-6 January 2010.

 “SPLASH” SAC Meeting in Mombasa, Kenya, 1-4 December 2009.

UNESCO IWRM Course, DAAD, Cairo, Egypt, 16 November 2009.

Workshop on "Assessment of Transboundary Freshwater Vulnerability to Climate Change, Incorporating Integrated Water Resources Management in Africa"

The 2nd Africa Water Week in Johannesburg, South Africa, 3-10 November 2009.

The Second  meeting of the Water Expert Group of the Union for the Mediterranean, Spain, 4 November 2009

Egyptian-Dutch Water Conference (Med Water Strategy), Cairo, Egypt, 2 November 2009.

International Training on Transboundry Water Resources Management, Amman Jordan, 1- 12 November 2009.

UNESCO IWRM Course, DAAD, Cairo, Egypt, 29 October 2009.

AL Gore Event on Climate Change, Semiramis – Intercontinental, Cairo, Egypt, 28 October 2009.

GEF SGP Meeting, UNDP, Cairo, Egypt, 28 October 2009.

UNESCO AWC IWRM Meeting, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Cairo, Egypt, 28 October 2009.

Global City Water Summit, Delft, Netherland 7-10 October 2009.

4th Scientific SWITCH Meeting, Delft, Netherland 4-7 October 2009.

SIDA Transboundary Water Resources Management for the MENA region initial workshop, CEDARE, 24 September 2009.

The First meeting of the Water Expert Group of the Union for the Mediterranean, Athens, 7-8 September 2009.

EC FP6 Fair, Cairo, Egypt, 3 September 2009.

GWP-PC meeting, Stockholm, 15-16 August 2009.

Launch of the National Master Plan for Water Supply & Wastewater, Grand Hayat Hotel, Cairo, July 6, 2009.

The First Meeting of the Arab Water Ministers Council in Algeria, 25 June – 1 July 2009.

4th  Full Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Council of SPLASH SAC, Helsinki, 15 -18 June 2009.

International Training of Trainers for Wetland Management, Wageningen, the Netherlands, 8-26 June 2009.

Seminar on Monitoring and Evaluation of the Implementation of the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Tunis, 24 – 29 May 2009.

Nile Basin DSS & Regional Agriculture Trade Productivity meeting, Kigali, 21-23 April 2009.

Nile Basin Initiative- DSS Workshop, Addis Ababa, 8-11 April 2009.

Seminar on: "Advances in using GIS and Modelling in River Engineering and Water Resources Management", Cairo, 30 March 2009.

Workshop on Environment and Security issues in the Southern Mediterranean Region, Barcelona, Spain, 24 – 28 March 2009.

Centre for Euro-Mediterranean Studies (CEMS), Med Water Seminar, Tunis, 26 – 27 March 2009.

Fifth World Water Forum, Istanbul, 15 – 23 March 2009.

MWRI workshop funded by European and German Bank, PortSaid, Egypt, 5-7 February 2009.

"Egypt Water 2050 vision" workshop, Aswan, Egypt, 30 January – 1 February 2009.

"Governance in Water Management" workshop, Ain El Sokhna, 3- 5 January 2009.

Participation in the Union for Mediterranean Water Ministers and Civil Society Meeting Dead Sea, Jordan, 21-22 December 2008.

International Conference on Water Scarcity, Global Changes, and Ground Water Management Responses, UNESCO, University of California, Irvine, United States,1-5 December 2008.

The Third International Conference on Water Resources and Arid Environments (2008) and the First Arab Water Forum, Riyadh, 16-19 November 2008.

Parliamentarians Preparatory Meeting for the WWFS Water Conference in Strasbourg, France, 6 November 2008.

Regional Seminar on Climate Change in the Mediterranean, Marseilles, 22-23 October 2008.

INWRDAM Water Vision Meeting, Amman, 20 October 2008.

IUCN World Conservation Congress, 5-14 October 2008, Barcelona.

Joint Meetings of African Ministers' Council On Water (AMCOW), ADB, UN Water, Africa and Partners,  Addis Abba, 7-9 October 2008.

GWP-PC meeting, Stockholm,14-18 September 2008.

World Water Congress, IWA, Vienna, 8 - 10 September 2008.

13th World Water Congress, IWRA, Montpellier, 1-4 September 2008.

Consultation Workshop on Enhancing Water Capacity in Developing Countries through the South-South Cooperation Framework, UNEP, Nairobi, 26 May 2008.

IWRM: Master Programme  AC Meeting in Cologne, 24- 25 April 2008.

AWC workshop on "Participation of the Private Sector in the Water Field", Jeddah, 14-16 April 2008.

"First African Water Week", AFDB, Tunis, 26-30 March 2008.

Nile DSS review workshop in Entebbe, Uganda, 26 January-1 February 2008.

Under SWITCH project, training on "Monitoring and Evaluation Systems", Ghana, 11-14 December 2007.

UNFCCC workshop on Adaptation Planning and Practices under the Nairobi Work Programme on Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change, Rome, Italy, 10-12 September 2007.

The 15th Session of  the High Level Committee on South- South Cooperation, UN/New York, 2007.

Empowers Regional Forum on local Governance entitled “Water is everybody’s business.” in Amman, Jordan, 2007.

Training on “Process documentation for LA and action research”, Lodz, Poland, July 2007.

Workshop on “Climate related risks and extreme events”, UNFCCC, Cairo, Egypt 18-20 June 2007.

Workshop on “Policy and Practice of Public Consultations and Stakeholder Involvement in the Nile Basin Countries, 6th-8th June 2007, Nairobi, Kenya.

International Conference on “IWRM towards MDGs in 2015”, Copenhagen, Denmark, 13 April 2007.

 Training on “Social Inclusion”, Delft, Netherlands, 10 April 2007.

CEDARE participated in the 6th Regional Conservation Forum, Tehran, Iran, May 22-25, 2007.

The 9th GWP-Med PC meeting, Varna, Bulgaria, October 2007.

Regional workshop on “Policy and Practice of Public Consultations and Stakeholder Involvement in the Nile Basin Countries, Nairobi, 2007.

“Integrated Water Resources Management in Africa Seminar” (JAI, AfDB) Tunis, 22-26 October, 2007.

GWP-Africa Conference, Mombassa, Kenya, 8-11 July 2007.

International Conference on  Water Governance in the MENA Region: Critical Issues and the Way Forward”, Invent, AWC, RTCWS, Egypt, June 23 - 27, 2007

“The Sixth Ordinary Session of the African Ministries’ Council on Water (AMCOW)”, General Assembly, Congo, May 2007.

IUCN 6th Regional Conservation Forum, Tehran, Iran, 22nd -25th of May, 2007

Delivered 2 presentations at the first conference on “Iraq Waters: The Road to 2050”, Amman, Jordan, 15-17 May 2007.

Expert Group Meeting on National Institutional Reforms for the Implementation of IWRM in the ESCWA Region, Muscat, Oman, 18-21 March 2007.

Participation in SWITCH project start up meeting, Hamburg, 2006.

Workshop on “Developing Guidelines for Inter-Basin Water Transfers for Policy Makers in Africa”, Accra, Ghana, 25-29 September 2006.

Consultative Meeting on “Building Partnership to support African Countries on Monitoring and Evaluation of the Water Sector”, Tunis, Tunisia, 21-22 September 2006.

Expert Meeting on Computer-aided Distance Learning in Meteorology, Hydrology and Water Resources, Nanjing, China, 8-19 September  2006.

GWP-PC meeting, Stockholm, 15-22 August 2006.

GCOS Regional Workshop for the Mediterranean Basin, Tunis, 16-18 May 2006.

SWITCH Inception Workshop, Netherlands, 18 – 22 April, 2006.

MED EU WI Meeting, Malaga, Spain, 24 April 2006.

SWITH Inception Workshop, Netherlands, 18 – 21 April 2006.

AISEC Water Training (AUC), Cairo, 8 April 2006.

World Water Day Celebration, Cairo, 3 April 2006.

BUS workshop on Low Cost Sanitation, Cairo, 1- 3 April 2006.

The Forth World Water Forum 2006, Mexico, 16-22 March 2006.

UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) joint strategy meeting, Cairo, 26 February 2006.

AOYE's National Environmental Day conference, Cairo, 25 February 2006.

ECA Seminar, Tunis, 21-23 February 2006.

IUCN – WESCANA Regional Water Program Meeting, Tunis, 20 – 21 February 2006.

SWITCH Inception Workshop, Netherlands, 18 -22 February 2006.

Aqua Trust Conference, Cairo Conference Center, 15-17 February 2006.

Launching of Egypt Human Development Report, UNDP, Cairo, 12 February 2006.

Water as a Human Right (Third World), Cairo, 11-12 February 2006.

Cairo ICT 2006, Cairo International Conference Center, 5-8 February 2006.

Seminar on the Status of National IWRM Planning in North African Countries, Rabat, Morocco, 24-25 January 2006.

DSS workshop, Damascus, Syria, 23-24 January 2006.

IWRM training for UNDP COs, Cairo, 17-18 January 2006.

Water Security Arab Center, Seminar on “Israel Appropriation  of Arab Water”, Syria, 2006.

Presenting Status of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Plans in the Arab Region in the Fourth conference on Environment Management on “Sustainable Development and Social Management”, Bahrain, 20-22 November 2005.

Conference on “Water, Land and Food Security in Arid and Semi Arid areas, Bari, Italy, 5-11 September 2005.

Presenting the Development of a Regional Program on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in the Arab countries to the UNDP focal points in the Arab Countries, 2005.

EUWI 8th CIS-Ground Water working group C workshop, Brussels, 12 October 2005.

Conference on “Water, Land and Food Security in Arid and Semi Arid areas, Bari, Italy, 5-11 September 2005.

International conference on “Natural Resources in the Middle East and North Africa”, Cairo, Egypt, 26 February -1 March 2005.

MED-EUWI Groundwater WG, Marrakech, 23-25 May 2005.

MCSD Meeting, Rome, 05-07 April 2005.

ACSAD Meeting, Syria, 28-30 March 2005.

IRU Workshop Regional Centre for Training and Water Studies - 6th October City, 30 March 2005.

Arab Media Forum for Environment and Development Workshop (Informative workshop to discuss the results of the millennium environmental assessment), Pyramisa Hotel, Giza – Egypt, 30 March 05.

Water Awareness Campaign for Children, Launching Event Sheraton Royal Gardens, Giza, Egypt, 22 March 2005.

9th International Water Technology Conference, Sharm El Sheikh, 17-20 March 2005.

EWP IWRM Training, CEDARE, 16-17 March 2005.

NWRP National Conference 2, Cairo, 05 March 2005.

First Int'l Conference for Natural Resources in ME and NA, Cairo University's Conference Center,  27 February 2005.

GEF SGP Workshop, Intercontinental Pyramids (Giza-Egypt), 06-10 February 2005.

GWP-Med PC Meeting & EU WI Med, Brussels, 15-17 January 2005.

DAG Meeting, UNDP, 11 January 2005.

1st Meeting of the AWC Founding Committee, Dubai – UAE, 03-05 January 2005.

Participation in Sadat Academy Seminar on "Water Policies and Regional Cooperation between the Nile River basin Countries in Water Resources Management, 29th December 2003.

Participation in Conference on the Environmental Initiative of NEPAD. Algeria 15-16 December 2003.

Invitation to present a paper in Sustainable Development in Egypt "Think Global …… Act Local" Follow-up to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) on the Occasion of the World Environment Day, Cairo, 2 June 2003.

Invitation to present a paper in Green Week Conference, Brussels. Follow up to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, on key environmental issues of sustainable consumption and production, renewable energy and climate change and water, 2-5 June 2003.

Participation in National Water Quality Monitoring Component Stakeholder Workshop, Ramsis Hilton Hotel, Cairo, 31 May, 2003.

Seminar on Current Developments of Toshka Project, Ministry of water resources and irrigation, 25 May 2003.

Invitation to present a paper in International Conference on Sustainable Development for lasting peace, Athens Greece, May 6-7 2003.

Participation in "CGIAR Challenge Programme on Water and Food" Nile Basin Kick-off Workshop, Cairo, 3-4 May 2003.

ESCWA-GTZ workshop on the “Harmonization of Diverging Interests in the Use of Shared Water Resources”, Beirut, Lebanon, 17-19 December 2002.

Seminar on Water Management Development in Egypt, organized through the Egyptian – Dutch Advisory Panel Project in Water Management (APP). The achievements of more than 25 years of Egyptian – Dutch cooperation in the water sector were presented, Hurghada, Egypt, 12-14 December, 2002.

IUCN/GWP-MED Mediterranean workshop on Water, Wetlands & Climate Change, Athens, Greece, 10-11 December, 2002.

2nd GWP-MED Partnership Council Meeting, Athens, Greece, 9 December, 2002.

2nd GWP-Med Partnership Council Meeting, Dr. Khaled AbuZeid represented CEDARE, Athens, Greece, 23-24 November 2002.

Preparatory Meeting for convening the Africa Day at the 3rd World Water Forum in Kyoto, Japan, 23-24 November, 2002.

UNDP Follow-up on World Summit on Sustainable Development Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, 19 November 2002.

International Conference of Basin Organizations – EU Water Initiative Meeting, Madrid, Spain, 4-6 November 2002.

World Bank meeting for the preparation of the Middle East and the Mediterranean Day in the 3rd World Water Forum, Cairo, Egypt, October 2002.

Arab Water Conference – Cooperation Perspectives, Cairo, Egypt, 12-14 October 2002.

Africa Water Task Force, 6th Meeting for the preparation of the Africa Day at the 3rd World Water Forum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 2002.

Consultative Meeting on the African Water Development Report in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 2002.

Africa Water Task Force, 4th and 5th Meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 27th, 2002, and September 4th 2002.

World Summit For Sustainable Development – Water Dome, Johannesburg, South Africa  (August 28 – September 3, 2002):

  1. CEDARE booth at the Africa Water Village on Regional Integration (The Nubian Aquifer Project)
  2. CEDARE presentation on Regional Integration (The Nubian Aquifer Project)
  3. CEDARE chairmanship of the session and presentation on Special Environmental Issues at the Water, Energy, & Climate theme day
  4. Launching of EU Water Initiative
  5. Launching of the Euro-Med Water & Poverty Facility (WSSD Type-II Partnership).

2nd African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) meeting, Johannesburg, South Africa, 28-29 August, 2002.

European Union Water Initiative multi-stakeholder meeting in Brussels, Belgium, 20-21 June 2002.

GWP-MED participation in the 7th GWP-CP (Consulting Partners) meeting, 17-18 June, Accra, Ghana,  , 2002.

Multi-Stakeholders Meeting for the Formulation of the EU-Water Initiative for Africa, Brussels, Belgium 22-23 April 2002.

IUCN Mediterranean Water cooperation meeting in Malaga, Spain, 8-9 April 2002.

The Regional Conference on Effective Water Governance in the Mediterranean was held in Athens, 19-20 March 2002. 

ESCWA shared Groundwater Resources Meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, 27-28 February 2002.

Meeting on the formulation of the GWP-Groundwater Associated Program in Cairo, Egypt, 16th February, 2002.

Human Capacity Building in the Water Sector through Innovation and Collaboration in Delft, Netherlands, 28-30 November 2001.

Launching of the network for waste water reuse in Amman, Jordan November 2001.

Proposal for EIA and design of Env. Monitoring system for the constructed Engineering wetland in Portsaid (EEAA/MOWI) Egypt in September 2001.

Stockholm Water Symposium and GWP Consulting Partners Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden in August 2001.

Participation in formulation of new regulations, by-laws and institutional structuring for the transition from MEDTAC (Technical Advisory Committee) to GWP-MED (Partnership) in Brussels, Belgium 2001.

Hydrologic Modeling Using GIS & Watershed Modeling System (WMS), ASCE, EMS-I, California, USA (2000).

“Second World Water Forum”, World Water Council, The Hague, Netherlands, (2000).

“Workshop on the Use of Decision Support Systems for Environmental Management in Coastal and Dry Zones”, CEDARE/UNIDO/ICS, Damascus, Syria, (1999).

“NATO Workshop on Decision Support Systems for Water Resources Management”, Jordan, (1999).

Professional Engineer / Civil license Review Seminar, Continuing Professional Engineering Education, California, USA (1999).

Training Course on GIS (Data Automation Kit, ArcView, Spatial Analyst) (1998).

Groundwater Modeling Using GMS, Birgham Young University – Utah & Environmental Modeling Systems Inc. in cooperation with CEDARE (1998).

“Conference on Mediterranean Water Policy: Building on Existing Experience”, Mediterranean Water Network, Valencia, Spain, (1998).

6th Nile 2002 Conference, ”Comprehensive Water Resources Development of the Nile Basin”, Kigali, Rwanda, (1998).

9th World Water Congress, Montreal, Canada, International Water Resources Association, (1997).

Environment 97 International Conference & Trade Fair on Environmental Management & Technologies, Cairo-Egypt, (1997).

Presenting two papers at CEDARE's Workshop in Environmental Information Systems for Decision Making, Kuwait, 1-3 December, 1997.

Participation in the Second Expert Consultation on National Water Policy Reform in the Near East, FAO, Cairo-Egypt, November 24-25, 1997.

Participation in the Arab Experts Mission by the League of Arab States to investigate Possible Cooperation Opportunities with the European Commission, and the European Environment Agency, Bruxelles-Belgium, Copenhagen-Denmark, November 17-21, 1997.

Participation in the Expert Group Meeting on "Development of Non-Conventional Water Resources and Appropriate Technologies for Groundwater Management in the ESCWA Region, Manama-Bahrain, October 27-30, 1997.

Regional Workshop on Technologies of Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, UNEP, The Arabian Gulf University, ACSAD, and the Ministry of Housing, Municipalities, and Environmental Affairs of Bahrain, Bahrain, June 2-4, 1997.

Invitation to present a Paper at the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) 9th World Water Congress, Montreal-Canada, September 1-6, 1997.

Participation in the 3rd Inter-Agency Task-Force Meeting on Land & Water Resources, Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), Cairo-Egypt, 1997.

Participation in the IDRC Planning Workshop on Water Demand Management Research Networking in Africa and the Middle East, Cairo-Egypt, May, 1997.

Participation in the Expert Group Meeting for ESCWA's Regional Water Studies, Amman-Jordan, March, 1997.

Participation in the 1st ESCWA Session of the Committee on Water Resources for West Asia, Amman-Jordan, March, 1997.

Presenting a Paper at Environment 97 Conference on Environmental Management & Technologies, Cairo-Egypt, 15-17 February, 1997.

Watershed Analysis Using GIS, Center for Water Resources Research, University of Texas in cooperation with CEDARE (1997).

Invitation by the American University of Beirut (Lebanon) to give a seminar on the Use of Decision Support Systems in Water Resources Management, Beirut-Lebanon, 1996.

Regional Seminar on the “Use of Decision Support Systems in Water Resources Management”, Damascus-Syria, (1996).

16th ICID (International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage) Congress on Irrigation & Drainage, “Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture”, Cairo, Egypt, (1996).

4th  Nile 2002 Conference, “Comprehensive Water Resources Development of the Nile Basin: Action Plan”, Kampala, Uganda, (1996).

Participation in the 12th FAO Regional Session on Land & Water Use in the Near East, Beirut-Lebanon, 1996.

Presenting a Paper at the 16th International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage (ICID) Congress, Workshop on Water Savings & Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture in the Mediterranean, Cairo-Egypt, September 15-22, 1996.

Participation in the Workshop on Integrated National Water Quality Monitoring in Egypt, PortSaid, Egypt, 1996.

Participation in the UNESCO/NWRC/ACSAD Workshops on Wadi Hydrology & Groundwater Protection, Cairo-Egypt, 1996.

Participation in the 4th Nile 2002 conference, Kampala-Uganda, 1996.

Participation in the Scoping Meeting for Alexandria Wastewater Treatment Project, Alexandria-Egypt, 1996.

Participation in the 2nd Inter-Agency Task-Force Meeting on Land & Water Resources, World Health Organization (WHO), Alexandria-Egypt, 1996.

First International Conference on Multiple Objective Decision Support Systems for Land, Water, and Environmental Management: Concepts, Approaches, and Applications, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A., (1995).

3rd Nile 2002 Conference, "Comprehensive Water Resources Development of the Nile Basin: Taking Off", Arusha, Tanzania, (1995).

Invited by the World Bank to attend Study tour/Seminar in Argentina & Chile to address participatory water resources management and allocation, water institutional issues, water laws, inter-sectoral water conflicts, and tradable water rights (1995).

Workshop on "River Ecosystem Management", Environment Canada/Nile Water Strategic Research Unit, Cairo, Egypt, (1995).

Short course on "Systems Approach to Creative Water Resources Engineering, Advanced Systems and Risk Analysis", University of Manitoba/Nile Water Strategic Research Unit, Cairo, Egypt, (1995).

Workshop on "Primavera P3 Planner (Project Management Software)", Proji-Controle (Canada) & Nile Water Strategic Research Unit, NWRC, Cairo, Egypt, (1995).

IWRA World Congress on Water Resources, "Satisfying Future National and Global Water Demands", International Water Resources Association (IWRA), Cairo, Egypt, (1994).

International Symposium on River Waterfront Development, Nile Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt, (1994).

PMI'94, 25th Annual Symposium, "Leadership in a World of Change", Project Management Institute (PMI), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, (1994).

International Conference on Land and Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean Region, Instituto Agronomico Mediterraneo, Valenzano, Bari, Italy (1994).

21st ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) Annual Water Resources Planning & Management Division Conference, "Water Policy and Management, Solving the Problems", Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., (1994).

GIS 94, Decision Making with GIS, The World's Premier Symposium on GIS for Natural Resources, Environmental and Land Information Management, eighth Annual Symposium on GIS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, (1994).

Workshop on "Holistic Approach to Water and Related Resources Management", Nile Water Strategic Research Unit, Cairo, Egypt, (1994).

Workshop on "Project Leadership in a World of Change", Project Management Institute (PMI'94), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, (1994).

Workshop on "Total Quality Management", PMI'94, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, (1994).

Workshop on "Risk and Project Management Decision Support", PMI'94, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, (1994).

1st Nile 2002 Conference, "Comprehensive Water Resources Development in the Nile Basin: Getting Started", Aswan, Egypt, (1993).

Training on digitizing and schematization for modelling irrigation systems, and training on the SIWARE (SImulation of Water management in the Arab Republic of Egypt) model, Wageningen, The Netherlands, (1992).

Workshop on the role of Groundwater in Water Resources Management, Groundwater Research Institute (Cairo), IWACO & Resource Analysis (The Netherlands), Egypt, (1992).

Remote Sensing and GIS for Engineers (short course), College of Forestry and Natural Resources, Colorado State University, USA, (1991).

Numerical Methods and Graphical Interfaces for Surface and Subsurface Hydrology, The Department of Mathematics & The Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, USA, (1991).

Senior Project Management Program (short course), Water Research Center, Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, (1990).

Keyboarding (Typewriting) in English, Business College, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (1989).

Advanced Microcomputers Use for Engineering Analysis of Irrigation Systems, The International Institute for Civil Engineering (IICE), Colorado State University, USA (1989).

Microcomputers for Engineering Analysis of Irrigation Systems, IICE, CSU, USA (1989)

Microcomputers in Civil Engineering, Orlando, Florida, USA, (1989)

Conjunctive Use of Ground and Surface Water (short course), Colorado Institute for Irrigation Management, Colorado State University, USA (1989).

Summer Training (undergraduate student), International Summer Student Program at the Salt River Project (SRP), Hydrology Department, Phoenix, Arizona, USA (1986).

Summer Training (undergraduate student) at the Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics Lab, Engineering Research Center (ERC), Colorado State University (CSU), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, (1983, 1984, & 1985).

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