Priorities

• Assessment and Monitoring of Water Resources
• Integrated Management of Water Resources
• Impact of other anthropogenic activities on the hydrologic regime
• Review of methodology for the evaluation of maximum flow and design floods
• Erosion and silting of hydraulic structures

Challenges

• Inefficient meteorological and hydrological network
• Flash floods
• Shortage of water resources
• Lack of appropriate cooperation mechanism on transboundary water resources
• Lack of professional personal
• Impacts of climate change
• Overexploitation of groundwater resources

Needs

• Flood warning system
• Sea water desalination
• Promotion of an appropriate mechanism for cooperation
• Capacity building
• Adaptation to climate change
• Rational management of groundwater resources
• Optimization of meteorological and hydrological networks

Activities

• Development of appropriate flood warning system
• Sea water desalination using solar energy
• Establishment of an entity for cooperation on sharing transboundary waters
• Strengthening training courses
• Integration of the component of climate change on water resources management
• Optimization of meteorological and hydrological networks

Opportunities

• Coordination and support of international agencies
• Financial resources from donors
• Being part of the Mediterranean Basin countries
• Long coasts and solar energy