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MENA NWC Update
Network Center Directors Meet in Egypt
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strategies to ensure
the Network’s
sustainability.
Enable Centers to
share their technical
areas of focus and
strengths with each
other.
Receive feedback
from Centers about
the process and
substance of
launching and
strengthening the
Network.
Provide an
opportunity for
Centers to discuss
and help determine
the future course of
the Network’s
program.
As a result of the meeting,
participants agreed to the
following:
Participants of the MENA NWC Center Directors Meeting held in Sharm ElSheikh, Egypt in November 2014.
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The IMU agreed to do
a full-scale update of
MENA NWC’s
Strategic Business
Plan to be circulated
in June 2015.
The Center Directors
confirmed that the
Network’s five
Technical research
areas were still
appropriate and
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relevant.
Center Directors
agreed to meet
annually and to form
three Working
Groups: Capacity
Building and
Knowledge Sharing;
Research Quality
and Impact; and
Collaboration and
Partnerships. The
Directors identified
Network Convenes Water Footprint
Assessment (WFA) Training in Bahrain
MENA NWC co-convened
a regional training course
— Water Footprint
Assessments for GCC
and Arab Countries —
held at Arabian Gulf
University (AGU) in
Bahrain from 20-22 April
2015. The course was
offered jointly with
AWARENET, the Water,
Science & Technology
Association (WSTA), the
United Nations Economic
and Social Commission
for Western Asia (UN
ESCWA), and Cap-Net
UNDP. Through a
competitive application
process, the Network
covered the cost of 13
staff from Member
Centers to attend the
training. Network-funded
participants represented
nine member Centers.
Following the course,
MENA NWC-sponsored
participants stayed in
Bahrain for an additional
day to prepare research
proposals to be funded by
MENA NWC in
partnership with external
investors. Developing new
research proposals is a
practical exercise directly
linked to MENA NWC's
fundraising efforts. New
collaborative research
proposals that practically
address regional water
challenges demonstrate
to private industry, public
institutions, and
investors the importance
and convening power of
MENA NWC.