Foreword
As
project
leader
it
is
my
pleasure
to
acknowledge
the
following
persons
for
their
valuable
contributions
to
this
project.
Firstly,
I
would
like
to
express
my
gratitude
to
His
Excellency
Ambassador
Jeroen
Verheul,
Zumreta
Jahic
(Royal
Netherlands
Embassy
in
Sana’a)
and
Job
Kleijn
(Dutch
Ministry
of
Foreign
Affairs),
for
making
this
project
financially
possible
and
their
continuing
support
in
developing
this
highly
relevant
topic.
Dr.
Thorsten
Wetzling,
Manuella
Appiah
Anton
Nijssen,
Dr.
Georgios
Kostakos
of
The
Hague
Institute
for
Global
Justice
laid
the
foundations
of
this
project
through
their
work
on
the
original
project
proposal.
The
fieldwork,
often
under
difficult
circumstances,
was
undertaken
by
Nadwa
Al-‐Dawsari
(independent
consultant),
Abdullah
Al-‐Kinda
(Sana’a
University),
Mohamed
Suneidar,
(independent
consultant).
A
special
word
of
thanks
must
also
go
to
Adel
Al-‐Weshali
(Water
and
Environment
Centre
-‐
Sana’a)
for
his
continuing
support
and
to
the
other
people
at
WEC
who
supported
this
project,
especially
Prof.
Abdulla
Babaqi
and
Wael
Al-‐Derwish.
The
report
was
written
by
Patrick
Huntjens
(The
Hague
Insitute
for
Global
Justice),
Rens
de
Man
(The
Hague
Insitute
for
Global
Justice),
Ting
Zhang
(The
Hague
Insitute
for
Global
Justice),
Frank
van
Steenbergen
(Meta-‐
Meta),
Cecilia
Borgia
(Meta-‐Meta),
Jaap
Evers
(UNESCO-‐IHE),
Marleen
van
Rijswick
(Utrecht
University),
Daphina
Misiedjan
(Utrecht
University),
and
Alberto
Tjen
A
Kwoei
(Utrecht
University).
Furthermore,
I
would
like
to
thank
the
speakers
and
participants
from
Yemen
(see
Annex
6),
during
the
stakeholder
consultation
meeting
on
4-‐6
June
2014
in
Amman,
for
sharing
their
personal
stories,
insights
and
experiences
with
water
related
conflicts.
Their
extremely
valuable
contributions,
helped
shape
this
report
and
the
recommendations.
Fabienne
Smith
of
The
Hague
Institute
provided
continued
support
in
making
sure
that
the
stakeholder
consultation
meeting
in
Amman
was
logistically
perfectly
organised.
I
am
grateful
to
the
following
external
reviewers
for
their
time
and
thorough
comments:
Paul
Aarts
(University
of
Amsterdam),
Antoine
Buyse
(University
of
Utrecht),
Jeroen
Kool
(Royal
HaskoningDHV),
Jac
van
der
Gun
(IGRAC),
and
Erwin
van
Veen
(Clingendael).
And
Agnese
Macaluso,
intern
at
The
Ha gue
Institute
for
Global
Justice
for
contributing
to
the
editing.
Finally,
special
thanks
to
Rens
de
Man
for
his
unwavering
dedication
and
excellent
day-‐to-‐day
management
of
this
challenging
project.
Patrick
Huntjens,
Project
leader
Head
of
Water
Diplomacy
|
The
Conflict
Prevention
Program
The
Hague
Institute
for
Global
Justice
July
2014
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Hague
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