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Who is IRWA' ?
IrWa project started
in 2003, in the framework of the
MEDA
Water Programme, with the main objective of increasing
farmers income by improving crop production and
minimizing on-farm inputs and operation and maintenance
costs in Lebanon and in Jordan. MEDA Water Programme is
part of the European Union support for the improvement
of water management in Middle East and North African
countries (MENA) through co-operation of non-profit
organizations from European Union and MENA countries.
IRWA is implemented by the following consortium:
ICU
- Istituto per la Cooperazione Universitaria
(Italy);
NCARE
- National Center for Agricultural Research and
Extension (Jordan);
AVSI
- Associazione dei Volontari per il Servizio
Internazionale (Italy);
LRA
- Litani
River Authority (Lebanon);
CESAL:
Centro de Estudios y Solidaridad con America Latina
(Spain).
IRWA Team
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 Istituto
per la Cooperazione Universitaria was
created in 1966 by a group of Italian university
professors with the objective of enhancing at an
international level the development of a culture and
science at the service of mankind. Such objective can be
summarized mainly in two interdependent actions:
 Spreading
a culture of development cooperation seen as an
integral promotion of human dignity.
Human
and social development in countries at lower levels
of industrialization by the means of international
cooperation programs. Recognized as a non-profit
organization under the Decree n. 921/67 by the
President of Italian Republic in September 1967,
ICU was recognized in 1972 as a
non-governmental organization by the Italian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
ICU
is a partner of ECHO and a member of the READI - Red
Euro-Árabe de ONG para el Desarrollo y la
Integración - established in September 2001 with the
objective of promoting dialogue, cooperation and
solidarity among the countries of the Mediterranean
basin.
Since its
establishment ICU has operated
in over 32 countries in Latin America, Africa, the
Mediterranean Basin and in the Near East, Eastern
Europe, Asia and the Pacific completing over 200
projects in the sectors of university cooperation,
environmental engineering, education and vocational
training, health and sanitation, rural development,
women’s promotion, social development and emergency.
ICU has been operating in the Middle
East since 1994:in Lebanon it has already completed 4
projects and other 3 are being implemented, 3 projects
in Jordan of which 2 completed, 1 in Syria and 1 in
Egypt.
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  National
Center for Agricultural Research and Extension began
operation in July 1985 as a semiautonomous institution with
administrative and financial independences.
NCARE consists of a main head
located at Al-Hussein Agricultural Experiment Station at
Baqa’a and six Regional Centers.
NCARE
operates 12 research stations to conduct and/or
coordinate applied agricultural research and transfer of
technology activities at the national level in
collaboration with public and private agricultural
institutions.
Its mandate also provides for:
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 Associazione
Volontari per il Servizio Internazionale was
founded in Italy in 1972. It is a non-governmental
organization having its headquarters in Milan and Cesena.
AVSI works in collaboration with
the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European
Commission, several UN agencies (UNICEF, HABITAT, UNDP
etc. ), and it is registered in the ECOSOC (Economic and
Social Council of the United Nations)and UNIDO (United
Nations Industrial Development Organization). In
addition, it is a partner in ECHO (European Commission
Humanitarian Aid Office).
AVSI’s
main objective is to promote social, economical and
cultural development projects targeting the most
disadvantaged people in developing countries. Currently,
AVSI is carrying-out in close
cooperation with local partners, 86 projects in 35
countries of Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia
and the Middle East. Actually,
AVSI
holds two permanent offices in the region:one in Beirut,
Lebanon, where it is implementing different projects
dealing with humanitarian aid, vocational training,
rural development and sanitary assistance, and one in
Amman, Jordan, where it is implementing a project
dedicated to physical disabilities as Executing Partner
for UNDP -Jordan. Care and Education of children is
proceeding thanks to Distant Support Program still
evolving to cover many different regions in Lebanon,
Jordan and Palestine.
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Litani River Authority is a
public establishment, with administrative and financial
independence constituted in 1954.
LRA’s
main objective is to manage surface and underground
water resources.
Among its major
duties:
Execution
of Litani River scheme for irrigation, drainage and
domestic water;
Execute
hydro-electrical plants and electrical networks
between power source and the distribution networks
in all Lebanese regions.
Preliminary
studies and construction of dams.
Exploitation
of hydroelectric power plants.
Irrigation,
infrastructure and exploitation.
Gauging
of all important rivers and springs in Lebanon.
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 Centro
de Estudios y Solidaridad con America Latina is a
non-governmental organization founded in Spain in 1988. It
is a non-profit association recognized by the Spanish
Ministry of Interior.
CESAL’s
main objective is to promote vital activities like
education, health and rural development in different
countries. Also it works on poverty alleviation through
programs aiming at improving basic infrastructure for
instance provision of potable water and ameliorating working
performance through vocational training.
CESAL
is present in more than 12 countries in Latin America,
Africa and Eastern Europe working on 150 projects of
development in vital sectors such as education, health,
rural development and other sustainable projects dealing
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