Bio-diversity

Project Objectives: 1.Creating and maintaining good relations with the section of Water Orientation in Fayoum Irrigation Department (FID); 2.Raising the training and technical assistance capabilities of water orientation team in FID; 3.Raising awareness on the concepts of good governance among WUAs; 4.Building capacities of WUAs to formulate and analyze local water policies; 5.Building capacities of partner WUAs to monitor the implementation of water policies and their socio-economic impacts; 6.Developing a direct dialogue mechanism between WUAs and the department of irrigation to exchange information; 7.Validating a Code of Conduct for Water Users Associations stipulating the importance of following the IWRM governance methodologies in the WUAs action. Expected Results: 1.Integrate IWRM governance policies in local community development policies through partner WUAs 2.Trained WUAs on IWRM governance policies 3.Trained WO team on technical assistance on farmers participation in water management; 4.Adopted a code of conduct on integrating environmental governance within WUAs action plans 5.Opened channel of dialogue between water users and irrigation and drainage officials

Egypt