ISIIMM - Institutional and social innovations in irrigation mediterranean management (http://www.isiimm.agropolis.fr)
Starting date: 2003/05/01 - Duration (months): 48

 Short description:
ISIIMM is founded upon strong associations between its development partners who work with local users’ associations and its scientific partners who work on collective water management issues. The overall objective is to understand current contradictions associated with local water management in Mediterranean watersheds and finding institutional innovations according to the area of social compromise in each locality. To Achieve this objective, partners from six Euro-Med countries will undertake 11 case studies (France: River Têt and River Durance; Spain : River Jucar and River Genil; Italy : River Piave; Morocco: Office du Haouz and valley of Ait Bouguemez; Egypt: Fayoum, Behera (Nile Delta) and Menia (Nile valley); Lebanon: Upper Litani watershed).

These partners will exchange experience and knowledge about institutions, organisations and the rules for water use that are applied at three levels: national frameworks, regional basin situations, and specific river basins. Exchanges of experience and knowledge are organised through multiple training workshops that will be organised on site in the project’s case studies to provide first hand interactions with management dilemmas. A powerful tool, OSIRIS, will allow all Mediterranean stakeholders concerned with water management to access to information and distance learning.

Themes covered:
IV. Irrigation water management

Projects documents available for ISIIMM

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