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The Vision

Utilizing the power of water to build a peaceful future for the region

The Mission

Transforming water from a potential source of conflict into an instrument of cooperation and peace through dialogue, capacity building and concrete actions

Blue Peace in the Middle East

The Blue Peace in the Middle East Initiative, is a structured and dynamic network consisting of prominent institutions from partner countries in the region to enable water cooperation in the Middle East and create an institutional cooperation mechanism for the sustainable management of water resources.

The Initiative continues to support trust building and collaboration activities in the region under relevant themes agreed by the stakeholders and contribute to enhance dialogue among countries, water institutions, decision makers and experts.

The Initiative also supports countries in the region towards Sustainable Development Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, i.e. ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030.

News

7th Managing Committee Meeting of Blue Peace Middle East

The 7th Managing Committee Meeting of Blue Peace in the Middle East: Regional Mechanism (BPME-RM) was held on 29-30 November 2022 in Mardin, Turkiye. MORE

6th Managing Committee Meeting of Blue Peace Middle East

The 6th Managing Committee Meeting of Blue Peace in the Middle East: Regional Mechanism (BPME-RM) was held on 21-22 June 2022 in Istanbul. MORE

Workshop and Observational Study Tour on Irrigation Efficiency

Considering that agricultural irrigation is the highest consumer of freshwater resources across the Middle East accounting for more than 80% of all water withdrawals, the first central theme of the new Blue Peace in the Middle East structure was chosen as water use efficiency in agriculture. MORE

BPME Regional Mechanism Members Discuss Next Steps

As part of the Blue Peace Days at Expo Dubai 2020, the members of the Regional Mechanism’s Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) and Managing Committee (MC) held a joint meeting on 27 February – the first in-person meeting in more than two years – to assess the BPME’s recent achievements and reflect on the way forward. MORE

Data Sharing as a Building Block for Water Negotiations

Regional water experts at a high-level workshop on water diplomacy, peace-building and conflict management on 28 February 2022 stressed the importance of joint scientific research and knowledge sharing in the Middle East region. MORE

Blue Peace High-Level Panel Calls for Closer Water Cooperation

Diplomatic, humanitarian and development experts called for greater cooperation over water in the face of the worsening regional water crisis during a high-level panel on 26 February 2022. MORE

Blue Peace Media Lab Workshop Explores Effective Water Communication

On the first day of the Blue Peace Days at the Swiss Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020 on 26 February 2022, the NGO Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT) hosted an expert panel to discuss shifting trends in media coverage of water issues in the Middle East. MORE

4th Managing Committee Meeting of Blue Peace in the Middle East

The 4th (Extraordinary) Managing Committee Meeting of “Blue Peace in the Middle East: Regional Cooperation on Water” was held online on 15th of December, 2021. MORE

Short Course and Observational Study Tour on Irrigation Efficiency

Irrigated agriculture dominates freshwater use across the Middle East accounting for more than 80% of all water withdrawals. MORE

3rd Managing Committee Meeting of Blue Peace in the Middle East

The 3rd Managing Committee Meeting of “Blue Peace in the Middle East: Regional Cooperation on Water” was held online on 3rd of August, 2021. MORE

1st Policy Advisory Committee of Blue Peace in the Middle East

The 1st Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) Meeting of Blue Peace in the Middle East was held online on June 3rd, 2021 under the chairmanship of HRH Prince of Jordan Hassan Bin Talal. MORE

The Fourth Workshop on "Transboundary Hydro-Governance and SDG 6"

The fourth workshop on the central theme of “Transboundary Hydro-Governance and SDG 6”, organized by Water Diplomacy Center (WDC), will start on February 23, 2021. MORE

The Third Workshop on "Transboundary Hydro-Governance and SDG 6"

The Water Diplomacy Center at the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) in collaboration with the University of East Angela of the United Kingdom organized an online workshop entitled “Transboundary Hydro-Governance and SDG 6” over a three-day program between 10-12 November 2020. MORE

Short Course on Irrigation Efficiency

Considering that nearly 80% of water resources is consumed in agriculture in the Middle East, the first working theme of Blue Peace in the Middle East was chosen as agricultural water use efficiency. In this scope, one of the project components coordinated and implemented by SUEN as the Coordination Office is capacity development programs. MORE

Coordination Office Announces Details Of Irrigation Efficiency Training

The Blue Peace Middle East Coordination Office has details of the water use efficiency in agriculture that is to be held in Izmir, Turkey. The training course is being organised by the Turkish Water Institute (SUEN), which currently serves as the Coordination Office of the Blue Peace Middle East Regional Mechanism MORE

Media Lab announces winner of the Water Open Eye Award – Lebanon

Lebanese journalist Ali Awadah has won the Blue Peace Media Lab’s ‘Water Open Eye Award – Lebanon’ for his article on the mismanagement and pollution of the Litani River. MORE

Yarmouk Futures holds first training in Jordan

The Yarmouk Futures programme hosted its first training course for Jordanian and Syrian water experts at the Water Diplomacy Centre in Jordan from 8 to 10 February. MORE

Blue Peace Middle East Partners Explore Closer Cooperation

Six partners of the Blue Peace Middle East Initiative met in Istanbul in January to discuss how the different programmes can work together to promote closer cooperation over water in the region. MORE

Managing Committee Meeting

Regional Mechanism experts discuss progress. Technical experts of the Blue Peace Middle East Regional Mechanism met in Istanbul in January to discuss the initiative’s progress and ongoing projects and activities. MORE

Obituary Prof. Dr Hasan Z. Sarikaya

Chair of the Blue Peace Middle East Managing Committee. It was with great sadness that the members of the Blue Peace Middle East Initiative learnt of the sudden passing of Dr Hasan Sarikaya on 23 January 2020. MORE

2nd Managing Committee Meeting of the Blue Peace Initiative in the Middle East

The 2nd Managing Committee Meeting of “Blue Peace in the Middle East: Regional Cooperation on Water” was held at DSİ 14th Regional Directorate (İstanbul), hosted by SUEN as the Coordination Office of the initiative.... MORE

The 1st Meeting of the Managing Committee of Blue Peace in The Middle East held in SUEN

Pursuant to the decision taken last year on SUEN’s Coordination Office role under the Blue Peace in the Middle East Initiative, the 1st Managing Committee Meeting of 2019 was held on 26-27 March, 2019 in SUEN. As per the contract signed recently... MORE

SUEN Coordination Office of “Blue Peace in the Middle East Initiative

With the long-term vision of transforming water from a potential source of crisis into a potential instrument of cooperation and peace through concrete actions, a new structure was has been set up for the Blue Peace in the Middle East Initiative, as a structured and dynamic network of prominent ... MORE
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