Organizors and Supporters
Arab Countries Water Utilities Association
www.acwua.org
International Institute for Water and Sanitation (IEA)
Office National de l'Eau Potable
www.onep.ma
United Nations University
UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development
www.unwater.unu.edu/
- The Global WOPs alliance
UN HABITAT - For a better urban future
www.unhabitat.org
Supported by:
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
www.escwa.un.org
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
www.gtz.de
U.S. Agency for International Development
www.usaid.gov
International Water Association
ww.iwahq.com
German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste
www.dwa.de
ACWUA Board of Directors
ACWUA Chairperson:
Ms. Eng. Nadia Abdou
Chairperson & Delegated Member of Alexandria Water Company
Alexandria, Egypt
ACWUA Vice Chairperson:
Mr. Khalifa E. Al Mansoor
Asst. Undersecretary Sanitary Engineering, Ministry of Works and
Housing, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
ACWUA Treasurer:
Mr. Ibrahim Safi
General Manager of Jerusalem Water Undertaking,Jerusalem, Palestine
Members:
Mr. Samir Bensaid
Chief Executive Officer, ONEP- International Institute for Water and
Sanitation, Rabat, Morocco
Chairperson ACWUA Working Group Capacity Building and Training
Eng. Mousa Jama`ani
Secretary General, Jordan Valley Authority, Amman, Jordan
Chairperson Working Group Management of Utilities
Dr. Nihal El Rakshy
Head Sector of Lab & Research, Member Board of Direction of Alexandria
Water Company, Alexandria, Egypt
Chairperson of ACWUA Working Group Water and Health
ACWUA Representative of the individual members
Mr. Mohammad A. Ramahi
Network Service Director, Abu Dhabi Distribution Co.
Chairperson ACWUA Working Group Benchmarking
Mr. Assane Gaye
Ingenieur Principal Hydreologue Geophysicien, Chef de Service SIG,
Centre National des Ressources en Eau, Mauritania
Jamal Krayem
Director General, Etablissement des Eaux du Liban Nord, Tripoli, Lebanon
Mr. Abdelkrim Mechia
Directeur General de Algérienne Des Eaux (ADE)
Kouba, Algeria
Eric Viala
Regional Water Advisor, Office of Middle East Programs
US for Agency for International Development
ACWUA Representative of the international organizations
ACWUA Secretary General
Mr. Khaldon Khashman
Secretary General, Arab Countries Water Utilities Association
Amman, Jordan
khaldon_khashman(at)acwua.org
ACWUA International Advisors
Reinhard Meierjohann
Principal Advisor to ACWUA on behalf of GTZ, Amman, Jordan
Meierjohann(at)acwua.org
Carol Chouchani Cherfane
Chief Water Resources Section, UN ESCWA, Beirut, Lebanon
chouchanicherfane(at)un.org
Rüdiger Heidebrecht
Head of Training and International Cooperation, German Association for
Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA), Hennef, Germany
Heidebrecht(at)dwa.de
ACWUA Conference Co-Organizers
Dr. Reza Ardakanian
Director of UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development
(UNW-DPC), United Nations University, Bonn, Germany
Dr. Faraj El-Awar
Programme Manager, Global Water Operators Partnerships Alliance, UNHabitat,
Nairobi, Kenya