From 13 to 18 December 2003 has been held in Sharm-El-Sheikh the “Second Regional Conference on Water Demand Management and Pollution Control”, organized by ESCWA, UNESCO, FAO, UNEP and WHO, with the support of several Agencies.

IRWA has been invited to the Conference, and 3 relations have been presented: Dr. Kamal Karaa , IRWA National Coordinator for Lebanon and Chief of the Rural Department of the Litani River Authority (LRA), held a relation entitled “Capacity Building Initiative for Demand Management in the Agriculture Sector in Lebanon”; Dr. Esmat Karadsheh, IRWA National Coordinator for Jordan and Researcher of the National Center for Agriculture Research and Technology Transfer (NNCARTT), held a relation entitled “ Role of Information Technology and Research in improving irrigation water management”; Dr. Paul Gasparini, IRWA Senior Project Manager, held a relation entitled “Capacity Building for improving Demand Management in Agriculture sector in Lebanon and Jordan: IRWA experience” .

Furthermore IRWA has sponsored the participation of 8 local NGOs (1 from Lebanon, 2 from Jordan, 2 from Palestine and 3 from Egypt) who are dealing with Water issues in their respective countries.