Date

Location

Activity

2017

Scoping phase, inception and country preparation.

July

Cairo

Regional project inception workshop hosted by Egypt. 100 people from the eight countries.

2018

Mar. - Sept.

Cairo, Holland

Long Training for Trainers by IHE to the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Egypt on the use of remote sensing for Water Accounting (WA+). 20 people from the MWRI benefitted from this training.

Oct.

Cairo

Three technical sessions were implemented at the Cairo Water Week on water accounting; water productivity and solar pumping.

2019

Mar.

Cairo

Project participation in the Land and Water Days with two technical sessions (water accounting; and nexus), two trainings (use of remote sensing; and nexus tools) and demonstration at the fair.

Mar.

Cairo

Regional training on ET measurement and the use of the ET Cordova station by UCO with installation of the ET Cordova station in Zankalon site. Twenty-five participants including Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine attended the training.

Mar. - Oct.

Three sites

As part of a regional training on crop mapping using remote sensing, country teams collected data points in three sites over two seasons, prepared crop maps using remote sensing, and presented results to the government.

Aug.

Study tour

A study tour was implemented in Italy on sustainable water management and irrigation modernization. Four officials participated, two from MWRI, two from MALR and the FAO country coordinator.

Sept.

Conference

Participation in the World Irrigation Forum organized by ICID, with contribution from the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation at the high level policy panel and the Planning Director presenting water accounting.

Oct.

Cairo

Two technical sessions were implemented with 200 participants at the Cairo Water Week on water accounting, and water productivity. Also, a regional training on advanced water accounting was implemented to 40 participants, as an introduction for analysts. A booth was also set up with different activities and presentations. 

Dec.

Study Tour

A study tour was implemented in Australia on sustainable water management and irrigation modernization. Four officials participated, two from MWRI, two from MALR and one from FAO Egypt.

Dec.

Country-wide

Preliminary baseline on crop water productivity for strategic crops from national literature was produced and presented at the Regional water productivity Conference in Tunisia.

2020

Various events and trainings were planned in March-April, but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 restrictions.

Feb.

Al Minia

Training for Trainers on Farmer Field Schools approach and tools. Twenty participant attended including extension specialists.

Mar.

Cairo

Training on WA+ interpretation for the MWRI water accounting unit by IHE Delft.

July

Country-wide

Presentation of the project results to key country stakeholders (Zoom webinar).

July

Three sites

The third crop mapping season was implemented, where data was collected using remote sensing.

Aug.

Al Minia and Kafr El Sheikh

Water level and Ec sensor equipment installation and training in Al-Minya and Kafr ElSheikh governorates. Twenty-three participants attended.

Aug.

Zankalon

Verification and calibration of ET instruments (ET Cordova and Lysimeter) in Zankalon site.

Aug.

Al Minia

Gender responsive water and agriculture assessments starts in Al Minia site

Sept.

Kafr El Sheikh

Verification and calibration of ET instrument in Sakha site.

Sept.

Kafr El Sheikh

On the job training on Rapid Water Accounting for Sidi Gazi irrigation scheme. Twenty participants from MWRI headquarters and local staff attended the training.

Oct.

Al Minia

On the job  training on Rapid Water Accounting for Malawi irrigation scheme. Twenty participants from MWRI headquarters and local staff attended the training.