IWMI 2018 - 2021: Återanvändning av spillvatten i MENA-regionen. IWMI 2018 - 2021: Wastewater reuse in the MENA region: Addressing the challenges - ISK IWMI Ett fyraårigt projekt som genomförs av IWMI i tre länder 2018-2021  (Jordanien, Libanon och Egypten), i syfte att bidra till hållbar vattenhushållning och öka återanvändning av spillvatten samt därigenom förbättra moståndskraft gentemot klimatförändringar. A four year project implemented by IWMI in three countries 2018-2021 (Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt), with a purpose to enhance the sustainable use of water management and the reuse of wastewater, by which resilience against climate change is increased. The proposed support to International Water Management Institute, IWMI, for their four year project "Wastewater Reuse in the MENA Region: Addressing the Challenges", will enable and strengthen capacity of stakeholders at regional, national and local levels of water resource management (users, providers, professionals/experts, decision-makers, policy makers and media). The project will work in selected sites in three countries, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, to facilitate on the ground capacity development for the safe reuse of wastewater through the formation of so called Learning Alliances. These alliances provide the opportunity to bridge the gap between scientists and experts on the one hand, and the stakeholders in wastewater management and reuse on the other. Learning alliances, in addition, work across levels to link local and national project nodes to regional learning an vice versa. The project therefore has a strong participatory design, where stakeholders come in for different purposes and at different levels. The outcomes of the project therefore range from:

(1) Project stakeholders' capacity for the sustainable and safe reuse of wastewater in the MENA region;
(2) the preparation of national plans for the expansion of wastewater treatment and reuse in three countries;
(3) the preparation of local wastewater treatment and reuse plans; and
(4) the production of the MENA wastewater reuse sourcebook.

The sourcebook will bring together the selected reuse case studies, the catalogue of reuse models, the thematic advisory notes and relevant reference materials and resources. The sourcebook will be a key reference for wastewater professionals and other stakeholders in the MENA region responsible for the adoption, replication and sustainability of reuse initiatives after the end projects.

The Sida contribution will enable the project to work with the sustainability of water, and the safe resuse of wastewater in the MENA region, but will at the same time strengthen and aim to mainstream gender equality in water resource management, including wastewater reuse in general. The importance of this is recognized in the project design and work plan of the implementing partner (IWMI), through the involvement of men and women at all levels during project implementation, capacity development for partners and stakeholders. This design is supported with a budget for the costs of gender mainstreaming and will provide opportunity for continuous dialogue between Sida, project implementers and stakeholders.