27th Session of the OSS Strategic Orientation Committee, Tunis, January 28, 2025
Held on January 28, 2025 in Tunis, the 27th session of the Strategic Orientation…
Status
Closed
Duration of the project
8 years (2014-2022)
Themes
IWRM
Scientific and technical knowledge improvement
Best practices Sharing
Capacity building
Total budget
5 000 000 €
Beneficiaries
- National Agency for Water Resources (ANRH)
- Integrated Water Resources Management Agency (AGIRE) in Algeria
- Water Department of the Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water and the Environment (MEMWE) in Morocco
- Ministry of Agriculture (Office of Planning and Water Balances (OPWB) in Tunisia
Countries concerned
Algérie,
Maroc,
Tunisie
Regional Cooperation for a Sustainable Management of the Water Resources in the Maghreb
The CREM project supports the efforts of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) countries to develop a common strategy for the sustainable management of natural resources. It builds on the recommendations of the Rabat meeting (2006), which highlighted the need to promote Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), strengthen knowledge sharing, and enhance regional information exchange systems.
By encouraging regional cooperation, the project promotes the exchange of good practices and the improvement of groundwater management—an essential priority in the face of growing climate and demographic pressures.
The initiative is structured around two components, CREM-GIZ and CREM-BGR, and combines the exchange of experiences and the promotion of climate-sensitive management approaches with the updating of data and the strengthening of institutional capacities.
In doing so, CREM provides a regional platform for dialogue and action, contributing to the establishment of a sustainable and shared water governance framework across the Maghreb.
Financial partners
Technical partners
- Institut Fédéral des Géosciences et des Ressources Naturelles - BGR
Key Achievements
- Establishment of project implementation bodies
- Designation of national institutions and focal points
- Definition of pilot demonstration sites by national institutions
- Creation of a Water Exchange Platform in the Maghreb
- National and regional studies on the management of Water Resources Information Systems
- Remote sensing assessment of groundwater withdrawals for agricultural use in pilot areas
- Diagnosis and optimization of monitoring networks
- Studies on best practices in sustainable water resource management
The Maghreb's storytellers
Related to the CREM project, the "Maghreb storytellers, agents of change for the preservation of water" implemented by GIZ, in collaboration with the OSS, is an awareness-raising project which consists in relying on the predominant role of women in conveying non-waste values and implementation of methods that save water resources.
In this context, a group of women from the 3 Maghreb countries (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) were supported and trained in the art of writing and storytelling in order to allow them to convey the values of preserving water for children and the general public, through stories. To do this, a set of tales on Maghreb water was produced, bringing together no less than 5 tales per country, comics and sound recordings. These products are intended to be widely distributed in the 3 Maghreb countries.
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