2. Progress and Prospects on Water: For a Clean and Healty World with Special Focus on Sanitation

3. Building Capacity Promoting Partnership Reviewing Implementation World Water Week in Stockholm

4. Innovations in Groundwater Management for the Middle East and North Africa Region Convenors: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany (BGR), Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany (BMZ), Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and International Hydrological Programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO-IHP)

5. Wednesday 20 August, 13:30-17:00 Room T5 Facilitator:Mr. Jakob Granit, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), Sweden 13:30Welcome and Introductions Mr. Jakob Granit. Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), Sweden 13:40Presentations Incorporate MODFLOW in a Decision Support System for Water Resources Management Dr. Ariane Borgstedt, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Germany Innovations in Groundwater Management for the Middle East and North Africa Region

6. Climate change and human activities impact on the groundwater of the Eastern Morocco: case of Triffa plain and shallow coastal Mediterranean aquifer at Saïdia Prof.Yassine Zarhloule, Laboratory of Hydrogeology-Environment, Faculty of Sciences, Morocco Joint Management of the North Western Sahara Aquifer System Eng. Ousmane S.Diallo, Water Programme Coordinator, Tunisia West Bank Water Planning, Management and Analysis Tool under Uncertain Political Situation Dr. Loay Froukh, Senior Water Consultant-Palestine, Jordan 14:20Remarks by Panel and comments by audience 15:00Coffee Break Innovations in Groundwater Management for the Middle East and North Africa Region

7. 15:30Uncertainty and Power Asymmetry: Impediments or Catalysts to Equitable Allocation of Transboundary Groundwater? Dr. Mark Zeitoun, Grantham Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK EMPOWERS: Participatory water Governance in the MENA Region on behalf of EMPOWERS Thematic Group Dr. Charles Batchelor, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, co-author: Dr. Patrick Moriarty, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre Community Based Water Management Project Dr. Taha Taher, Water & Environment Center - Sana'a University, Yemen Delineation and Implementation of Water Resources Protection Zones in Jordan Practical Experiences Eng. Ali Subah, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Jordan Innovations in Groundwater Management for the Middle East and North Africa Region

8. Pro-Aquifer: A Promising Example of Cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians to Protect Trans-boundary Groundwater Resources from Pollution Through Research, Training, and Guidelines for Israeli and Palestinian Municipalities Ms. Ladeene Freimuth, EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East, Israel-Palestine-Jordan; in cooperation with the Palestinian House of Water and Environment, Israel 16:20Remarks by Panel and comments by audience 16:50Conclusions 17:00Close of Seminar Innovations in Groundwater Management for the Middle East and North Africa Region