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18 Oct 2022
Dialogue Session in Mafraq as part of the "Rethinking Humanitarian Aid in Urban Water and Sanitation" project
As part of the project, "Rethinking Humanitarian Aid in Urban Water and Sanitation", the West Asia-North Africa Institute held a dialogue session on Tuesday 18th October 2022 at the Mafraq Governor's Office to tackle the issue of water governance; water and sewer access and to hear the residents' vo...
26 Jun 2022
Under the Patronage of HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan, WANA Institute holds End-of Project Ceremony: Training for Change: Empowering Civil Society to Advocate Policies
Amman - Sunday, 26 June 2022 - To support Jordanian civil society organisations in using their platform to help solve environmental issues, the West Asia-North Africa (WANA) Institute and the European Delegation in Jordan, conducted a two-year training and grants project that aimed to Strengthen th...
07 Jun 2016
WANA Institute Hosts Inception Workshop for Response Strategies to Climate Change Project
Climate change is having widespread and adverse impacts on the West Asia-North Africa region. As this phenomenon progresses, increasing drought and variable precipitation patterns will adversely impact agricultural productivity and water scarcity. Because climate change research has predominately fo...
19 Sep 2018
Documentary Shows Al-Karamah’s Struggles with Water and Energy
While Al-Karamah used to be called ‘Alabar’ (the wells), the inhabitants face severe water shortages today. A new documentary by the West Asia-North Africa (WANA) Institute and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) depicts the daily struggles of local families with water, electricity, and other issues....
13 Mar 2019
Reducing the Costs of Aid Operations through Cleaner Energy
The Working Group on Energy and Water of the Moving Energy Initiative held its closing workshop on 13 March in Amman. Over the past two years, the Working Group has brought together government, humanitarian, NGO, and business actors in Jordan in support of the energy priorities of the Jordan Respons...
08 Jul 2018
Local Communities in Jordan Train for Climate Change Adaptation
30 climate change youth ambassadors and 30 community-based organisations (CBOs) from Irbid, Zarqa and Balqa participated in a capacity-building session on climate change theory and science in Amman over the weekend.
It was the first of five workshops organised by the West Asia–North Africa (WANA) In...
02 Mar 2016
WANA Institute announces Water Decoupling Project
The West Asia - North Africa Institute is pleased to annouce the launch of its Water Decoupling Project, which will be carried out in association with the University of Oxford.
In Jordan and Palestine, water scarcity and food insecurity are increasingly understood as existential threats to human se...
28 Jun 2018
Reducing Social Pressures through Energy Cost-Savings and Renewable Energy Investments
How can Jordan scale up the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency measures in line with the Jordan Response Plan and Jordan’s Economic Growth Plan? The WANA Institute, Chatham House, EDAMA, and the NRC hosted two workshops as part of the Moving Energy Initiative.
The roundtable meeting on 27...
25 Apr 2017
Translating the Sustainable Development Goals into Implementation Policy
On April 24, the West Asia - North Africa Institute (WANA) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) brought together 50 key stakeholders from Jordan and the Arab region to share SDG implementation opportunities. The conference marked the beginning of a series of roundtable discussions to recommend ways fo...
08 Dec 2019
Contribute to Encouraging Knowledge and Technology Transfer and Adoption between Jordan and Taiwan
The West Asia and North Africa (WANA) Institute and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Jordan are hosting an end-of-project conference to share Taiwan’s environmental excellence. The project “Contribute to Encouraging Knowledge and Technology Transfer and Adoption between Jordan and Taiwan”...
16 Sep 2015
Watch highlights from the WANA Forum 2015
On Monday 12 to Tuesday 13 October 2015, the WANA Institute, in collaboration with the German Development Agency (GIZ) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), held a conference on the newly announced Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and their impact on water and natural resour...
28 Jun 2022
WANA hosts event to promote social justice, inclusion in Mediterranean
Amman - Wednesday, 28 June 2022 -- The West Asia-North Africa (WANA) Institute has co-organised an annual event titled "Towards More Social Justice and Inclusion in the Mediterranean," which is part of the EuroMeSCo: Connecting the Dots project, co-funded by the European Union and the European Insti...
31 Aug 2016
Unified Arab Voices for COP22 Forum
It would be very difficult to dispute climate change and its profound effects on the world today. In the WANA region, the past decade has brought many challenges, politically, socioeconomically and otherwise, only further exasperated by climate change and its tremendous impact on local communities t...
18 Feb 2018
WANA Searches Climate Change Youth Ambassadors
The West Asia–North Africa (WANA) Institute is launching a contest in search of climate change youth ambassadors from Irbid, Zarqa and Balqa.
Youth from Irbid, Zarqa and Balqa between the ages of 19 and 25 are invited to submit a video or photo story explaining their original solution to a water, en...
18 Jan 2016
The West – Asia North Africa Institute Joins the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network
The WANA Institute is delighted to announce that we have just been accepted into the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). The SDSN is a global initiative for the United Nations that is dedicated to finding sustainable solutions to the biggest environmental challenges fac...
19 Oct 2017
A Sustainable Future for Jordan: Implementing the SDGs after the Voluntary National Review
On 19 October 2017, the West Asia – North Africa Institute (WANA) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) hosted a high-level panel discussion on Jordan’s efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The event was held under the patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal.
The pan...
16 May 2017
Affordable and Clean Energy for All in Jordan
On May 16, the West Asia - North Africa Institute (WANA) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) hosted a ministerial meeting on Sustainable Development Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy for All. Participants discussed the challenges and opportunities of implementing SDG 7 in Jordan.
The meeting was at...
19 Oct 2015
Constructive dialogue in the WANA Region on the Environmental SDGs
On Monday 12 to Tuesday 13 October 2015, the WANA Institute, in collaboration with the German Development Agency (GIZ) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), held a conference on the newly announced Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and their impact on water and natural resour...
14 Aug 2016
WANA Hosts Roundtable Discussion on Water Resource Decoupling
Last week WANA hosted a roundtable interview session with policy officials involved in the field of water. This covered topics including water allocation and productivity and pricing, and challenges of managing water demand across competing sectors. Participants reflected on secondary data collected...
09 Mar 2017
New Opportunities for Jordanian Water Security
Under the patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, the WANA institute in partnership with the University of Oxford and EcoPeace shared their research findings for a project funded by the British Council in a closing workshop on Tuesday 7th March.
The project aimed at finding new ways to increase...
27 Oct 2022
Study Launch: Natural Resource Governance in Light of the 2030 Agenda: The Case of Competition for Groundwater in Azraq, Jordan
27 October 2022. Under the patronage of his Royal Highness Prince el Hassan bin Talal, the West Asia-North Africa (WANA) Institute and Inter-Islamic Network in Water Resources Development and Management (INWRDAM) and the German Institute of Development and sustainability (IDOS) held a high-level ro...
30 Jun 2021
The WANA Institute Empowering Civil Society to Advocate for Environmental Sustainability
Amman, Jordan – Six Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) received financial awards worth £150,000 to implement projects to enhance the role of local communities -in the southern and northern governorates- in addressing environmental issues. The projects are funded by the European Union in Jordan an...
03 Mar 2022
WANA Institute and International Alert Link Climate, Gender and Human Security
Amman - Wednesday 2 March 2022. The West Asia-North Africa (WANA) Institute and International Alert convened 30 national and regional experts and policy-makers at an interactive virtual workshop to deliberate the linkages between climate, human security, and gender in Jordan. This workshop is part...
28 Sep 2017
Upscaling Sustainable Energy for Community Buildings in Refugee-Hosting Areas
On 28 September, the WANA Institute, Chatham House, EDAMA, and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) brought together 30 experts in Amman to discuss how to upscale sustainable energy investments in community buildings in Jordan.
In order to meet the increased energy demands arising from the presence o...