Arab States

Iraq

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• View of the marsh region, Iraq

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UNESCO’s National Office for Iraq is temporarily hosted by the UNESCO National Office in Amman, Jordan.

UNESCO plays a leading role in water resources management issues in the UN Country Team for the Iraqi reconstruction since 2004. UNESCO is also an active member of the UN Cluster for 'Agriculture, Environment, Food Security and Natural Resources Management' in the country.

In October 2004, UNESCO launched a UNDG Iraq Trust Fund project 'Capacity Building in Water Institutions of Iraq' to build capacity for Iraqi water experts in Integrated Water Resources Management and to lay out the groundwork for a National Water Policy and Strategy. The project was carried out in close coordination with the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources and other stakeholders. When it was completed successfully in December 2006, 300 Iraqi water experts had participated in capacity building activities in the field of Integrated Water Resources Management.

A new project of conservation and rehabilitation of the Kahrez systems (the local name for Qanat in Iraqi Kurdistan) was launched in May 2007 in order to increase water supply in the short-term by rehabilitating these ancient underground water conveyance systems. This project also aims at establishing long-term sustainable water-use schemes and protecting Kahrez systems as a cultural heritage for Kurdistan, through technical and institutional capacity building.

Freshwater

- Water project for Iraq More  

Remote Sensing

- Satellite Imagery to Observe and Safeguard Archaeology: Uruk-Warka More