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The News N° 25 - February 2015
FRom one conTinenT To anoTHeR
THEMEDITERRANEAN
Aspart of anoverall plan for capacitybuilding
supported by the Algerian Government,
IOWater
achieved a curriculum for upgra-
ding and acquiring new areas of expertise for
consulting firms.
Thus, IOWater conducted several trai-
ning sessions in Oran for the West
HydroProject consulting firmon the fol-
lowing topics:
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Sizing of sewerage systems and urban
hydrology,
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Assessment and modeling of drinking
water supply systems,
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Design of an earth dam reservoir and an
irrigation system for agriculture,
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Hydraulic Studies: pumping and distribu-
tion.
Engineers from
the Algiers Water and
Sanitation Company (SEAAL)
also atten-
ded training sessions in Limoges in January
2014 on the operation of drinkingwater pro-
ductionplants, including theestablishment of
energy balances and carbon footprints.
Under the Support Program for theWater and
Sanitation Sector -Water II, led by theMinis-
try of Water Resources (MRE) with the sup-
port of the European Union,
the Algerian
National SanitationOffice (ONA) entrus-
ted IOWater with a mission to design
and launch its Water and Sanitation
TrainingCenter (CFMA).
This assignment continued in 2014 with the
development of technical specifications for
educational units for this training center and
with assistance to
”ONA”
in the preparation
of tender documents for achieving these new
educational tools.
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Algeria
Capacity building
The National Irrigation and Drainage
Office (ONID),
which manages large irriga-
ted areas in Algeria, was entrusted, when
established in 2005, with major strategic
objectives:
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Increasing the surface area of irrigated
lands by taking it up to 400,000 ha in
2020;
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Improving theefficiencyof community irri-
gation systems;
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Promoting a proactive water use by opti-
mizing irrigation, achievingwater savings
or by developing the reuse of treated
wastewater;
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Providing an advice service to irrigators;
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Reducing the time needed to complete
major irrigation projects.
After assessing the achievement of the objec-
tives assigned to
”ONID”
andmeasuring the
strengths, on which to capitalize, and weak-
nesses, that must be corrected,
the Interna-
tional Office for Water prepared a
medium and long term Strategic Deve-
lopment Plan for ”ONID” by:
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Conducting a review of the changes that
occurred at ”ONID”;
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Establishing an assessment of its positio-
ning based on a SWOT analysis;
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Formulating goals for ”ONID”;
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Drafting specifications for selecting a ser-
vice provider to establish the action plan
andmethod for monitoring its implemen-
tation.
InMay 2014, after four months of investiga-
tion and thinking,
IOWater
presented its
recommendations to the head of the Directo-
rate for Agricultural Water at the Ministry of
Water Resources, the Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Development, the Director of
”ONID”, in the presence of some of their key
staffs and representatives of
the Belgian
Technical Cooperation.
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Strategic development of ONID
Opening of the feedback session
byMr. Belkateb, DG of ONID
National Sanitation
Development Plan
The International Office for Water
(IOWater) is intervening on behalf of
EGIS Water in the implementation of
the National Sanitation Development
Plan inAlgeria, aproject fundedby the
EuropeanUnion.
EGIS-Water
asked
IOWater
to analyze
the governance of the sanitation sector in
Algeria.
After several meetings with all the Algerian
stakeholders in the sector,
IOWater
presen-
ted the strengths and weaknesses of the
organization and current legislation, and
made recommendations to increase their
efficiency.
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Training forWHP
