Programme title

Institution/organization

Participatory irrigation management (PIM)

Contact person
Professor Atef Hamdy - Director of Research

Contact person's address
Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo
Via Ceglie 9
70010 Valenzano (Bari)
Italy

Contact person's Telephone/Fax
Tel +39-80-4606221 Fax +39-80-4606206

Contact person's E-mail
[email protected]

Type of programme
Course

Certificate
Certificate of participation.

Frequency of programme
Annual

Programme's main focus
Enhancement of the capabilities of water professionals.

Programme prospectus
Faced with a clear need for training related to PIM, particularly in the Mediterranean region, CIHEAM/IAMB has worked together with the World Bank and the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) to develop a capacity-building programme to train key countries embarking on PIM.

Since 1997, CIHEAM/IAMB has successfully been running its course on PIM at Bari, Italy. Experts from several countries in the region attend the course, indicating that the importance of the PIM approach is recognized as being important in the development of water resources.

Target group
Agronomists, agricultural and civil engineers and researchers.

Programme www
http://netserver.iamb.it/en/index.htm

Dates/duration
Two weeks, September - October

Language
English

Partners
World Bank, Washington D.C., USA
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Italy

Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes / Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Bari

Acronym
CIHEAM/IAMB

Country
Italy

Address
Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo
Via Ceglie 9
70010 Valenzano (Bari)
Italy

Tel +39-080-4606201

Fax +39-080-4606206

E-mail
[email protected]

Institute/organization www
http://www.iamb.it/

Brief description of institution/organization
The Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (IAMB) is one of the four institutes that make up the Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM), founded in 1962 as an inter-governmental organization under the auspices of the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development).

The CIHEAM mandate is to be an instrument of cooperation between the countries of the Mediterranean in the areas of postgraduate agricultural education and the promotion of agricultural research through cooperative networks.

Currently, CIHEAM comprises 13 member countries: Albania, Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey. Over four decades of activity, CIHEAM has become recognized for excellence in the field of education and research in agriculture, water-resource management, agri-food industry and the environment, working in partnership with the specialist national institutions as well as in cooperation with the international organizations active in the Region (e.g. ICARDA, FAO, OADA, etc.).