UNDP holds workshop on drought management

AMMAN — UNDP, in partnership with the ministries of water and environment, held its second consultative technical session on “Drought Institutional Set-up and Early Warning System in Jordan”. The workshop aimed to discuss three basic pillars, which are: the main objectives of the national drought management strategy, the indicators for the drought’s early warning system, and the proposed institutional set-up and governance for drought management in Jordan, a UNDP statement said on Wednesday.

Representatives from relevant institutions and a number of national experts attended the workshop, the statement said. An integrated system for drought management in Jordan is being implemented with technical and financial support from UNDP and the (GoALWaSH) programme, funded by the Stockholm International Water Institute.