His Excellency Saed Abu Hamours Speech during the International Conference on Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley organized by EcoPeace Middle East
11/11/2014 Dead Sea, Jordan Good Morning I will summarize what happened yesterday from different speakers either organizers or our partners from Palestine and Israel. If you allow me, I will switch to Arabic just to express the words that we understood yesterday. [Translation Begins] Welcome, I hope you had a good stay I will summarize […]
Religion and Volunteerism to Save the Jordan River
“The aim of the United Religious Initiative is to promote enduring, daily interfaith cooperation, to end religiously motivated violence and to create a culture of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings.” With this noble mission at heart, on the 6 and 7th of November, URI MENA conducted its 12th Annual […]
Under Tension: the Environment Brings Israel-Jordan Closer
The organizers of the Jordan environmental conference that brought together the kingdom, Israel, and the Palestinians have not expected the riots in Jerusalem that darkened the 20 years of peace event. Israelis reassured and the Jordanians stressed: “Everyone is in favor of peace; the problem is the politicians’ Roi Kais, Jordan 14/11/2014 Ynet Difficult days […]
1st Regional Conference Governance & Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector
28-31/10/2014 Athens Greece Ecopeace Middle East representative attended a “1st Regional Conference of the Union for the Mediterranean (UFM) labeled project Governance & Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector & Training on risk and insurance in PPPs for water infrastructure in Athens, Greece. The conference, held in close collaboration with the EU funded Sustainable Water […]
International Conference on the Rehabilitation of the Lower Jordan River (Phase A) and The Development of the Border Region Between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan along the Jordan River
20-21/10/2014 Israel Jordan Valley Authority delegation headed by his Excellency Secretary General Mr. Saed Abu Hamour and representatives from EcoPeace Middle East participated in a two days conference labeled “International Conference on the Rehabilitation of the Lower Jordan River (Phase A) and The Development of the Border Region Between the State of Israel and the […]
Challenges and Opportunities Associated with the Sustainable Development of the Lower Jordan River Valley: A FoEME Perspective
In partnership with Humboldt University and University of Jordan, Water Energy and Environmental Center in University of Jordan, as well as GIZ and ESCWA, the German Jordanian university organized a conference inaugurated by HRH Prince Hassan Bin Talal tilted “Social Water Studies in the MENA Region” State of the Art and Perspectives on the 28th and 29th […]
“Jordan Valley Authority (JVA) Donor Coordination Meeting: Evolving Roles, Responsibilities and Needs in the Jordan Valley”
Representatives from Friends of the Earth Middle East “FoEME” attended a workshop titled “Jordan Valley Authority (JVA) Donor Coordination Meeting: Evolving Roles, Responsibilities and Needs in the Jordan Valley” that took place on Thursday, September 25th 2014. The workshop organized by USAID/ Jordan “Institutional Support and Strengthening Program “ISSP” presented the results of the Jordan […]
A PORTRAIT OF A RIVER
In 1845, Lieutenant William Francis Lynch of the United States and Confederate State Navies sailed on behalf of the US Hydrographic Office in an expedition to the Jordan River and the Dead Sea. Later, he wrote a book dubbed “Narrative of the United States’ Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea” where he […]
Faithbased Tours to Rehabilitate the Jordan River, An Ongoing Success
On the 6th of May, 2014 representatives from FoEME led a Muslim tour to the Jordan Valley. The tour is a part of the faithbased campaign launched by FoEME that targets religious leaders from the three Abrahamic faiths to raise awareness to the degradation of the Jordan River and the need for its rehabilitation.
FoEME meets US Congressmen, J Street delegates
Dead Sea, Jordan Friends of the Earth Middle East, on Friday, May 16th, introduced US congressmen and J Street Delegates, an American Jewish advocacy group that supports a two states solution to bring an end to Palestinian- Israeli conflict, to the complex geopolitical and environmental issues that surround the region’s transboundary environmental resources through […]