On July 13th 2022 the American University of Beirut (AUB) organised the First National Stakeholder Workshop under the TALANOA-WATER project.

This Workshop aimed to develop and evaluate the implementation of adaptive policies for water allocation based on the economic value of crops and water policies through the stakeholders’ dialogue. To this end, the overview of the project and the role of stakeholders were presented, as well as the preliminary results of Water Accounting Plus (WA+) and of remote sensing, and socio-economic simulations in Litani River Basin.

The Workshop was attended by 11 impactful stakeholders and policymakers from public and private sectors as well as international organisations such as the Litani River Authority (LRA), Ministry of Agriculture, Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute (LARI), Bekaa Water Establishment, South Lebanon Water Establishment, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), FAO, WFP, UNESCWA, and the American University of Beirut (AUB).

The Workshop had the chance to have formal and informal bidirectional feedbacks from stakeholders by sharing local knowledge, indentifying gaps, and informing water policies. Opportunities of collaborations between stakeholders also arose during the workshop.