Contract Description

This service contract consists of tasks related to providing management support for project implementation, as well as technical assistance tasks, which require expertise in water management and in communication fields (consortia with complementary capacities could be suitable for this assignment).

This contract should contribute to the following objectives:
1. sustainable tools and methodology have been developed for the Government of Jordan and local water users that can be used to reduce over-extraction of groundwater resources in the Yarmouk river basin;
2. farmers in the northern Jordan Valley are enabled to adapt more effectively to alternative irrigation water resources including treated waste water and desalinated brackish water;
3. communication, awareness and visibility tasks (500 000 EUR) aiming at informing the stakeholders about water resources issues and ways of solving stress on these resources. Participatory approaches are expected, which may require an NGO to be an implementing partner.