Ibrahim Abd El Al

The Association regularly organizes lectures on topics and issues related to Water and Energy, presented by invited speakers from Lebanon and abroad. In order to disseminate the information and raise awareness, the Association publishes the texts of these valuable lectures in book form. These books are distributed for free to the public and to key persons operating in the Water field in Lebanon.
The topics covered by these lectures are:

Ibrahim Abd El Al: Planification and achievements

1-Ibrahim Abd El Al and development projects in Lebanon
2-Ibrahim Abd El Al and the Litani Project
3-The Litani Project: irrigation, drinking water and electricity

Assessment of the Water condition in the city of Beirut:

1-The governmental plan for meeting demands for drinking water in Beirut
2-The administrative reorganization of "Office des Eaux" of Beirut
3-The 10 year plan (2000-2009) laid by the Ministry of Energy and Water

The Israeli visions on Lebanese water:

The Speaker was MP Nasser Nasrallah, he stressed on the water situation in South Lebanon and particularly on the Litani River. He gave a historical overview on the Israeli attacks on South Lebanon since 1949 and their economical and social consequences. Finally he summarized the Israeli and the Lebanese positions on the water problem in the forthcoming peace negotiations.

Agricultural policy in Lebanon:

Public and private sectors’ needs, problems, and solutions.
The Association issued recommendations taking into account the point of view of specialists in the public and the private sectors and especially specialists in the agricultural field. These recommendations were submitted to the Agriculture Committee in the Lebanese Parliament along with the book in which the lectures were compiled.

Assessment of the Water condition in the four districts of Lebanon:

After the lectures on the Water condition in the capital Beirut, the Association invited specialists from the private and the public sectors to lecture on the Water situation in each of the four districts, covering all Lebanon. The result was a complete "state of affairs" of Water in the whole country. It met the challenges and proposed actions to be taken in order to secure food supply, to meet basic needs and to raise awareness for the various valuable issues of Water.

Application de la Télédétection en Hydrologie:

A lecture given by Christian Puech, Head of the research center of France-Cemagref.