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Regional master plan for sustainable development in the Jordan Valley Presenting Author: Co-Authors: Ms. Yana Abu Taleb, EcoPeace Middle East, Jordan Mr. Gidon Bromberg, EcoPeace Middle East, Israel Keywords Jordan Valley, Master Plan, National Security, Development, Water Highlights • Since launching the Master Plan for Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley, EcoPeace has been working with the Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli governments to achieve agreement on a selected list of interventions. • The plan’s objective is to promote peace, prosperity and security in the Jordan Valley and the broader region. Introduction and objectives Political conflict has contributed heavily towards the Jordan River’s current dire state. The issue is further complicated by the river’s strategic importance as an international border. Rehabilitation is being hindered by the failure of the Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian governments to agree on other core political issues. Reaching an agreement on rehabilitation of the Jordan River could therefore be viewed as a catalyst for regional integration and security. The Master Plan comprehensively identifies feasible, realistic interventions that could rehabilitate the Jordan River, while providing economic prosperity, greater national security, and progress towards political peacemaking in the region Methodology approach The waters of the Jordan River were first diverted by Israel, Syria and Jordan in the 1950s, leaving less than 5% of its historic flow of 1.3 billion cubic meters in the river today. The opportunity to launch a regional integrated development approach, led by water security issues, is in fact further strengthened when one considers the broader political instability in the region. The Master Plan delivers a projection of population and economic figures for the years 2025 and 2050 and related land and water requirements, while identifying major challenges to be addressed. Analysis and results Development of the Jordan River can be seen as a gateway to peacebuilding and economic prosperity within Jordan, Palestine and Israel, who all currently share polluted crossborder streams. With ISIS identified by Jordan as a real threat to national security, Jordan’s environmental and economic crises can render the country more vulnerable. It is thus of regional interest to cooperate with Jordan in order to increase its resilience, particularly along the border region in the Jordan Valley, where a restored and rehabilitated river is crucial for the future of half a million people. The Master Plan comprehensively outlines a pathway to reaching an achievable and equitable agreement on the allocation of resources and management of the Jordan River. It presents additional opportunities to not only build trust with Palestinians, but to integrate Israeli leadership in the water sector to help stabilize the situation at a regional scale. This would be at a low political cost to Israel, but with high political gain to both sides. Given the implications of transboundary water and sanitation issues for health, livelihoods and security in the region, the three governments have clear vested interests in working together to reach new arrangements for the Jordan River. Seminar: Political drivers for sustainable ecosystems 52
Conclusions and recommendation EcoPeace aims to get the three governments of Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority to sign off on a Memorandum of Understanding on the Creation of the Jordan Valley Trust Fund. This will give effect to thirteen critical interventions from the 127 interventions identified in the Master Plan that adapt to changing conditions. The projects would be supported by the creation of an international trust fund under the management of the World Bank, and the appointment from each government of a representative to a Jordan Valley Trust Fund Steering Committee. Seminar: Political drivers for sustainable ecosystems 53
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