MEDRC Water Research have announced the names of ten young Omani researchers, shortlisted as finalists for the ‘Omani Young Water Researchers Award, 2021. The high-profile award celebrates the world class water research being conducted by young Omani students at undergraduate and postgraduate level in universities...
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The Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) in cooperation with the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation held a closing workshop under the patronage of H.E. Ali Mohammed Al Abri, Undersecretary of Water Resources at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources, to...
MEDRC’s Development Cooperation and Training departments recently conducted two online training courses in Jordan and Palestine for over 20 trainees, as part of its Desalination training module for plant operators, supervisors and managers, with funding provided by the Federal German Foreign Office. The MEDRC Desalination training...
MEDRC is pleased to announce the 2021 batch of Master’s Research Fellowship awards, to be granted to exceptional water research students in Palestine and Jordan. This will be the 10th edition of the MSc Fellowships awards done in coordination with the Palestinian and Jordanian water authorities....
Photo: Innovation Initiative researcher Rinad Hamed, Palestine MEDRC has awarded eight researchers from Palestine and Jordan with an Innovation Initiative grant, for the development of new tools and techniques that help tackle water scarcity in the two countries. Among the 2021 award winning projects are an...
Shared Innovation: Technology can help to solve transboundary environmental problems and increase the efficiency of natural resource use. However, innovative tools must be matched with political will. [button size='' style='' text='DOWNLOAD THIS ISSUE' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://www.medrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Issue-9-digital-copy_compressed.pdf' target='_blank' color='#ffffff' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='#002f87' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='center' margin='']...
The annual MEDRC Alumni Forums took place in Palestine last week, with live events as well as online participation via Zoom. It was the 4th edition of the Forums, the first of which took place in 2018. The Alumni Forum in Palestine took place on 28...
The annual MEDRC Alumni Forum took place in Jordan on 25 July, with live events as well as online participation via Zoom. It was the 4th edition of the Forums, the first of which took place in 2018. To comply with measures against the spread...
In partnership with bp Oman, MEDRC concluded the TAHLYA IV programme with a graduation ceremony held under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Khalifa Ali Al Harthy, Under Secretary for Diplomatic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The TAHLYA IV programme is a vocational training...
In partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), MEDRC has launched an international call for research proposals in a bid to spur innovation in small scale desalination technologies. To engage the broadest possible community of researchers and innovators from across the world, MEDRC’s...
First launched in July 2019 in cooperation with the Research Council, now the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, the project investigating the “Use of End of life Reverse Osmosis Membranes to Treat Wastewater for Industrial and Agricultural Use” is nearing its final stages....
