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The Highland Groundwater basins, particularly the Amman overused, exceeding the safe yield by 176% and 215% MCM (MWI, 2009). Irrigated agriculture uses up more than half of the abstracted groundwater, leading to a yearly decline in groundwater levels and quality.
Groundwater aquifers are common pool resources international experience has shown. However, experience also shows the obstacles and pre-conditions for successful collective resource government by way of stakeholder involvement, institutional, arrangements, infrastructure, availability of information, and law enforcement mechanisms. Therefore, a stakeholder-based approach to manage the groundwater resources in the Highlands has been developed based on insights from research on the management of common pool identification tools were applied, such as the Social Network Analysis method for the identification of key stakeholders and action planning, which ensures efficient and effective stakeholder involvement.

More about the Highland Water Forum The Highland Water Forum, the Secretariat and Steering Committee are Highland Water Forum consists of 60 stakeholders
institutions and NGOs and research institutions. The Core Group has met recommendation paper about groundwater laws and regulations.
The Secretariat consists of 5 staff members from different organisations working in the water sector; namely Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Human Development (a local Jordanian NGO) and the French Embassy in Jordan. The Steering Committee consists of 15 members from governmental organisations, the donor community, one Jordanian NGO, and a university research institute. multi-stakeholder dialogue for sustainable groundwater management
programme approach, which goes beyond disconnected best-practice techniques into one strategic programme with the overall living cropping methods/patterns, etc.)

In order to arrange the appropriate institutional environment for the management of groundwater resources, the Highland Water Forum was with the ultimate task of supporting the Ministry of Water and Irrigation in developing an action plan for sustainable management of the Highlands groundwater basins. The Forum itself is supported by Secretariat, an Advisory Board and a Steering Committee. Donors will be involved through the establishment of the Highland Water Fund that will complement the Forum by the generation of alternative income opportunities for the rural society in the high The value of the Forum manifests itself in its potential for being a tool for learning, developing and introducing innovative concepts and solutions for groundwater management. The Forum is also anticipated to have a profound effect on improved decisions issued by the water regulating authorities. It will, in the process, serve to promote the alignment and complementarities of the roles and mandates of the different governmental organisation multi-stakeholder dialogue for sustainable groundwater management Amman-Zarqa and the Azraq Basins, are heavily that can be governed successfully by its users, as its, pool resources. Innovative stakeholder of German-Jordanian Water Programme, has therefore ainable which complements the Jordanian Water Strategy 2008 established and mandated by the Jordanian Prime Ministry highlands acceptance of the different water users to the political.

By the end of the year 2011, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation aims to reach an action plan sustainable management of groundwater.

In order to arrange the appropriate institutional environment for the management of groundwater resources, the Highland Water Forum was with the ultimate task of supporting the Ministry of Water and Irrigation in developing an action plan for sustainable management of the Highlands groundwater basins. The Forum itself is supported by Secretariat, an Advisory Board and a Steering Committee. Donors will be involved through the establishment of the Highland Water Fund that will complement the Forum by the generation of alternative income opportunities for the rural society in the high The value of the Forum manifests itself in its potential for being a tool for learning, developing and introducing innovative concepts and solutions for groundwater management. The Forum is also anticipated to have a profound effect on improved decisions issued by the water regulating authorities. It will, in the process, serve to promote the alignment and complementarities of the roles and mandates of the different governmental organisation multi-stakeholder dialogue for sustainable groundwater management Amman-Zarqa and the Azraq Basins, are heavily that can be governed successfully by its users, as its, pool resources. Innovative stakeholder of German-Jordanian Water Programme, has thereforeainable which complements the Jordanian Water Strategy 2008 established and mandated by the Jordanian Prime Ministry highlands acceptance of the different water users to the political.

In the light of increasing water scarcity in Jordan and, thus, growing competition for water resources, Jordan is challenged with increasing pressures to reduce water consumption for agricultural use. The Ministry of Water and Irrigation, supported by The German established the Highland Water Forum, which seeks for strategic options and partnerships to reduce agricultural water abstraction in the Highlands in a socially compatible way that avoids major losses for the agricultural sector, offers alternatives for the rural society, and, hence, prevents major differences with the affected farmers, workers, and landowners.

The Highland Water Forum aims at pursuing a projects and aims to mainstream best goal of overcoming groundwater depletion and developing ways of sustainable resource management. Deriving from field visits as well as stakeholder and donor consultations, the following fields of intervention have been identified:
- Improved on-farm efficiency (incl. optimized irrigation efficiency, better cross collection, more suitable croppi
- Alternative non-water-consuming income sources for farmers who are willing to leave the agricultural Income
- Community development, including measures to raise the region’s awareness towards more water-efficient practices
- Strengthened governmental institutions to better control illegal activities and to effectively enforce laws and regulations.

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