
Developing Water Solutions Within the Context of Climate Change and Mitigation Approaches
WHAT IS WIL?
The Water Innovation Lab, known as WIL, is a front-running, immersive leadership training designed to accelerate collaborative innovation, fast-track global knowledge-sharing and devise new innovations that improve water security. WIL supports emerging leaders (18-35 yrs) to implement Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets connected to water both in their organisations and their projects. WIL develops future water leaders to think holistically, design innovatively, and communicate effectively across cultures.
ENGAGE NOW
3 years
in numbers
WATER in LEBANON needs
INNOVATION
Lebanon has long been challenged by inherited instabilities and the urgency of the situation peeked ever since the revolutionary year of 2019. With the growing political, economical,environmental, and social uncertainties, Lebanon calls for structural and holistic changes that intervene for a promising rebound.
Sustainable innovations is the needed change amid a country’s struggles and the drive that contributes to the establishment of regenerative growth. It is, during the critical situations, where individuals should push boundaries to cultivate innovation and develop leadership skills.
WIL Lebanon recognizes the need in Lebanon and the region to support emerging leaders (18-30 years) to accelerate collaborative innovation, share fast-track knowledge, and devise new innovations that improve water security in their organisations and projects while implementing water SDG targets. Our approach is groundbreaking as it is cross-sector, cross-disciplinary, and focused on co-innovation leadership.
Applications are now open.
Applications close June 23, 2021
PROGRAM DETAILS
WIL Lebanon 2021 will be delivered in Arabic.
Certificates will be offered to participants who attend a minimum of 5 live sessions outlining the topics covered in this innovation lab.
Phase I:
6 weekly virtual sessions held on Wednesdays at
5:00 pm Lebanon Time
+ 1 closing virtual session on August 18
OPENING
SESSION
Wednesday
June 30
2021
2 hours
SESSIONS
2-5
Wednesdays
July 7-28
2021
3 hours
SESSION
6
Wednesday
August 11
2021
3 hours
CLOSING
SESSION
Wednesday
August 18
2021
2 hours
Phase 1
Phase I focuses on immersive innovative and leadership training that concludes with co-innovative solutions designed at a conceptual level within multidisciplinary teams.
Participants who meet all requirements and present their projects are selected to participate in Phase II.
Phase 2
October - November 2021
Phase II supports the co-innovative solutions to achieve proof of concept through designing a pilot or prototype of their project; with a training workshop called “Test Zone”.
Details to come
THEME
BASED
WORK
2021
Developing water solutions within the context of Climate Change and Mitigation approaches
WIL Lebanon team will leverage local context and train a new co-hort of young leaders and students to develop water solutions within the context of Climate Change and Mitigation approaches and geographically continue WIL Lebanon focus on the Litani River and Bekka region, looking at:
- Socio-economics: Flooding and drought & Nexus
- Water Governance: Effectiveness, efficiency & management
- Climate Mitigation: Hydropower and Renewables
- Water Quality: Industrial, agricultural & wastewater
2020
A focus on the Litani River in the Bekaa Region through designing innovative water solutions
WIL Lebanon 2020 focuses on the Litani River’s industrial , agricultural and social water challenges. It provides an opportunity to engage youth and young leaders in coming up with innovative solutions to tackle water challenges facing Lebanon’s Litani River, looking at :
- Circular economy
- Water-Energy-Food-Health Nexus
- Iot, Data Sciences, Artificial Intelligence
- Revival of Traditional Knowledge
2019
Building Resilience in Water-Energy-Food-Health Systems in an Arid and Semi-Arid Region
WIL Lebanon 2019 focuses on climate change and human demographic impacts on water, energy, food and health. It provides an opportunity to engage youth and young leaders in coming up with innovative solutions to tackle water in an arid and semi-arid region, looking at:
- Rural water challenges: designing frugal water solutions for low-income and high-risk displaced communities.
- Urban water challenges: growth and planning
- Industrial water challenges: circular economy
- High tech solutions: AI, IoT, Data Science
- Revival of Indigenous Knowledge
WHY JOIN?
PAST PARTICIPANTS



TEAM PROJECTS
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WIL LEBANON
RESOURCE GUESTS

Kevin Bonel
Emergency WaSH Consultant- UNICEF

Suzy Hoayek
Advisor to the Minister - Ministry of Energy and Water

Maria Saidy
Water Sector Field Coordinator-Bekaa - UNICEF

Rebecca Bushby
WASH Officer- UNICEF

Dr. Rabi H. Mohtar
Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (FAFS) at the American University of Beirut (AUB)
Expert Resources Guest

Dr. Rabi H. Mohtar
Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (FAFS) at the American University of Beirut (AUB)

Dr. Nadim Farajalla
Director of the Climate Change and the Environment Program at Issam Fares Institute
Expert Resource Guest

Dr. Nadim Farajalla
Director of the Climate Change and the Environment Program at Issam Fares Institute

Cynthia Kayem
LEPAP M&E Officer at UNDP

Hassan Harajli
Program Advisor and Project Manager Energy and Environment Programme at UNDP
Expert Resource Guest

Hassan Harajli
Program Advisor and Project Manager Energy and Environment Programme at UNDP

Jihan Seoud
Program Manager Energy and Environment Programme at UNDP

Dr. Chadi Abdallah
Director of Research and Geologist - CNRS

Marie-Helen Nassif
Coordinator ReWater MENA – IWMI

Maya Mhanna
Head of Rural Projects and Irrigation Department - Ministry of Agriculture Lebanon
Expert Resources Guest

Maya Mhanna
Head of Rural Projects and Irrigation Department - Ministry of Agriculture Lebanon

Ziad Khayat
Economic Affairs Officer in the Water Resources Section - ESCWA

Darine Saliba
Project Officer, Embassy of Switzerland

Michelle Jalkh
SDC/ Embassy of Switzerland – SDC

Ramy Boujawdeh
Deputy General Manager of Berytech

Elias Nicolas
Cleantech Specialist – Berytech

Johanna von Toggenburg
Country Manager Lebanon - cewas

Vahakn Kabakian
Climate Change advisor/Project Manager at UNDP

Lea Kai
Project Manager, Climate Change Projects at UNDP and MoEW

Dona Geagea
NEWAVE Early Stage Researcher (PhD)/Former WIL Gobal Lead

Joseph Hakme
WASH specialist- World Vision
Alumni Mentors
More to Come

Fatima Zbib
Alumni Mentor

Fatima Zbib

Marc Karam
Alumni Mentor

Marc Karam

Layla Fleyfel
Alumni Mentor

Layla Fleyfel

Rayan Bachik
Alumni Mentor

Rayan Bachik

Mariam Bazzi
Alumni Mentor

Mariam Bazzi

Rabih Hamid
Alumni Mentor

Rabih Hamid

Jana Al Hassanieh
Alumni Mentor

Jana Al Hassanieh

Ahmad Al- Hazaymi
Alumni Mentor

Ahmad Al- Hazaymi
WATERLUTION TEAM

Sara Dia
- Email:sara.dia@waterlution.org

Rewa Assi

George Gharios
- Email:g.gharios@dundee.ac.uk

Dr. Bassel Daher
- Email:basseldaher@gmail.com

Kawthar Esseili
FUNDING PARTNERS
& COLLABORATORS


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collaboration
Join us for WIL Lebanon 2021
Applications close June 23, 2021