Project Title: From the Apennines to the Shouf: migrations of experience and knowledge across the Mediterranean

Project Acronym (SWAT): ASMED

Partners: Municipality of Fontecchio - ILEX Association – LEAFLAB Association – Istituto OIKOS - Al Shouf Cedar Society

The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation AICS - ROME

Objectives: Transfer successful practices to Lebanon, especially those related to water such as the River Basin Management Plan, River Contract, Forest Model, sustainable agriculture and production development.

The Activities:

• Building the capacities of stakeholders through participatory planning on the structure of water basin management and developing the white paper for River basin management (River Convention).
• Building the capacity of stakeholders involved in forest management on the concept of Model Forest.
• Training to stakeholders related to agriculture towards sustainable practices and shortening the route of production to reach the final consumer (shortening the value chain).
• Implementation of some interventions related to water and forests (restoration of mountain ponds - solutions for water quality - heating methods using the biomass resulting from forest clearing.
• Support for a group of farmers.
• Organizing an experience exchange program between Lebanon and Italy.
• Organizing meetings and training sessions for stakeholders of all categories.

Duration: 36 months: July 2021 - June 2024

Extended until June 2025

Harvests of the Shouf ,A Catalogue of Rural Products and Services from the Shouf Biosphere Reserve