This initiative consists of an ongoing series of water-themed events, public projects and water-related exhibitions, which will be organized both by the University and also in partnership with other collaborators in Bahrain. The aim of this program is to broaden the mission and scope of the February 2020 conference. It is hoped that it will bring attention to important local and regional water issues, and likewise engage all areas of society in a conversation on a subject that is highly relevant today.
Prof. Riyad Hamzah announced that the University of Bahrain launched a program entitled “A YEAR OF WATER” that began in July of 2019 as a preparatory step for holding the conference (FEMRC-UOB 2020) on water issues that will have a distinct focus on the Eastern Mediterranean, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA region) titled “Water in the MENA Region: Preparing for a Changing World”.
This initiative consisted of an ongoing series of water-themed events, public projects and water-related exhibitions, which will be organized both by the University and also in partnership with other collaborators in Bahrain. The aim of this program is to broaden the mission and scope of the February 2020 conference. It is hoped that it will bring attention to important local and regional water issues, and likewise engage all areas of society in a conversation on a subject that is highly relevant today.
The program was organized by the University of Bahrain in collaboration with the Ministry of Labor and Social Development to create a participatory art event in which the younger generation of Bahrain could think about the subject of water and create original artwork around three proposed topics.
