Mesopotamian Water Forum

The Mesopotamian Water Forum is an alternative civil society forum for water, an open space to give voice to those who are marginalized and excluded from the discussion about water management in the Tigris-Euphrates basin. It involves civil society actors from the entire region of Mesopotamia within the states of Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria. The Forum provides a space for open and public dialogue about the status and access of bodies of water in the Mesopotamian region, with particular emphasis on the issue of water rights in the Mesopotamian context. The Forum proposes a framework for a water policy which is based on social and ecological principles, such as participation and sustainability.