SWOT Analysis of EQA


Strength

  • Regional and international protection of the Palestinian environment
  • Promote Environmental awareness
  • Ensure Sustainable Development

Weaknesses

  • Focused mainly on Palestine region
  • Not enough support from Israeli government
  • Mission too broad

Opportunities

  • Preparation of regulations for all components of the environment
  • Coordination with the concerned authorities at all level
  • Maintain Sustainability, and contribute in improving the quality of life

Threats

  • Depletion of resources
  • Israeli pressure
  • Desertification

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SWOT Analysis of PWA

Strength

  • Work in Palestine with special focus to the West bank and Gaza region
  • Development of water sector
  • Technological solutions to improve operations

 Weaknesses

  • Inefficient management
  • Uncoordinated investments
  • Concentrated only in Palestinian region

Opportunities

  • Modifies the existing plans and conducting new ones, that could meet the various water-related demands of the community
  • Encourages involvement of the private sector
  • Cultivates widespread commitment to common goals

Threats

  • Fragmentation of water sector
  • Complicated Politics
  • Strict Israeli water sector Military Orders

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SWOT Analysis of GWN

Strengths

  • Provide service to both Israel and Palestine
  • Involvement of youths, adults and municipalities in the program
  • Generates awareness of the environment with a special focus on water resources

Weaknesses

  • Often lack communication between Israeli and Palestinian community because of Border issues
  • Travel restrictions from one country to the other
  • Drift from water issues to other environmental problems

Opportunities

  • Build trust between the cross-border communities as the basis for Israeli-Palestinian conflict resolution and peace building
  • Strong connection between Israeli and Palestinian youth because of joint ecological building workshops
  • Strong voice against environmental hazards as a result of their awareness program

Threats

  • Security concerns of Israeli workers in Palestine
  • Opposition party against co-operation
  • Addressing common issues made difficult because of political reasons

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SWOT Analysis of RWDBP

Strength

  • Improved quality of collected data about water resources
  • Improved communication among the scientific communities in the region
  • Multilateral Working Group – Jordanian, Israeli and Palestinian water agencies

Weaknesses

  • Collaboration among different groups difficult
  • Political and Security Issues
  • A travel permit often restricts training experiences

Opportunities

  • Creation of regional data bank which will help other organizations dealing with similar issues
  • Creation of regional bond
  • Enhance the Middle East peace process

Threats

  • Lack of political will to share the data
  • Country putting their issue first over the region
  • Short term goals overlooked over long term goals

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SWOT Analysis of CMWU

Strengths:

  • Service provider for all water and wastewater services throughout the Gaza.
  • Provides a detailed damaged assessment to help identify the  damages and the resources needed to approach the situation
  • Prompt actions dealing with water issues

Weaknesses:

  • A semi-public institution, so sometimes lack the funding
  • Weak implementation because of the political condition
  • Ignores other environmental problems

Opportunities

  • Increases co-operation with different domestic and International group such as World Bank, UNRWA, ACF, PWA, UNICEF and OXFAM
  • Provides services to countries without bias
  • Long term goals keeps the program running

Threats

  • Maintaining the cooperation between different organizations
  • Ensuring the safety of their projects
  • Limited resources might lead to the abandonment of the program

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