Hebron Municipality and Italian experts initiate the City’s Water and Sanitation Sector Project

Hebron Mayor held on the 2nd of October an extensive  meeting with a team of Italian consultants and experts chaired by Mr.  Pierre-Carlo Miltaldo. The Italian team shall be working alongside  Hebron Municipality’s engineers and experts within the PMSP Project  which is funded by the

 PMSP Project which is  funded by the Palestinian Ministry of Local Government and the Italian  Government through the Italian Cooperation Agency. The project, which  aims at building the Municipality’s Water and Sanitation capacities, is  the fruit of the partnership and twinning agreement signed several years  ago between the city of Genoa and Hebron Municipality.

At the  beginning of the meeting, Hebron Mayor Khaled Osaily addressed his  thanks and appreciation to the Italian Government and people for their  support to Palestinians in general and to the water sector in Hebron in  particular. He also thanked the Italian Cooperation Agency and the  Ministry of Local Government for their efforts and for endorsing and  pursuing this project. Osaily also expressed his appreciation to Genoa  Municipality which he described as Hebron Municipality’s long-lasting  partner. He then explained that this Project, which shall be implemented  over the next two years, aims at building the capacities of Hebron  Municipality’s Water and Sanitation sector and shall feature the  construction of new premises for the Water and Sanitation Department,  supplying pumps, machinery and vehicles as well as Organizational  Development and Institutional Building activities and technical support.  “Hebron Municipality has earmarked a piece of land for the Project and  shall help with various construction works. This Project is the fruit of  cooperation with Genoa Municipality and is in line with Hebron’s  Strategy aimed at improving water and sanitation services provided to  the public as well as enhancing administrative, financial and technical  services, mainly water and sanitation networks and infrastructure. I  hope that this Project will complement efforts made by the Palestinian  Water Authority to improve services and increase water quantities  allocated to Hebron according to a comprehensive national strategy”, he  added.

Mr. Pierre Carlo thanked Mayor Osaily for having provided  all the requirements necessary to ensure the Project’s success, as well  as for the ideal cooperation between the two Municipalities and the warm  welcome his team received in Hebron. He affirmed that the Italian team  shall work in partnership with water and sanitation experts from Hebron  Municipality in order to execute the Project according to the set  timeframe and in line with international standards and specifications,  with the help of Italian know-how and expertise in this field.