Partenariats

The LMI NAÏLA is a partnership instrument funded by the MESRS, the MARHP via IRESA, and the IRD. . NAÏLA is based on an interdisciplinary consortium whose governance is shared between Tunisia and France.

This LMI brings together around fifty Tunisian and French scientists who combine socio-economic and biophysical approaches, in close collaboration with actors from the professional world. All the personnel involved are detailed in the directory section.

This partnership makes it possible to strengthen the existing interdisciplinary dynamic, and thereby leads to the creation of an original group which jointly apprehends the human and biophysical dimensions for the management of water resources in the Mediterranean.

The LMI NAILA is supported by five main partners, including

Two partners in Tunisia

INRGREF

National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forests

INAT

the National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia
Three partners in France

l'UMR G-EAU

Water Management, Actors, Uses in Montpellier

l'UMR LISAH

Laboratory for the Study of Interactions between Soil-Agrosystem-Hydrosystem in Montpellier

l'UMR CESBIO

Center for Space Studies of the Biosphere in Toulouse

In addition, six associated partners contribute to the work of the LMI, including

Four partners in Tunisia

ENIT

the National School of Engineering of Tunis

INRAT

the National Institute of Agronomic Research of Tunisia

CERTE

Borj-Cédria Water Research and Technology Center

IO

Olive Tree Institute of Sfax
Two partners in France

UMR iEES

Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris

UMR 050 HSM

HydroSciences Montpellier in Montpellier

Finally, players from the professional world are involved via the user committee, which aims to align LMI activities with the needs of the professional world. This committee includes the following entities.

Five technical departments under the supervision of the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture
    • General Directorate of Dams and Major Hydraulic Works (DG-BGTH) ;
    • General Directorate of Rural Engineering and Water Exploitation (DG-GREE) ;
    • General Directorate of Water Resources (DG-RE) ;
    • General Directorate for the Development and Conservation of Agricultural Land (DG-ACTA) including the Directorate of Soil Resources ;
    • General Directorate of Agricultural (DG-PA).
An operational observatory under the supervision of the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture
    • National Observatory of Agriculture (ONAGRI)
Two regional police stations under the supervision of the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture
    • Regional Offices for Agricultural Development (CRDA) o Nabeul et and Kairouan
Two technical institutes under the supervision of the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture
    • Citrus Technical Center (CTA) 
    • National Institute of Field Crops (INGC)
Two industrialists
    • NGI-MAGHREB, a Tunisian onshore company whose head office is located at 53 rue 8601, 2035 Charguia I Tunis
    • SMVDA TUSALCO, a Tunisian onshore company whose head office is located at 10 rue Med Salah Eddinne, 1082, Tunis
An agency under the supervision of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    • French Agency for Development (AFD)