Birzeit University, represented by its president, Abdellatif Abuhijleh, and the Environmental Quality Authority, represented by its president, Adala Al-Atireh, created on September 19, 2017, a new agreement to cooperate on environmental protection. The parties signed an understanding that maps routes to greater participation in environmental research and advocacy for youth in environmental protection.
The UNESCO- IHE Delft Institute for Water Education and the Institute of Environmental and Water Studies at Birzeit University held a training workshop about the newly-launched “FAO Water Productivity Database (WaPOR); a portal to monitor Water Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data monitors and reports on agriculture water productivity.
The Institute of Environmental and Health Studies at Birzeit University held on May 2, 2017 a workshop on the Environmental Health in Palestine.