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 Mesopotamian region.

The Forum opened on Saturday and will end on Monday. It is held at the University of Sulaimani in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and will involve civil society actors from the entire region of Mesopotamia within the states of Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria. 

The Mesopotamian Water Forum is based on the social forum model, and is part of the global world social forum process.

The idea of the forum was launched during a joint meeting of Save the Tigris Campaign in the city of Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, in April 2017.

Today will be dedicated to self-organized workshops by participating organizations and on Monday there will be plenary workshops conclusions and final declaration.