The ECOWAS water governance director at the Water Resources Management Center (WRMC), Mr. Bougonou K. DJERI-ALASSANI together with GWP-WA Executive Secretary, Mr. Armand HOUANYE had a virtual meeting on June 19, 2020 with the Director of Water Resources Management Planning, Mr. Niokhor NDOUR and the chair of the Country Water Partnership of Senegal, Dr. Adrien COLY. The exchanges focused around the preparatory process of the 9th World Water Forum (WWF9) to be held in Dakar in March 2021 and how the region stakeholders can be better represented in various steps before, during and after the Forum.
Participants focused discussions on how the preparatory process to the WWF 9 can highlight more regional actors from West Africa. They reflected together on the organization in order to strengthen the participation of the 15 countries of the region and what could be done to achieve this aim.
As Senegal is the country organizing the Forum, exchanging with the Director of Water Resources Management Planning (DGWRP) and the Chair of the CWP was necessary since they are already involved in the activities for the preparation of the 9th WWF (Dakar 2021).
The Country Water Partnership (CWP) of Senegal is involved in the preparations of the 9th World Water Forum to be held in Dakar, Senegal in March 2021.
The SDG 6.5.1 monitoring process started in the region where UNEP-DHI through GWP is bringing financial and technical assistance to 7 countries out the 15 ECOWAS member states to facilitate the data collection and reporting process.
GWP-WA together with the Permanent Secretary of the IWRM Plan of Niger and CWP Niger have finalized the recruitment process of the Project Management Team including a Project Officer, an Administrative and Finance Officer, an administrative and finance assistant and a driver-courier.
On 24 and 25 June 2020, CWP Benin initiated, the conduct of a diagnostic study on the monitoring function in the field of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) carried out by non-state actors.
CWP-Benin organized on 16 June 2020 a working session on the inventory of the preliminary drafts of regulatory texts relating to the consultation and management of water resources in Benin.
TonFuturTonClimat is a project funded by the Quebec Government and GWP implemented by GWP-WA, the International Secretariat for Water (ISW) and CWPs in Burkian Faso, Benin and Eau Vive International Togo.
