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PRESASS 2024 was organized, from 22 to 26 April 2024 in Abuja, Nigeria, by the AGRHYMET Regional Climate Center for West Africa and the Sahel (AGRHYMET RCC-WAS) of CILSS, in collaboration with ACMAD, the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (SNMHs), the WMO and West African River Basin Organizations.

The Regional Forum on Seasonal Forecasts of the agro-hydro-climatic characteristics of the rainy season for the Sudanian and Sahelian zones of West Africa and the Sahel (PRESASS), 2024 edition was held from 22 to 26 April 2024 in Abuja, Nigeria.

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The Ministry of the Environment, Water and Sanitation is organising the 4th National Water and Sanitation Forum from 22 to 24 April 2024 under the theme "Water: Factor of Resilience, Peace and Development".

Project: Reversing Ecosystem and Water Degradation in the Volta River Basin (REWarD-Volta River Basin) Title: Mission for the ‘‘Establishment and Capacity Building of National and Regional Coordination of the Users of the Volta Basin’s Natural resources’’ Duration: Two hundred and thirty (230) Man-day (MD) over a calendar period of six (06) months Publication date: 18/04/2024 Closing date: 18/05/2024

Project : Reversing Ecosystem and Water Degradation in the Volta River Basin (REWarD – Volta River Basin) Title : Mission for the elaboration of the detailed project document on the integrated management of aquatic invasive species in the Volta basin Duration : Forty (40) Man-Days (MD) spread over a calendar period of ninety (90) days Publication Date : 18/04/2024 Closing Date : 18/05/2024

Project : Reversing Ecosystem and Water Degradation in the Volta River Basin (REWarD – Volta River Basin) Title : Mission for the elaboration of a detailed project document on the management of shallow groundwater (water table) in the Volta basin Duration : Forty (40) Man-Days (MD) over a calendar period of ninety (90) days Publication Date : 18/04/2024 Closing Date : 18/05/2024

GWP-WA is searching the expertise of a Communication Agency to carry out the mission entitled “Development of communication materials on tools, policies and plans related to the profile, the EWS VoltAlarm and the regional strategy for the RIMFDR in the VB issued from the VFDM project and other related documents on the project website". These terms of reference present the objectives, the expected results as well as the mandate of the Communication Agency, the expected deliverables, and the methodological approach to carry out the mission.

On April 02 and 03, 2024, in the meeting room of the Centre d'Écoute des Jeunes de Bama in Burkina Faso, the local workshop on tools, strategies and other provisions for integrated flood and drought risk management to build resilience in the Volta Basin in Burkina Faso took place.

Within the framework of the implementation of the Project "Reversing the trends of Ecosystem and Water Resources Degradation in the Volta River Basin (REWarD - Volta River Basin)", financed by GEF and executed by VBA and GWP-WA in close collaboration with UNEP and IUCN, a small technical team coordinated by GWP-WA met in Koudougou from February 19 to 24, 2024, to update the Communication Strategy and Action Plan 2018-2020 drawn up in 2028.