Some twenty partner institutions across Africa including GWP West Africa took part in the first phase and shared on the AWIS portal information and documents. This phase was funded by the European Union, France, the United Kingdom DFID.
Since March 2010, sharing activities were weak and the focal points inactive. Thanks to project Strengthening the institutions for transboundary water resources management in Africa (SITWA) a workshop was held from 19 to 21 March 2014 in Saly, Senegal to revamp AWIS. This workshop aims inter alia to update the portal to meet the changing needs of new partners and the target audiences, update information management tools of the platform, implement and disseminate AWIS information products.
About fifteen partners including GWP West Africa were represented at this meeting that allowed discussing the strategies, the data to be on the platform and get acquainted with the new management tool of the portal.
The opening ceremony of the workshop was chaired by the Deputy High Commissioner of OMVS, Mr. Diarra Marimantia who recalled the commitment of his institution hosting the SITWA project on behalf of the African Network of Basin Organizations (ANBO) to support the recovery process and the sustainability of AWIS. According to the SITWA Coordinator, Mr. Innocent Kabenga, revamping AWIS is a recommendation of the ANBO as a member of the SITWA Steering Committee.