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A Malian delegation to the Netherland to exchange on IWRM implementation
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Mali invited a large Malian delegation to a working and experience-sharing visit to the Netherlands from 27 October to 6 November 2019. The Country Water Partnership (CWP) of Mali represented by the Chair, Mr. Navon CISSE was part of the delegation.
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West Africa at the 5th PIDA meeting in Cairo
The fifth meeting of the Programme for Infrastructure development in Africa (PIDA) held in Cairo, Egypt from 25 to 29 November 2019 (PIDA WEEK).
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TonFuturTonClimat Burkina Faso monitors the extension and rehabilitation works of the irrigated perimeter of RAMITENGA
A CWP Burkina and GWP-WA team visited the extension site of the project in Ramitenga on 07, 08 and 11 November to advance the site development work.
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CWP Benin contributes to relaunch the work of the national water council
A workshop on "The status of water resources management: legal and institutional aspects” was organized to strengthen the technical capacity of women sitting as non-state members (NSA) of the national water council in order fort hem tob e active in the debates oft he NWC.
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Disseminating the review on the management of the water and sanitation sector 2018 and sharing the report on the integrity risks mapping in Benin
From 26 to 29 November 2019, a tour was organized to disseminate at the local level, reviews on the management of the Water, Hygiene and Sanitation sectors. The results of the report on the mapping of integrity risks in the said sector were also shared in a separate meeting.
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Capacity building of Local Water Committees (LWCs) for the valorization of Proliferating Aquatic Plants in So-Ava
Members of the Toho and Djètoè Lake water comities exchanged during a visit with the "Togblé-Tognon" association
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Winrock International visits GWP WA to strengthen partnership
A WINROCK International team visited GWP West Africa on November 14, 2019 to exchange on the implementation of their project intitled "Terre Eau Vive".
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Flood and drought forecasting and warning systems: VFDM assesses national needs and capacities in Togo and Benin
A mission was organized to assess the capacities and needs of national structures for flood and drought forecasting and warning in order to develop integrated, tailored, sustainable and basin-wide solutions to enhance resilience to climate change at local, national and regional levels.
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Mono Basin establishes its executive direction in Cotonou
The Mono Basin Authority (MBA) is the latest river basin management instrument established in West Africa for the Mono River basin shared by Benin and Togo.
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A young ESUPJ student recalls a real schooling experience after an internship at GWP-WA
In this article, Abdoul Rachid Yohann FOFANA, a student at the Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique de la Jeunesse (ESUPJ), in his second year in the Civil Engineering program with a focus on Water Management and Control, describes his immersion experience at GWP-WA. The young Burkinabe completed a 2-month internship at the GWP-WA Executive Secretariat from July 29 to September 28, 2019.