Burkina Faso review the Volta basin water charter

The national workshop to review the draft Water Charter of the Volta Basin was held on 24 and 25 July 2018 in Ziniaré under the chairmanship of Mr. TRAORE Serge, Director General of Water Resources (DGRE) of the Ministry of Water and Sanitation of Burkina Faso.

This workshop was attended by about forty structures from the central and deconcentrated public administration, local authorities, Technical and Financial Partners including the GEF, Research Institutes, NGOs and Associations including the PNE Burkina Faso.

The stakeholders of the sector reviewed the document, made amendments and recommendations for improvement.

At the end of the two-day workshop, the participants recommended that the General directorate of water resources set up a restricted committee to review the minimum flow proposals to be respected in order to take into account environmental constraints and to decide on the issue of authorizations for withdrawals.

The recommendation to the Volta Basin Authority (VBA) is that knowledge be ensured for the monitoring and management of transboundary aquifers.

Mr. DESSOUASSI Robert, Executive Director of VBA expressed his gratitude to the participants for the high quality of the interventions which will allow the improvement of the document.