The establishment ceremony in Mali was held under the patronage of the Minister of Energy and Water, represented by the Secretary General, Mr Djoouro BOCOUM, in the presence of the Executive Secretary of GWP-WA, Mr Armand HOUANYE.
The National User Coordination Committee is now officially established and its governing bodies have been set up in an inclusive manner. The list of co-opted user organisations has been validated.
The statutes and internal regulations of the National Coordination Committee were proposed and adopted by the members.
Participants included members of the National Focal Structure (Hydraulics, Agriculture, Livestock, Environment, Fisheries, Territorial Administration, Foreign Affairs, Finance), local authorities, the Consultant, the VBA and the GWP-WA
This action is part of the implementation of the project "Reversing Ecosystem and Water Resource Degradation in the Volta Basin (REWarD – Volta River Basin)", which aims to support the Volta Basin Authority (VBA) in strengthening the effective involvement of all stakeholders in the national and transboundary governance of water resources in the Volta Basin. This project was developed in close collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Volta Basin Authority (VBA), the Global Water Partnership West Africa (GWP-WA) and national stakeholders.
The REWaRD – Volta River Basin project, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for US$7,122,000 over a period of five years, aims to reverse the trends of natural resource and ecosystem degradation in the Volta Basin by promoting transboundary governance, integrated natural resource management and community resilience.
