The Council of the Water Agency of the Mekrou sub-basin in Niger was established on 10 May 2022 in Dosso. The installation workshop served as a framework for validating the Water Development and Management Scheme (SAGE) of the Mekrou sub-basin and its area of influence in Niger, as well as for launching three pilot initiatives for the protection and development of the sub-basin's water resources and related resources.
On 13 May 2022, the second meeting of the Steering Committee (SC) of the "Water for Growth and Poverty Reduction in the Mekrou sub-basin of Niger" Project (Mekrou Phase 2-Niger Project), financed by the European Union through its Delegation in Niamey, was held in Dosso.
In the framework of the AEWEN project (Africa Europe Water & Energy Network), co-financed by the European Union's COSME programme, CWP Senegal has signed a cooperation and partnership agreement with the Consortium.
The water pole of the Gaston Berger University of Saint-Louis (partner of the CWP) organized a workshop with the aim of providing feedback from the World Water Forum held in Dakar from 21 to 26 March 2022.
The African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) Governing Council adopted in February 2019, the decision to transform Africa's water investment prospects through enhanced partnerships and the implementation of the African Water Investment Programme (AIP) to achieve the African Union (AU) Agenda 2063 in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC), the NEPAD Agency, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Water Facility (AWF).
From 30 May to 3 June 2022, a meeting was held at the Novela Star Hotel in Lomé (Togo) as the first step in the process of updating Togo's framework law on the environment.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Volta Basin Authority (VBA) and Global Water Partnership West Africa (GWP-WA) are implementing the project "Integrating Flood and Drought Management and Early Warning for Climate Change Adaptation in the Volta Basin (VFDM)" funded by the Adaptation Fund. The project activities, which started in June 2019, are ongoing and will be completed by mid-2023.
On May 06, 2022, the second session of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Project "Integrating Flood and Drought Management and Early Warning for Climate Change Adaptation in the Volta Basin" (VFDM Project) was held in Cotonou, Benin.
