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The News N° 25 - February 2015
FRom one conTinenT To anoTHeR
AFRICA
The European Commission is funding
the project of the African Network of
BasinOrganizations (ANBO) for “Streng-
thening Institutions for Transboundary
Water resources management in Africa
(SITWA)”.
Implemented by
the Global Water Part-
nership (GWP),
the project benefited from a
close cooperation from
the International
Network of Basin Organizations (INBO)
and
the International Office for Water
(IOWater)
for strengtheningWater Informa-
tion Systems in River Basin Organizations,
and for supporting
the African Water
Information System (AWIS)
managed by
ANBO.
Two workshops, held in Kigali and Kampala
in 2014, saw the participation of basin orga-
nizations from all over Africa for the valida-
tion of two documents prepared within the
new
ANBOAction Plan
and dealingwith:
l
Planning and IWRM;
l
Development of structures by African
BasinOrganizations.
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SITWA
Collaboration between ANBO, GWP and INBO
African Development Bank
Project assessment and development of a guide on good practices
IOWater, Studi International and Aure-
con have assessed seven projects fun-
dedby theAfricanWater Facility (AWF).
IOWater assessed three
projects funded by
AWF in Congo, Burkina
Fasoand Liberia.
In cooperation with AWF,
it prepared
a guide of
good practices,
based
on the example of the sa-
nitation project for the su-
burbs of Ouagadougou.
This guide shows how the improvement of
urban sanitation and its sustainable manage-
ment help
build its resilience to climate
change.
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Failure of the drainage system
during the floods of September 2009
inOuagadougou
TheAfricanWater Information andDocu-
mentation System (AWIS)
regroups partner
organizations that gather or produce informa-
tiononwater and itsmanagement in thewhole
of Africa.
It is referencing this information and proposes
free access via itswebportal.
The dynamics around
AWIS
was revived in
March2014by
theOrganization for theDe-
velopment of the Senegal River (OMVS),
inpartnershipwith the EuropeanUnion.
IOWater
participated in theworkshopon infor-
mation sharing, which was held in Mbour
(Senegal).
IOWater
underlined the high added value of
AWIS
basedonnetworkingAfrican information
producers, on multilingual work in French,
English and Portuguese and on the unique
portal sharedby thousands of users.
For 2 days,
IOWater trained AWIS Focal
Points to independently enrich the
portal.
A newworkshop in videoconferencing, held
on 30 October 2014, helped to consolidate
knowledge andmethodology.
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AWIS
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