From 29 to 31 June 2021, UNESCO-IHP and IGRAC organised an online course on groundwater management in African lake and river basin organizations (L/RBOs). This course was organised as part of the governance of groundwater resources in transboundary aquifers (GGRETA) project, an SDC-funded project, and hat the general objective to provide theoretical background and practical guidance on how to implement groundwater resources management in River Basin Organizations.
The course provided English/French and French/English language interpretation and below are shown the recordings and PDF presentations English.
Day 1 - Relevance of groundwater for L/RBOs
- Introduction to the course, by: Arnaud Sterckx (IGRAC)
- The need for groundwater management in L/RBOs, by: Callist Tindimugaya (Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda)
- Groundwater challenges (food security, climate change, environments), by: Moustapha Diene (Cheikh Anta Diop University)
- Groundwater quality, by: Seifu Kebede Gurmessa (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
- Transboundary aquifers, by: Christina Fraser (IGRAC)
Day 2 - Creating the conditions for groundwater assessment in L/RBOs
- Groundwater assessment, by: Christina Fraser (IGRAC)
- Groundwater monitoring, by: Claudia Ruz Vargas (IGRAC)
- Borehole data collection, by: Arnaud Sterckx (IGRAC)
- Groundwater data management, by: Arnaud Sterckx (IGRAC)
- Fostering data sharing, by: Arnaud Sterckx (IGRAC)
- Human capacity and expertise in hydrogeology, by: Christina Fraser (IGRAC)
- Niger Basin Authority
Day 3 - Toward groundwater management in L/RBOs + Inspiring examples and discussion
- Groundwater activities AMCOW, by: Moshood Tijani (AMCOW)
- SADC river basin organisations, by: Brighton Munyai (SADC-GMI)
- Nile Basin Institute groundwater project, by: Maha Abdelrahim Ismail (NBI)
- Groundwater regulation and licensing for transboundary aquifer management, by: Callist Tindimugaya (Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda)
- Stakeholder engagement, by: Arnaud Sterckx (IGRAC)
French recordings
Cours en ligne gestion des eaux souterraines dans les organismes de bassin africains