WA-Net

(West Africa Capacity Building Network)

Member countries:

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Togo, Senegal, Sierra Leone

Objectives:

1. To promote regional co-operation among training and/or education and/or research institutions and organizations engaged in IWRM related activities in West Africa
2. To strengthen the capacities of training and/or education and/or research institutions and organizations engaged in IWRM related activities in the region
3. To facilitating research and the delivery of demand-driven training/education in IWRM in the region
4. To promote the implementation of IWRM in the region

Outputs:

2009 :

• National training course on Economic & Financial instruments WA-Net, Mali GWP 9-13 Feb
• Training course on groundwater management within IWRM, Senegal 25-29 May
• Regional Training of trainers Integrating Gender into IWRM, Cote d'Ivoire (in French) WA-Net, GWP , Abidjan 27th  July au 01st august 2009

2008:

• National Training Workshop on Groundwater Development and Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), 15TH – 19TH SEPTEMBER, 2008
• Regional Training of Trainers Workshop on Economic and Financial Techniques in Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM), Kaduna, Nigeria (15th–19th December, 2008).
• Training of trainers on IWRM, Burkina Faso, in collaboration with 2iE and GWP. January 2008

2007:

• Course on IWRM principles, Togo March, in collaboration with GWP and DHI.
• Course on gender and water, Burkina Faso June, in collaboration with Gender and Water Alliance.
• Course on conflict management and resolution mechanisms, Ghana May, in collaboration with GWP.
• Regional training on Economic and Financial Instruments for IWRM held in Lome in December.
• Regional training on Groundwater management and IWRM held in Dakar in November in collaboration with GWP and the University of Cheik Anta Diop.
• Network members meeting, Accra June. Election of new steering committee and new location for the secretariat.

 2006

• Atelier de formation  « Développement de Capacités en gestion des conflits et négociation»  1-4 Août 2006, Dakar, Sénégal CAP-NET and GWP

Documents:

Report of general assembly 

Draft Constitution (Click to download)

Wa-Net Work Plan 2003 

Strengthening institutional and human capacity for Integrated Water Resources Management in West Africa. Core Programme 2003-2007

 
WA-Net Annual Report 2004.

Wa-Net francophone work plan 2006-2007

West African Capacity Building Programme for Strategic Planning  In Integrated Water Resources Management  2004   - 2007

WA-Net Anglophone Workplan  2006

Work plan 2007, English (Click to download)

Outline plan for activities in French countries.

Work plan 2008

Wa-net Anglophone and Francophone join work plan 2007- 2008

Report on network management and capacity building activities 2007-2008

Report on Network Management and Capacity building activities 2007-2009

Website:

Wa-Net  Manager , KONE Bougadare

 

 

 

 

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