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Folder Seminar on National and Trans-boundary Water Ressources Management in Africa, Dodowa (Ghana), 26-30 March 2012

The focus of the seminar was on tools for implementing Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in national and trans-boundary river basins and aquifers.

Specifically, the seminar was intended to:

(a) present the main instruments (technological, financial, legal and economic) to support the implementation of IWRM at the country and basins/aquifers levels;
(b) present the procedure for taking into account the effects of climate change and other emerging threats on water resources;
(c) share experiences on the development of IWRM instruments in countries and river basins/aquifers in Africa and
(d) conduct a review of progress at regional, national and basins/trans-boundary aquifers in the use of instruments for IWRM in Africa.

http://www.emwis.net/thematicdirs/events/2012/03/seminar-national-and-trans-boundary-water-ressources-management-africa

Address Forest Dodowa Hotel, Dodowa, Accra
Organizer African Development Bank (AfDB), African Water Facility (AWF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations University INRA (UNU-INRA)
Contact information Timothy Afful-Koomson, PhD. Environmental Policy Fellow United Nations University- Institute for Natural Resources in Africa International Programmes Building Annie Jiage Road Univ. of Ghana, Legon Campus Accra, Ghana (email: koomson@inra.unu.edu)
Phone:             233-21-500396       Cell:             +233-24-3323047       Fax: +233-21-500792
Event type Conference
File link http://www.africanwaterfacility.org/

Folder 1st day Presentations
Folder 2nd day Presentations
Folder 3rd day presentations
Folder 4th day Field visit: Akosombo Dam
Folder 5th day presentations
PDF Agenda Download
Document Final Report of the Seminar
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