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West Africa Network for Capacity Building in Integrated Water Resources Management. WA-Net Structure. Regional Training of Trainers Workshop National Water Resources Institute, Kaduna, Nigeria 6 – 10 December 2004. Dogara Bashir National Water Resources Institute, Kaduna, Nigeria.
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West Africa Network for Capacity Building in Integrated Water Resources Management WA-Net Structure Regional Training of Trainers Workshop National Water Resources Institute, Kaduna, Nigeria 6 – 10 December 2004 Dogara Bashir National Water Resources Institute, Kaduna, Nigeria
What is WA-Net? • Regional network of individuals & Capacity BuildingInstitutions(CBIs) in West Africa (individuals & CBIs in training/education/research in IWRM) • WA-Net: Alocal response to capacity demands and needs in IWRM & the global call for partnership among CBIs S01-Opening WA-Net Structure Dogara Bashir 6 Dec. 2004
WA-Net’s Mission To Strengthen institutions and human capacitythrough partnership for the successful implementation of IWRM in West Africa Sub-region S01-Opening WA-Net Structure Dogara Bashir 6 Dec. 2004
WA-Net’s objectives • Enhance regional coorperation among CBIs in West Africa for IWRM • Strengthen the Human Resource & Institutional capacities of individuals and CBIs in West Africa • Facilitate research and demand driven training and education in IWRM among CBIs in West Africa • Promote the implementation of IWRM in West Africa S01-Opening WA-Net Structure Dogara Bashir 6 Dec. 2004
How is WA-Netorganized? Three nodes with nodal centers in: • Burkina Faso • Ghana • Nigeria S01-Opening WA-Net Structure Dogara Bashir 6 Dec. 2004
Burkina Faso Node coordinates activities in: • Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, • Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, • Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo • The Node is hosted by: • Group (EIER/ETSHER), Ougadougou, Burkina Faso • cefoc@etsher.org S01-Opening WA-Net Structure Dogara Bashir 6 Dec. 2004
Ghana Node coordinates activities in: • Gambia, • Ghana, • Liberia and • Sierra Leone • The Node is hosted by: • Kwame Nkurmah Univ. of Science & Tech., Kumasi, Ghana • westafricanet@yahoo.co.uk S01-Opening WA-Net Structure Dogara Bashir 6 Dec. 2004
Nigeria Node coordinates activities in: • Nigeria only, because of its size and the number of CBIs • The Node is hosted by: • National Water Resources Institute, Kaduna, Nigeria • nwri@wwlkad.com S01-Opening WA-Net Structure Dogara Bashir 6 Dec. 2004
Annual General Meeting Network Secretariat Steering Committee Board of Advisers B/FASO NodalCentre GHANA Nodal Centre NIGERIA NodalCentre CBIs in Francophone Countries CBIs in Ghana, Gambia, Liberia & S/Leone CBIs in Nigeria Structure of WA-Net S01-Opening WA-Net Structure Dogara Bashir 6 Dec. 2004