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Water Data Revolution: Closing the data gap for transboundary water in Africa

design process, ensuring he dashboard
met their requirements for monitoring
water resources, understanding water
use and availability, and supporting
informed water management decisions.
Following the workshop, the technical
development of the dashboard
proceeded over a three-month period,
culminating in the finalization of the
initial prototype.

After the dashboard development, a
capacity-building workshop was
held in May 2024 in Accra, Ghana.
The training covered the potential of
RS data in WRM and focused on
operationalizing use of the
dashboard, which included how to
use the functionality of dashboard
tools, incorporate outputs of the
dashboard into decision making, and
manipulate the dashboard for VBA’s
needs. The workshop also provided a
crucial platform for discussing the
dashboard's role in enhancing
decision making across the Volta
Basin and its potential for optimal
WRM in a transboundary context.
Based on feedback, the beta version
of the Water Accounting Dashboard
was finalized and presented to VBA in
June for final validation. VBA is now
integrating the dashboard into its
online servers and webpage.

A similar process is under
development for INMACOM. Online
consultations took place in August
2024. Launch of the dashboard along
with a capacity-building workshop is
expected to be in September 2024.

WDR has been extended to
December 2024 to compensate for
delays in development of the
dashboard, which is being
implemented by the International
Water Management Institute. In this
last phase, WDR and the institute will
finalize the development of the Water
Accounting Dashboard for selected
RBOs and provide training and
capacity building on use of RS data.

Participants at the water accounting workshop
in Accra, Ghana, May 2024. ©Noosha Tayebi /
CIWA Program

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