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CIWA supported gender sensitization and mainstreaming The enhanced Eastern Nile-FFEWS (EN-FFEWS) has been
training in August 2024 for Nile‑SEC and NBD staff. The successfully completed and operational for Tekeze-Setit-
dissemination of the NBI Gender Mainstreaming Strategy is Atbara, Blue Nile, Lake Tana, and Baro-Akobo-Sobat across 35
planned for 2026 (adjacent to Nile Day). ENTRO, LVBC, and forecast locations, effectively managing rainfall data over 55
NELSAP-CU also completed gender training that included catchments. The modeling systems are operational on the Nile’s
methodology from Equal Aqua, a global platform that supports Azure virtual machines for cloud computing, and the project is
gender diversity in water sector jobs, to identify weaknesses in awaiting the installation of the Weather Research and Forecasting
institutional practices. The ENTRO developed and is implementing model in the NBI cloud service.
an institutional action plan and is planning a two-day training on
gender and media in September 2025 for the Eastern Nile region. Previously the NBD collaborated with ENTRO to conduct
The NELSAP-CU supports GESI considerations during stakeholder Community Flood Preparedness Workshops, which formulated

engagements in flood-prone areas and water-quality hotspots flood awareness and preparedness plans and management
in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. strategies for 17 flood‑prone sites. This was based on results

Under the NELSAP’s Gender Action Plan objective of improved from an early flood-warning system gender assessment in Juba,
opportunities for gender-equitable employment at all levels, South Sudan that was financed by the GFDRR Trust Fund. During

NELSAP-CU has recruited a female human resource officer, female the 2024 flood season, ENTRO tested the output of the flood

interns, and a female communications officer to encourage models and strengthened its collaboration with Eastern Nile
women to join transboundary water resources institutions. countries by providing direct support through the dissemination
of flood alerts via social media. Capacity-building training was

conducted for experts in the EN-FFEWS system, benefiting over
Innovative Information Services for
200 stakeholders. These efforts have signifi cantly enhanced
Climate-resilient Investment Planning:
forecasting accuracy and the distribution of critical information,
further promoting flood preparedness in the region.

The Nile‑SEC is currently hiring a firm that will enhance

and refine the Nile Basin River Flow forecasting system and
distribute a basin‑wide monthly drought forecasting bulletin ENTRO has completed and operationalized the Nile Drought
to stakeholders. It conducted a hybrid workshop to train Early-Warning System (DEWS) dashboard, a comprehensive
participants on Earth Observation products and GeoGLOWS, tool designed to enhance regional preparedness through
(Group on Earth Observations Global Water Sustainability), which advanced hydrological modeling, surface water body

provides a crucial framework for water resources management by identification and change detection, and drought monitoring
offering global hydrological modeling and forecasting capabilities and forecasting. Supported by robust data systems that
tailored for regional needs. facilitate both information sharing and user engagement, the
dashboard underwent a rigorous two-step validation process:
The Nile Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), the Flood and
ENTRO has successfully concluded the study from the EUMETSAT
GeoNetCast, which is a global network of satellite‑based data Drought Technical Working Group, and regional partners assessed
dissemination systems providing environmental data to users and provisionally validated it during a January 2025 validation
around the world, and conducted a stakeholder consultation to workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, followed by the conclusive validation

review the existing water resources planning model and to help of the final version by the Nile TAC in May 2025, marking the
develop a needs and gap assessment report for water resources completion of the Nile DEWS dashboard.
planning activities.
Water-Quality Investment
It also spearheaded a water‑smart irrigation study, beginning Planning and Prioritization:
with an inception workshop in January 2025 in Entebbe,
Uganda, followed by the Final Diagnostic Assessment Report The Nile‑SEC has finalized the development of a water‑quality

and comprehensive guidelines for water‑smart irrigation. The database, with historical data uploaded. Recently, more data
Dashboard for Water Smart Irrigation in the Nile Basin was launched has been received from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, and the
in June 2025. The project concluded with a validation and training database will be continually updated.
workshop held in in Nairobi, Kenya, where participants were

equipped with the latest Earth Observation technology to advance The Nile‑SEC is procuring water‑quality field kits, laboratory
water-smart irrigation practices throughout the Nile Basin. equipment, and instrumentation for installation across all Nile
Basin countries. Equipment has been delivered to six countries
and installation has been finalized in Burundi and Rwanda. Once

Flood and Drought Risk Mitigation:
all equipment is installed and calibrated, it will contribute data
The Nile Equatorial Lakes Technical Advisory Committee to the water-quality database. Nile-SEC is preparing project

provisionally endorsed NELSAP‑CU’s Flash Flood Forecast and briefing documents, a water-quality sourcebook, e-learning
Early Warning System in July 2024 to operationalize the system materials, and a video documentary on project interventions. A
at the national level. The FFEWS has been deployed and supported water-quality risk map has been produced and printed.

Nile Basin countries by issuing alerts during flood seasons. Its linkage
with the Integrated Knowledge Portal system has been completed, The Water Quality Multi‑Criteria Analysis led by NELSAP‑CU

providing additional options for alerts via email, including at the successfully facilitated the identification and prioritization of
administrative, basin, and country levels. key water‑quality hotspots. The selected hotspots—Mwanza Gulf

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