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Communications

COMMUNICATIONS

Effective communication is fundamental to achieving lasting
impact in transboundary water cooperation across Africa.
CIWA’s communications during FY25 focused on sharing knowledge,
building partnerships, and demonstrating how collaborative water

management creates tangible benefits for communities.

Expanding Digital Presence
and Knowledge Sharing

A significant milestone was the launch of CIWA’s LinkedIn
account, adding a new platform for engaging with the
growing community of water professionals and climate
advocates. This digital expansion complemented existing
communication channels (the CIWA program website and
X account) and enhanced CIWA’s ability to reach diverse
stakeholders across Africa and internationally.

The communications team promoted two major publications
representing months of dedicated research and collaboration.
These were the Climate Resilience and Mitigation Assessment,
a comprehensive analysis of CIWA’s adaptive strategies for
water systems in the face of climate change, and Water Data
Revolution: Closing the Data Gap for Transboundary Water
in Africa, an essential resource addressing digital solutions to
critical information gaps that have long hindered effective water
management across countries. It also showed how countries’
choices regarding transboundary water cooperation today will
determine the region’s resilience for generations, emphasizing three
key principles for successful transboundary water cooperation Water Data Revolution:
that create water management systems capable of withstanding Closing the Data Gap for
climate variability while reducing cross-border tensions. Transboundary Water in Africa

Strategic International Engagement
The team leveraged key international platforms to amplify
the program’s impact, participating in Panafcon 3, a
conference focusing on water and sanitation issues in Africa,
and engaging stakeholders about the World Bank’s new
pan‑African initiative, Unlocking the Potential of Africa’s
Transboundary Water Resources for Prosperity. CIWA Climate Resilience and
Program Manager Anders Jagerskog organized a panel on “New Mitigation Assessment
frontiers of transboundary water management on the African
continent for development and growth,” with participation from
key stakeholders including the African Ministers’ Council on
Water, African Union, European Commission, and IWMI.

CIWA presented its innovative Biodiversity Framework at
a United Nations Economic Commission for Europe global
workshop in Geneva on freshwater ecosystem conservation
and restoration in transboundary basins. This presentation
highlighted how ecosystem approaches and NBS can be
embedded directly into transboundary water planning across
Africa, positioning biodiversity as a core consideration rather
than an add-on to basin-level governance.

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