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data/data products, areas of interest for potential usage of RS data/data products, and training
and institutional development needs around RS data/data products.

Section 3 was comprised of 10 questions on the application of data collected and operational
tools for the purpose of water resources management. Four questions were focused on tools
performing the following analysis: tracking of status and trends in water supply, demand,
accessibility, and use; flood monitoring (including hazard mapping and forecasting); flood early
warning systems; drought monitoring (including hazard mapping and forecasting); monitoring of
surface water quality (e.g., clarity and chlorophyll-a); and quantification of water storage in
reservoirs. These specific applications of the tools were included in this assessment due to their
applicability to assist with water management across Africa and the wide availability of open
access tools existing with these functionalities, making them ideal candidates for the WDR
capacity building workshops. To conclude this third section and the full survey, RBOs and ROs
were asked to describe their constraints in working with general analytical tools that primarily
utilize RS data. This information will be used throughout the WDR to ensure that organizations
can sustainably access and adopt RS data and tools included in the capacity building components
of the project. Furthermore, to better understand the types of trainings that would be most
beneficial to the users, respondents were asked to indicate their priority areas in receiving
various types of trainings or resources ranging from workshops on using RS data and data
products to a knowledge hub for African institutions on RS data, data products, and analytical
tools using RS for WRM.

6.2 Respondents

Survey results were collected from 15 RBOs and 3 ROs. The RBOs included in this assessment are
listed in Table 4. The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is comprised of three sub-RBOs working in
collaboration: the Nile Bin initiative Secretariate (Nile-SEC), the Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary
Action Program (NELSAP), and Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO). Due to the various
functions and data needs of the three RBOs housed within NBI, information for Nile-SEC, NELSAP,
and ENTRO is represented as three separate organizations. On average, each RBO is comprised
of 4 to 5 member states, with a total of 37 countries represented within the RBOs. ROs included
in this assessment are described in Table 5. These ROs provided insight from operations spanning
the continent. Figure 3 depicts the countries included within the RBOs and ROs in this
assessment. Survey responses were consolidated for organizations that submitted more than one
response.

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