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6.3 Interviews

Interviews were conducted with 10 RBOs and 1 RO, including CUVECOM, ENTRO, INMACOM,
LCBC, LVBC, MRU, Nile-SEC, OKACOM, SADC, VBA, and ZRA, to supplement survey findings and
elucidate critical data and service gaps. Interview questions were designed using the survey
responses. Organizations interviewed ranged from newly to well established organizations and
covered a range of staffing scenarios, from organizations with one or two staff members to those
with a larger workforce. Interviews were also selected to represent diverse regions within Africa
(e.g., West versus East Africa). Additionally, there was a range of prior WB engagements with the
interviewed organizations, where some have ongoing projects and others had no history of
working with the WB.

7 Assessment Results

Surveys and interviews were combined to present holistic conclusions representing both RBOs
and ROs. The data needs and usage from both types of organizations are comparable and
motivated by similar objectives. That is, RBOs and ROs are focused on improving the
management of their transboundary water resources and reducing the impact of water-related
crises in their respective areas of interest. The data products and analytical tools required to
achieve these objectives are analogous. For example, organizations interested in mitigated
drought-related emergencies in their watersheds would utilize data products to transform RS
data into an analysis-ready format, which would then be input into analytical tools that perform
analyses related to drought monitoring. Thus, the responses from RBOs and ROs were merged
and implications from this assessment apply to RBOs and ROs collectively.

Results from this assessment are presented in the sub-sections below. The status of RS
data, data products, and analytical tools used by RBOs and ROs is described in 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3,
respectively. In 7.4, the expressed interest of the organizations to expand their capacity through
workshops and trainings is discussed. Constraints inhibiting the uptake of RS data and tools are
provided in 7.5.

Questions in these subsections correspond to the following survey sections and questions
numbers (Appendix 10.2): 7.1: Section 2 questions 1 – 4; 7.2: Section 2 questions 5 – 8; 7.3:
Section 3 questions 1 – 3; 7.4: Section 2 questions 11 – 14 and Section 3 questions 4 – 6, 8, and
9; and 7.5: Section 2 questions 9 – 10 and Section 3 question 7.

7.1 Use of RS Data

RS data is currently used by 17 of the 18 organizations, indicating high levels of familiarity and
existing expertise with data sets. To better determine the use RS data with relevance for WRM,

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