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10.2 English Survey Form
Water Data Revolution - Survey of Water Institutions

This survey is being conducted for the Water Data Revolution (WDR): Closing the Data
Gap for Transboundary Water in Africa Program supported by the Cooperation in International
Waters in Africa (CIWA) and the World Bank.
About the Cooperation in International Waters in Africa:

The CIWA program assists riparian governments in Africa in unlocking the potential for
sustainable, climate-resilient growth by addressing constraints to cooperative water resource
management and development. CIWA achieves its goals by focusing on information, institutions,
and investments. Managed by the World Bank, CIWA provides technical and analytical support
to foster solutions to transboundary issues by making informed decisions. Through the WDR
project, CIWA aims to utilize a user-driven approach to identify and support commonalities
among all while connecting all with innovation and technologies, such as satellite-derived remote
sensing (RS) data and products to collect, store, manage, and analyze RS data.
About the Water Data Revolution:

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The WDR is focused on connecting demand-driven analytical products using RS data to
decision-makers of water resources that will strengthen the cooperative management of
transboundary waters in Africa, while additionally improving the capacity of water institutions to
collect, store, and analyze RS data and information. We are assessing the uses and needs of data
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products using RS for water management applications via this survey.
We would like to thank you for your collaboration, and we look forward to engaging with
you further on this activity. We appreciate your feedback and response to this survey, as it will
be used to guide the design of the WDR program. We strongly believe that the WDR will
contribute towards helping countries across Africa to improve their capacity to collect, store, and
analyze data and information and to make evidence-based decisions about water, essentially by
reducing the cost and complexity of water data and by establishing connections between water
institutions and data products, to facilitate the translation of information to improved decisions.
Privacy Notice:

The World Bank is conducting this survey to determine the data gaps and needs of basin
organizations and water institutions in Africa to improve their decision-making process. These
questions will help identify approaches for improving the use of RS data and data products for
water resource management. We are asking questions regarding data and data product usage,
gaps, and needs at your organization. Any response you provide will be kept confidential, and
your personal information will be kept for future communication. No specific information about
you will be shared with third parties. The World Bank will conduct its analysis based on an

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RS data refers to space-based, remotely-sensed data (also known as earth observation data).
16 Data products refers to platforms, tools, or programs designed to collect, store, manage, and/or analyze data (for
example, Google Earth Engine). Data used in data products may be from remote sensing or other data sources (such
as gauges or ground-based observations).
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