SIWI World Water Week 2022: Recap and Highlights from CIWA Program Manager
Posted in : Blog on 16 September 2022
Anders Jagerskog, Program Manager for the CIWA Program and focal lead for transboundary waters issues at the World Bank, gives us his insights of the Water World event he participated in.
Green Homes for Sustainable Development: Creating Climate Change Resilience in Slum Communities of Kampala, Uganda
Posted in : Blog on 14 September 2022
In 2021, Nile Basin Discourse (NBD) with support from CIWA Program trained women and youth as Climate Change Resilience Champions; this training has created big impact. Asia Namusoke, one of the beneficiaries of the training shares her story
World Water Week: A Recap Video
Posted in : Videos on 7 September 2022
Experts from around the world came together at the SIWI World Water Week in Stockholm last week to discuss ways to transform innovation into implementation for a water-secure future. Missed the event? Watch a quick video recap, with an interview of our CIWA Program manager, Anders Jagerskog. Credit: World Bank
Remote sensing technology helps close the transboundary water data gap in Africa
Posted in : Blog on 1 September 2022
Credible and consistent data on the quantity and quality of water is vital in ensuring the equitable and efficient management, distribution, and usage of transboundary water – which is imperative in addressing major regional development challenges as well as contributing to a reduction in conflict and displacement.
Invisible Bonds: Resilience Building in the Horn of Africa’s Borderlands
Posted in : Blog on 22 August 2022
Fostering stakeholder dialogue, embedding trust, and building relationships underpinned by equitable information and knowledge sharing, will be pivotal for the Horn of Africa to build back greener and develop resilient development pathways.
Digital data can improve transboundary water management and cooperation
Posted in : Videos on 7 April 2022
Noosha Tayebi, Water Resources Management Specialist at the World Bank and the Cooperation in International Waters in Africa (CIWA), discusses some of the data challenges in Africa and the role of digital data for improved transboundary water management and cooperation at the 9th Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal, in March 2022.
Groundwater at the heart of the Water Security Equation
Posted in : Blog on 22 March 2022
In light of World Water Day (March 22), James Sauramba, Executive Director of the Southern Africa Development Community-Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI), turns our attention to the important of groundwater.
Providing Water for Food Security to Local Communities in Botswana and Zimbabwe
Posted in : Latest on 21 March 2022
In Botswana, a total of 7094 community members benefited from the community gardening project. The water supply and community gardens that were rehabilitated as part of the project drastically improved their water and food security.
Bold action needed for a water-secure Africa
Posted in : Blog on 19 March 2022
Bolder action is needed to scale up what works well and address systemic obstacles to water security and universal sanitation. On the African continent, there are many pressure points that need transformative action for a greener, more resilient future.
IWD2022: Mariam Sou gives us an overview of the Sahel Groundwater initiative
Posted in : Latest on 8 March 2022
Meet CIWA’s Water Resources Specialist Mariam Sou. She provides an overview of the Sahel Groundwater Initiative and how it aims to tackle gender inequalities in ground water access and use