Africa water and sanitation week - Advancing cooperation in transboundary aquifers: an innovative approach in the Senegalo-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin

The session will consist in a series of presentations, including:

• La mise en place du groupe de travail régional en tant que mécanisme préliminaire de coopération entre les quatre pays, et la validation de son mandat renforcé par la déclaration ministérielle de septembre 2021 ;
• The preliminary assessment of groundwater resources, legal/institutional framework and capacity needs;
• The definition of a common vision and a joint project for the next 5 years, to result in a sustainable mechanism of concerted management;
• The combined role of the Gambia river basin organisation (OMVG) and Senegal river basin organisation (OMVS) as a unique institutional setting in supporting groundwater transboundary cooperation and integrated water resources management (IWRM);
• The opportunities for contributing to the joint project.

Some time will be secured for Questions & Answers after the presentations.

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