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:

• The set-up of the Regional Working Group as preliminary mechanism for cooperation between the four countries, and the validation of its reinforced mandate by the ministerial declaration in September 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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