The NEPAD Western African Network of Centres of Excellence aim is to promote cooperation and knowledge transfer between organisations involved in water research in the region. It currently consists of five institutions from four countries in the Western African -Region.
These institutions include:
- University of Cheikh Anta Diop (Senegal) (Hub and secretariat of the Western African network)
- International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE) (Burkina Faso)
- University of Benin (Nigeria)
- National Water Resources Institute (Nigeria)
- Kwame Nkrumah University for Sciences and Technology (Ghana)
The European Commission through the Joint Research Centre (JRC) funded a support project to the AU/NEPAD Network of Water Centres of Excellence in Western Africa to help improve the impact of African research and development on the water resources sector and enable Africa to benefit from the diversity of institutions and programmes available across the continent.
Below you can find the project's results, click on each link to download the documents.
Deliverable 1 - Western Africa comparative stakeholder analysis
Knust- Ghana Water Sector Stakeholders Capacity Analysis
UCAD-Senegal Water Sector Stakeholders Capacity Analysis
U.Benin- Nigeria Water Sector Stakeholders Capacity Analysis
NWRI- Nigeria Water Sector Stakeholders Capacity Analysis
Deliverable 2 - Western CoE Joint training course - River Basin and Water Resources Management
Joint training course development report
Module 1 - IWRM (UCAD)
Module 2 - Water Allocation and Demand Management (KNUST)
Module 3 - Environmental Impact Assessment (U. Benin)
Module 4 - Post-construction monitoring and evaluation (U.Benin)
Module5 - Conflict Resolution (NWRI)
Deliverable 3 - Western Africa regional data sharing for climate variability impact on water resources availability (L-moments)