Centre UNESCO de l'Eau ICIREWARD - Université Montpellier

Nile Basin

NILE FRIEND

NILE FRIEND-Water is one of the eight FRIEND programmes of UNESCO's International Hydrological Programme and currently involves 6 countries in the region.

The Water Research Center of the University of Khartoum took the responsibility of coordinating FRIEND/NILE in 2020.

Priority Area for Research and Capacity Building :

Trans-boundary water resources management and benefit sharing in the Nile basin (WEFE) Nexus
Coordinated operation of new water‐related infrastructure across the basin's international borders.
Water Diplomacy and Cooperation
Climatic change/ variability and hydrological extremes (flood and drought management)
Irrigation management and water use efficiency
Echo-hydrology and echo-system sustainability

National Workshop on Science – Policy Dialogue on WEF Nexus, Feb, 2019.
Second Workshop on Water Diplomacy and Cooperation in the Nile, December 2019 (TB water law, negotiations, mediation, conflict management…).
Improving Urban Water Management in Khartoum, January, 2020 (for UNESCO-Khartoum)
Third workshop on Water Diplomacy , March 2020 (Role of Scientific Research in Supporting Negotiations in the Nile).
Role of Scientific Research in Flood Disaster Risk Management in Sudan, October, 2020. (Focus on 2020 Nile floods in Sudan)
4th Workshop on Water Diplomacy in the Nile (June 2021) (3 days + one day field visit)
Regional Conference on Water Resources Management in the Nile Basin (January, 2022) (3 days)

AU-NEPAD Cof E ACEWATER II Project (SC and HCD Components, completed in Nov 2020).

Training course on Groundwater modelling, RCWH, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, October 2020

Regional coordinator

NILE/FRIEND

Water Research Center University of Khartoum

Contact

FRIEND-Water Regional groups

Nile Basin

NILE FRIEND

Regional coordinator

NILE/FRIEND

Water Research Center University of Khartoum