Priorities

• Advocacy and raising awareness of the economic value of hydrologic services in decision making
• Water resources assessment and mapping
• Environmental and low flow assessment
• Early warning systems for floods and droughts

Challenges

• Variability of Water Resources in the region
• Extreme events due to climate variability and Climate change
• Lack of Trained personnel & especially technicians
• Brain drain of professionals from the region
• Lack of WR data and information in quantity and quality
• Limited hydro-meteorological network
• Lack of Governance in terms of Water Resources management
• Lack of Policy and legislation on issues related to data collection and exchange of information
• Lack of standardization in operational hydrology for ease of sharing
• Limited finance
• Weak coordination at national & Regional level
• Peace and security problems
• Limited trained skills for negotiation, arbitration and conflict resolution

Needs

• Capacity building in IWRM
• Good Water Governance policies
• Strengthening of networks and cooperation in the region
• Development, upgrade and standardization of hydro meteorological network

Activities

• Implementation of IGAD-HYCOS
  • Strengthening and upgrading of monitoring network
• Capacity building in IWRM
  • Research
  • Disaster risk management
  • Conflict resolution & arbitration
  • Management of Wastage of water – Conservation
  • Water Governance
• Strengthening institutional networking and coordination
• Advocacy & Raising awareness of the Economic value of Hydrologic Services in decision making Water Resources Assessment & Mapping Early Warning Systems for Extreme events

Opportunities

• Existence of initiatives, institutions and programmes.
  1. ICPAC
  2. GAD
  3. WMO Sub-regional office
  4. NBI
  5. ISAPN
  6. IGAD Science & Policy Network on shared aquifer
  7. IHP
  8. LVEMP
  9. LVBC
  10. EAC
  11. NETWAS
  12. Network of Water & Sanitation
  13. National river basin authorities