Enhancing Conjunctive Management of Surface and Groundwater Resources in Selected Transboundary Aquifers: Case Study for Selected Shared Groundwater Bodies in the Nile Basin

Project objective: To strengthen knowledgebase, capacity and cross-border institutional mechanisms for sustainable use and management of selected transboundary aquifers in the Nile Equatorial Lakes and Eastern Nile sub-basins.The transboundary aquifers that will be covered by the study and beneficiary countries sharing these aquifers are given in section describing the ‘alternative’. Final selection of the aquifers will be made during the PPG phase of the project.

Project website https://bit.ly/36tA9sm

Waterbodies Nile

Regions Africa

TDA/SAP
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Documents & Resources

project-document PIF Document for WPI STAP Review (PDF) Review Sheet (PDF) outreach-material Factsheet for the Nile Groundwater and Conjunctive Water Management Project Flowing underground - Stories from the Kagera aquifer factsheet Gedaref-Adigrat aquifer factsheet Kagera Aquifer factsheet Mount Elgon aquifer factsheet newsletter Flowing Underground: Stories from Mount Elgon publication Flowing Underground. Stories from the Mount Elgon - The Nile Basin Initiative

General information
GEF ID	9912
Project type	Full-Size Project
Status	active (Under Implementation)
Start Date	07 Nov 2019
End Date	07 Nov 2024

GEF characteristic:
Focal Area	International Waters
GEF Allocation to project	5,329,452 USD
Total Cost of the project:	31,329,452.00 USD

Partners
Countries Burundi , Ethiopia , Kenya , Rwanda , Sudan , Tanzania United Republic of , Uganda , Regional Lead implementing agency UN Development Programme Executing agencies International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (UNESCO/IHP)

Project contacts
Vladimir Mamaev UNDP/GEF Regional Technical Advisor for International Waters for Europe, CIS and Arab States Maha Abdelraheem Ismail Project Team Leader