The NBA GIZ Nexus support project organized in Niamey a regional workshop on the consultation and awareness-raising on the intersectoral aspects (nexus) of the operational plan of the NBA on 19 and 20 June 2018. GWP WA took part in the meeting in view of exchanging meeting participants and the project manager of the GIZ Support Project for the Niger Basin Authority (NBA) who is also the NEXUS (Water-Energy-Food Security) Global Dialogues Representative in the Niger Basin.

The Executive Secretary of the Country Water Partnership of Mali took part in the validation workshop of the diagnostic report of the Local Water Committees (CLE) and IWRM stakeholders on 11 June.

The Selingué and Markala dams commission organized a workshop to get the involvement of community radios and other traditional ways of communication into sensitizing communities in the good management of water resources in both dams.

From 26th – 28th June 2018, meetings were held at WRC to review the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Tool for the water resources sub-sector to include climate change.

Agreements have been signed with CWPs of Ghana, Mali and Burkina Faso to implement WACDEP 2017-19. Benin is yet to finalize the signature process.

On 21st June 2018, the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) organised a meeting on Ghana Nationally Determined Contribution (Gh-NDC) to the Paris Agreement at Paradise Hotel in Koforidua, Eastern Region.

The Water Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (WRI/CSIR) and University of Manchester - UK, jointly organised the inception workshop on the FutureDAMS programme on 12th June 2018.

GCWP Chair, Executive Secretary and National IWRM Focal point during the month of May 2018 have interacted with the Ministry of Water Resources on pending UN 1997 Transboundary Water Convention Ratification Bill for action.

The Department of Water Resources is mulling plans to set up a national framework for climate change services. Officials from regional and International partner organizations are currently took part in a consultative meeting on developing a harmonized framework to deliver prominent climate services.