The meeting was called to order by the Chair of RSC Chair, Eng Nkurikiye Anicet who welcomed and thanked participants for responding to the invitation despite their multiple tasks and duties. More particularly, he welcomed new members representing Kenya Water Partnership who attended the RSC meeting for the first time.
Mr Frederik Pischke, Senior Network Officer from GWPO supporting GWPEA, expressed the commitment of GWPO to support Eastern Africa towards water security, climate and drought resilience in the EA Region through WACDEP and IDMP HoA programmes. He reiterated that GWPO will continue engaging donors and development partners at global level so that they can support the GWP programmes and strategic goals towards 2020. He urged the CWP’s to play an instrumental and catalytic role in the process of achieving the SDG targets in the post 2015 development Agenda.He stressed the importance of speeding up the accrediation process of CWP’s to meet the deadline by November 2016.
During the two days meeting, RSC members were invited to deliberate a number of items relating to the GWPEA Programmes/ projects and over all Governance. More specifically, members of RSC reviewed the work progress and budget reports for January – September 2015 and work plan and budget for 2016.
Other important agenda items dicussed include accreditation of CWP’s, GWP anti-fraud /corruption policy, legal registration of GWPEA in Uganda, GWPEA assessment report, staff employnment, extension of host agreement, and local fundraising issues. The meeting also reviewed the new Communication and Resource Mobilisation Strategies, upcoming statutory meetings, etc….
The RSC meeting culminated by a field visit WACDEP project demonstration sites in Bugesera Region where GWPEA supported building climate resilience and water security through the following interventions:
- Protection of lake cyohoha buffer zone
- Community Water supplysystems
- Biogaz digesters
- Rain water harversting and Kitchen Gardens
Photo : Group photo of participants in the 20th RSC Meeting