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While Bamako, the capital of Mali, is being hit hard by flooding, a workshop is being held on the subject of real-time mapping of the risk of flooding in Mali on the basis of rainfall forecasts, remote sensing and deep learning (AFCIA-Mali Project).

The Steering Committee of the Regional Water Partnership for West Africa met virtually on 02 October 2024 to have them examine and validate the implementation of the decisions and resolutions of the Partners' Assembly of 02 December 2023

The Regional Partners Technical Workshop for the preparation of the Initial Concept Note of the Regional Investment Project for Water Security and Climate Resilience in West Africa (AIP - ECOWAS) for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) was held from 17 to 20 September 2024 in Ouagadougou.

In their efforts to relaunch activities and set up the IWRM Platform, the Chair of the Côte d'Ivoire Country Water Partnership (PNECI) and his team had a working meeting with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM)-Côte d'Ivoire.

The 5th Ordinary Session of the Ministerial Monitoring Committee (MMC) for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in West Africa was held on 28 June 2024 in Abuja, Nigeria. This meeting was preceded by the 11th ordinary session of the Technical Experts Committee (TCE) from 25 to 27 June 2024.

The meeting of the Ministers in charge of Water Resources and Sanitation of the Member States of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) was held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 12 July 2024, under the Chair of Ms Justine GOSSE, Chargée d'Affaires a. i. at the Embassy of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire in Burkina Faso, representing the Minister of Water and Forests and the Minister of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.

The West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) organised from 9 to 11 July 2024 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, the meeting of the Experts in charge of water resources and sanitation of the WAEMU Member States.

The updating of the Communication Strategy together with the Action Plan 2018-2020 of the Volta Basin Authority (VBA), has been integrated into the Implementation Plan of the Project "Reversing the Trends of Ecosystem and Water Resources Degradation in the Volta Basin (REWarD - Volta River Basin)", financed by the GEF and executed by the VBA and GWP-WA in close collaboration with UNEP and IUCN.

As part of the implementation of the REWarD-Volta Project, GWP-WA has signed a contract with UNEP-DHI to work as a sub-consultant to provide technical support to the VBA to deliver a number of results of the REWarD project, including annual Surface Water Resource Models and Decision Support Tools, Community Oriented Early Warning System(s) for Droughts and capacitate the Volta Basin Observatory to manage and use the updated water use/balance models and the DSS

Regional workshop to share the results and experiences of the SAP VOLTALARM pilot tests between players and stakeholders from the six countries, on 22 and 23 June 2024 in Accra.