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The Water Resources Commission (WRC), in collaboration with the Country Water Partnership - Ghana (CWP-Ghana) has implemented the IWRM Action Plan for Ghana through review of the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Plans for the Pra and Tano Basins.

An information and sharing workshop on an initiative for ecological water management to contribute to the scientific animation of the World Water Forum to be held in Dakar in March 2022. The aim is to support local elected officials in taking into account the ecological dimension of water in development policies.

In the implementation of WACDEP-G, four study missions have been commissioned. Methodological scoping meetings were organized followed by the submission of inception reports by the consultants. The focus areas of the study missions are the following:

The IWRM approach is relatively new in Niger and its implementation requires the information, sensitisation and organisation of the parties concerned at different levels (villages, Communes and sub-basin) for the setting up of appropriate bodies to protect and manage water resources with for the socio-economic development at the sub-basin level.

Validation workshop of the Pan-African Monitoring and Reporting System for the water and sanitation sector funded by the African Ministers' Council on Water and Sanitation (AMCOW). This activity was organized by the National Directorate of Water (DNH) of Guinea under the chairmanship of the director Mr. Mandiou Condé.

A consultation on priority issues in the water and sanitation sector was held on Friday 19 November in Conakry. Organized by the OECD Water-Sanitation Taskforce and the Arab Coordination Group (ACG), in partnership with the Ministry of Energy, Hydraulics and Hydrocarbons of Guinea, this meeting is a framework for stakeholders in the water and sanitation sector to express their views on the real issues and on the setting of several priorities in these areas.

A technical workshop to launch community-based flood and drought management initiatives at the Badara pilot site in the rural municipality of Bama, Hauts Bassin region of Burkina Faso was held on 16 November 2021.

The journalists who won Water and Environment journalism competition were given their prizes on November 4, 2021, in the meeting room of the GWP-WA Secretariat in Ouagadougou.

The WACDEP-G regional Project manager, Mr. Yaovi KOGBE made a follow-up mission in Cotonou, Benin from 9 to 12 November 2021. The mission helped in preparing the final activities of the year to be implemented in the country.

During the months of October and November, the National Directorate of Water (DNH) and the Country Water Partnership (CWP) of Mali carried out planned activities as part of the implementation of the SDG 6 IWRM support programme in the country.