The Africa 21 Forum covers three major areas of importance for the continent in the 21st century: Water Security, Energy Sovereignty and Food Independence. This edition will be inaugurated on Tuesday 21 February by a plenary session under the theme: "Water-Energy-Food Nexus: King Mohammed VI's vision for a resilient and sovereign Africa", in the presence of official entities and African and international organisations, in addition to the Moroccan ministries in charge. The Chair of GWP-WA, Mr. Abdoulaye SENE, made an intervention at the opening ceremony, and was awarded the Africa 21 Prize of Honour in consideration of his commitment and in appreciation of all his efforts to make Africa shine.
GWP-WA and beyond the entire GWP Network feels honoured and congratulates Mr. SENE for his constant commitment to the promotion of sustainable development and particularly the water sector in Africa. The GWP-WA Chair said he was honoured with the award in recognition of the "historic success of the 9th World Water Forum and the Blue Deal on Water Security in Dakar, Senegal".
When informed, GWP Chair, Mr. Pablo Bereciartua, said “Dear Chair, Cher Président, Abdoulaye Sene, I am very glad to know about it and I would like to extend to you my sincere congratulations for your upcoming Honor Award at the Africa 21 Forum. Certainly, a well-deserved honor and a recognition of your work and leadership. Also, a distinction to GWP specially given your current leadership as Chair of Chairs”.
Writing to Mr. SENE, Mrs. Julienne Roux, Senior network specialist at GWPO Secretariat in charge of West and Central Africa, said “I would like to extend to you my sincere congratulations for your upcoming Honor Award at the Africa 21 Forum. It is an honor for the GWP network that you will be receiving this Award, and it is a great recognition of your long-standing dedication and accomplishments to advance water security in Africa and globally. Bravo!”.
GWP West Africa Executive Secretariat wrote to congratulate Mr. Abdoulaye SENE “I thank you for this important update, while associating myself with all the colleagues of the regional Executive Secretariat to tell you all our congratulations for the Africa 21 Prize of Honour which will be given to you in deserved recognition of your efforts and multiple and multiform contributions to the development of the water sector in our region at the international level. The entire GWP Network, together with the GWP-WA actors, feels honoured!”.