The workshop gathered participants from regional and national levels to brainstorm on how to set up a functional platform at the scale of the W transboundary biosphere reserve (Benin, Burkina and Niger) taking into account all the area of influence of the Mekrou river basin for the promotion and implementation of an ecosystem-based approach and IWRM practices through better inter/intra-sectoral coordination and at different levels (local, national, transboundary).
The workshop was organized within the framework of the NB-ITTAS Project: Improving knowledge-based resources management, governance and conservation in the Niger Basin and aquifer ecosystems of the lullemeden-taoudéni/tanezrouft region" funded by GEF through UNDP. This project aims to improve the management, governance and conservation of the resources of the Niger River Basin and the Iullemeden-Taoudéni/Tanezrouft Aquifer Systems (ITTAS), to support IWRM implementation for the benefit of communities and to improve ecosystem resilience.
