These meetings are meant to prepare the SNEAU for 2018, which will finally be held from 21 to 23 May 2018 in Dosso. The main activities planned are, among others: keynote speech by the Minister of Hydraulics and Sanitation, exhibitions, a cultural evening, a "café-science" conference with several panelists on themes related to World Water Day, a debate on Tv on IWRM, PANGIRE and PROSEHA.