Executive Summary:  In the year 2024, NBD registered remarkable achievements in each of the Thematic Areas. In thematic area 1: Platform for Cooperation, NBD leveraged the 18th Regional Nile Day 2024 and NBI @ 25 Celebrations platform in Bujumbura, Burundi and participated in the donor’s strategic dialogue a day after the Nile day 2024 celebrations. NBD participated in the 7th World Bank (WB) Implementation Support Mission (ISM) for NCCR project (25th - 28th March 2024), where NBD presented its progress updates on the...

Executive Summary:  NBD reached significant achievements in the year 2022, through leveraging platforms for cooperation on the Nile, engaging young professionals, mobilizing flood prone grassroots communities, mobilizing grassroots women to form networks, and engaging the National Nile Discourse Forums (NDFs) on capacity building and sustainability.NBD leveraged various platforms to fulfil the mandate to communicate benefits of Nile cooperation and risks of non-cooperation. These include: the Regional Nile Day 2022...

Executive Summary:  In the year 2021, NBD achieved promising results in the areas of resource mobilization, building Capacity of its members, revitalizing engagements with NBI, and refreshing member commitment in a bid to enhance NBD network’s visibility and impact.In effort to attain financial sustainability, NBD contracted a Regional Resource Mobilization Expert (RRME) who drafted a funding proposal and a Resource Mobilization Strategy.       NBD commissioned a legal study to explore the possibilities of establishing a...

Executive Summary:  In the year 2020, NBD achieved commendable results in the areas of resource mobilization, updating functionalities of its online systems, revitalizing engagements with NBI, and refreshing member engagements and commitments in a bid to enhance NBD network’s visibility and impacts.NBD secured a grant share of US$ 0.75 Million (Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand US Dollars) as stipulated in the draft Nile Cooperation for Climate Resilience (NCCR) Project Appraisal document of an overall proposed grant amount of...

In the year 2019, NBD implemented key outputs stipulated under the Three components of: strengthening the NBD Secretariat, improving communication and outreach, and capacity building of members and partners.Key outputs implemented under component one were that NBD: organized governance meetings, negotiated and designed a two year project (2020-2021), completed of 2018 external audit report process, ensured  NBD’s representation at different fora  and boosted its visibility, ensured continuity of NBD’s legal personality, up-scaled Climate...

As we end this year 2018, we convey our unreserved gratitude for your continued support that has enabled NBD deliver on its mandate in 2018. We are particularly indebted to our core funding partners, CIWA/WB who have supported us financially through Phase II of the Engaging Civil Society for Social and Climate Resilience in the Nile Basin project. Using this additional funding, we have engaged constructively with stakeholders at all levels to contribute to Nile cooperation.This year NBD finalized 2018-2022 strategy under the...

The Nile Basin is characterized by high hydro-dependency levels traversing political boundaries. Although this kind of dependency is increasing every other day, availability of fresh water is shrinking. This calls for concerted efforts to ensure that the resource is put to sustainable use to benefit citizens of the Nile Basin. This gives each one of us a critical role to play.To serve our stakeholders effectively and efficiently, NBD is putting in place the 2018 – 2022 strategy. NBD launched the strategy development process at a workshop in...

May 2010 to April 2012. Publication dateMonday, 30 January 2017Publication typeAnnual ReportsDownload the report

May 2010 to April 2012. Publication dateFriday, 29 January 2016Publication typeAnnual ReportsDownload the report

May 2010 to April 2012, NBD focused firmly on implementing two key outputs. First, ensuring that there is an increased awareness of the benefits of Nile cooperation and secondly, adding value to the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) planning, policy, design and implementation of programmes. As this two year report shows,  NBD and its ten Nile Discourse Forums (NDFs), member organizations and other partners have played a significant role in raising awareness on the benefits of Nile Cooperation and influencing NBI policies and Subsidiary Action Plan...