IN NUMBERS=> US$2,500,000 disbursed to NBD from 2014-2019=> 1, 568 direct beneficiaries reached in ten countries=> 533 youth and Women attended capacity development on Resilience to Climate change in ten countriesOn November 30th, 2013, NBD a grant from CIWA/World Bank to implement the project ‘Engaging Civil Society for Social and Climate Resilience in the Nile Basin (P132448). The initial phase ran from February 2014 to 31st December 2016. Due to the successful implementation of the project, NBD received additional financing of US$...

On the 14th of June 2017, Nile Basin Discourse in collaboration with Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program - Coordination Unit (NELSAP-CU), the government of South Sudan, the government of Uganda and the trans-national communities around the Nyimur Multipurpose project held a trans-boundary community consultation meeting that took place at Waligo Border Point.The meeting was aimed at engaging communities from Magwi and Pageri counties of South Sudan, and Paracele Parish, Palabek Ogili from Lamwo district of Uganda on the planned NBI...

Key Messages This policy brief presents a message of a holistic and comprehensive approach that seeks climate change adaptation in the context of water resources management. The approach is formed of six interrelated blocks need to be implemented collectively: A. Ensure political commitment towards climate change adaptation, B. Strengthen the regulatory framework that regulates climate change adaptation, C. Strengthen the institutional capacity related to climate change adaptation, D. Integrate climate change dimensions into...

The Nile River is central to the development of the Nile basin countries. As the Nile Basin riparian states seek to resolve the food, energy, health and economic challenges – the Nile River water resources will always be the nexus and Nile cooperation is the key to unlock the door to the benefits of Nile basin cooperation. Climate Change seeks to ruin the long term investments in the Nile Basin Cooperation. Immense efforts to mitigate the effects of...Download this Policy BriefPublication dateMonday, 17 October 2011Publication typeBriefing...