The 6th Nile Basin Development Forum and the River Nile State of Basin Report 2020, was launched on 22nd February 2021, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Theme: Rethinking Regional Investments in the Nile Basin : Water | Energy | Food | Environment | Climate Change
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Webinars commenced from March 9 – April 29, 2021.
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The full program is available below, together with the corresponding Webinars
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Monday, February 22 Event Start Launch of Nile Basin Development Forum
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Tuesday, March 9 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM EW2: Sustainable Use and Management of Wetlands (Wetlands Planning and Investments)
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Wednesday, March 10 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM EW3: Wetlands, Peatlands and Climate Change
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Thursday, March 11 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM EW4: Special Focus Seminar: South Sudan and the Sudd Wetland
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Friday, March 12 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM EW5: Environmental Flows and Water Allocation Planning
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Monday, March 15 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM GW1: Challenges and Opportunities facing transboundary groundwater investments and use in the Nile Basin (success and failure stories/lessons learned)
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Monday, March 15 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM EW6: Economic Valuation of Ecosystem services.
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Tuesday, March 16 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM GW2: New approaches (tools, methods and technology) used for improved management of transboundary ground/surface water for sustainable use.
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Tuesday, March 16 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM EW1: Landscape Management for Wetlands, Water-Related Ecosystems and Biodiversity.
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Thursday, March 18 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM WQ1: Water quality management in the Nile Basin.
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Friday, March 19 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM CC1: Climate change impacts on the Nile Basin
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Tuesday, March 23 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM CC2: Climate services for infrastructure investments and the role of the NBI for preparing bankable climate resilient infrastructure projects for the sustainable use of the Nile water resources
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Wednesday, March 24 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM CC3: Rainfall, drought, streamflow and flood forecasting over the Nile Basin
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Thursday, March 25 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM CC4: Drought monitoring and forecasting over the Nile Basin
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Thursday, March 25 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM WQ2: Sustainable watershed management: best practices and case studies from the Nile Basin
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Monday, March 29 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM RO1: The role and significance of coordinated operation of water storage reservoirs
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Tuesday, March 30 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM TG1: Legal & Institutional framework for transboundary water cooperation in the Nile Basin: State of affairs
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Wednesday, March 31 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM RO2: Developing approaches and options for reservoir coordination in the Nile Basin
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Thursday, April 1 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM WF1: Tools, approaches, and technologies to understand and enhance a state of water productivity to gain in food and nutrition security.
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Tuesday, April 6 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM BM1: Establishment and maintaining vigorous River Basin Monitoring
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Wednesday, April 7 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM BM2: Integrating ground stations and earth observations
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Thursday, April 8 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM TG2: Multi-Track Water Diplomacy: Its role in bringing Actors, Institutions and Processes together in the Nile Basin
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Monday, April 12 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM CS1: Participation and Inclusivity as Success Factors to Water Governance in the Nile Basin
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1:45 PM - 4:00 PM WF2: Unlocking the potential of rain-fed agriculture in the Nile Basin
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Tuesday, April 13 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM CS2: The role of the media: creating an enabling environment for cooperation
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1:45 PM - 4:00 PM WE1: New analytical tools to understand and plan water-energy system linkages in East Africa
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Wednesday, April 14 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM CS3: Media engagement in the Nile Basin: outcomes and challenges
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1:45 PM - 4:00 PM TG3: Transboundary Water Governance and Regional Economic Cooperation
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Thursday, April 15 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM WE2: Enhanced collaboration between energy and water planners in the Nile region
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1:45 PM - 4:00 PM WF3: Understanding, Valuing Water, and Managing Irrigated Agriculture in the Nile Basin
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Friday, April 23 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM RI1: Summarizing the webinars 1 hr 35 mins
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Thursday, May 6 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Middle Level Panel 1: Strategic Assessments
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11:20 AM - 12:50 PM Session 1: Bridging the gap between Water Supply and Demand
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2:00 PM - 3:40 PM Session 2: Re-thinking Regional Investments in the Nile Basin
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4:10 PM - 5:40 PM Session 3: Governance
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Friday, May 7 10:20 AM - 12:55 PM High Level Ministerial Panel Discussion
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3:00 PM - 3:25 PM 6th NBDF Resolutions and Closure
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Sunday, May 30 3:25 PM Event End
