Water Management: Sahel Project
Water Management: Sahel Project
Persistent droughts in the Sahel region have led to a humanitarian crisis. Around 1.5 million children are facing severe malnutrition and risk death from starvation or disease. Most available fresh water in the region is located in underground aquifers but the information on these resources is still inadequate. A Technical Cooperation project Jointly funded by Japan, Sweden and the USA, is therefore undertaking a large scale project to enable and promote the integrated management and sustainable development of the shared groundwater resources in the Sahel region with the application of isotope hydrology techniques, which will contribute to regional and local socioeconomic development.
Overview of project: http://www.iaea.org/technicalcooperation/Topics-in-focus/Sahel/index.html
Jointly hosted Japan/ Sweden event to raise awareness of this large scale Technical Cooperation project that aims to improve water management in the Sahel region. (September 2012)
Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/iaea_imagebank/sets/72157631576723109/#
Workshop speakers included the 2016 WA Plenary Chair Ambassador Anu Laamanen (Finland), 2016 WA General Working Group Chair Ambassador Paul Beijer (Sweden), 2015-2016 WA Experts Group Chair Robertas Rosinas (Lithuania), 2016 WA Licensing and Enforcement Officers Meeting Chair Jon Erik Strömö (Norway), as well as the Head of the WA Secretariat, Ambassador Philip Griffiths. The WA control lists as well as export licensing and enforcement topics were covered during the two days.
The following link from WA’s webpage contains more details:
http://www.wassenaar.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/June-2016-Workshop-media-release.pdf