TWAP Groundwater - Regional Workshop for Western and Central Africa, Dakar, Senegal 22-24 July 2014

TWAP Groundwater Component - The regional meeting for Western and Central Africa will be organize in Dakar, Senegal, 22-24 July 2014. The objectives for the meeting are to:

• Introduce TWAP groundwater component as a follow up of UNESCO’s IHP ISARM initiative, the role and functions of the main actors in the project, the project methodology and the time frame
• Share currently available knowledge, based on previous regional initiatives (ISARM-Africa)
• Ensure that all parties are familiar with the methodological approach of the project, including data collection protocols, input variables and parameters, indicators and main project outputs
• Resolve any remaining questions about the questionnaire
• Finalize delineation of TBAs
• Present preliminary results of the data collection
• Work towards harmonizing the data
• Identify inter linkages with other water systems,
• Identify common issues and emerging issues, hotspots and opportunities within the TBAs selected to be assessed.
• Discuss how to further build the coalition of experts in the region