Developmental Objective

To ensure that the Nile Basin water resources are developed and managed in an equitable, optimal, integrated, and sustainable manner.

Long Term objective

To contribute to the establishment of an overall knowledge network for the Nile region (Nile Net) as a means to support stability and solidarity, and to support the activities of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) in building strategic partnerships between water professionals, research and government authorities in a sensitive environment in Africa.

Specific Objectives

1. To complete the development of a sustainable regional Knowledge Network (from six to ten countries) of water sector professionals from the Nile Basin and related Communities of Practice, on the basis of the NBCBN-River Engineering start-up, using the innovative concepts and best practices of Knowledge Networking and Cop's and introducing and applying them to other domain fields of the water sector.

2. To strengthen regional water Research capacity on the basis of problem-solving, multidisciplinary and stakeholder-involved research-pilots and training-on-demand.

3. To develop a regional water Knowledge base and to build human and institutional capacity through a collaborative and participative process of knowledge sharing, creation, dissemination and application among water professionals of all ten Nile basin countries and experts from UNESCO-IHE and ITC in the Netherlands co-operation.

4. To support the involvement of Cop-members in market-driven R&D activities and to stimulate the network communities to become also involved in broader cross-cutting issues like Management of Water Scarcity, Impact of Climate Change and Climate Variability on the water resources system, Extreme Events, etc.

5. To develop a sound monitoring and facilitation mechanism to guide and support the Network Development process at local, national, regional and international level.