“We believe that this Network in river engineering could be used as pilot network in order to establishing other networks in the various water related fields such as irrigation hydropower, sanitation, etc...The integration among these networks will extremely help in achieving our ultimate goal in sustainable integrated water resources management.

“We share a river but we have never realized how much else we share - we also share hopes and dreams, ideas and visions, skills and experience. We have worked and planned only within our borders; working together across our borders we can do so much more. Let us share our hopes, ideas and skills.

“The challenge of Nile development is an inevitable option for alleviation of poverty and improvement of socio economic life of the Nile people. The unprecedented development of information and communication technology (ICT) has made it possible to establish a continuous flux of knowledge and information exchange between professionals from different environments, with different cultural habits to function as collaborative working groups or to share information.

The NBCBN-RE is a platform not only for sustained capacity building but it is also a vehicle for linking people and knowledge promoting shared vision and goals building trust and enhancing co-operation among the Nile Riparian countries.

“Investment in human capital is what really matters especially in the developing countries and Nile basin is not exceptional. The gap in education, training, research, and coordination between the different institutions working in the water resources management and development in the Nile basin countries have considered the regional approach for their common water resources development and utilization seriously”