The Nile Basin Knowledge Map is a tool that provides an easy access to detailed information regarding water professionals in the Nile basin, organizations, and etc. The knowledge map (KM) includes communication information of the Nile basin water professionals and NBCBN members, ongoing projects in the basin working in the water sector, different organizations and institutes working with water on both regional and national levels (governmental, and NGO's), Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) detailed contacts database including different projects and links under NBI.

 Main Components

1. Nile Basin Networks
   Different networks working in the area of water related issues exists in the Nile Basin, this part of the Nile Basin Knowledge Map aims to introduce these existing networks highlighting its structure and its available outputs. NBCBN is the first pioneer network included under this main component, it is expected out of the ongoing joint activities and cooperation in the basin that more specialised networks will emerge.
2. Nile Basin Projects
   Several regional projects are going on in the Nile basin under different initiatives, NBCBN has already links and joint activities with some of these projects, and therefore this part of the KM is the dedicated platform where we highlight the role of these projects in the basin and their contribution to the research and cooperation development.
3. Water Professionals
   In this component, available water professionals from the Nile basin countries in addition to International water professionals are classified according to their area of expertise to be easily targeted if needed for any project team. User can easily navigate and/or search the available water professionals in each area of expertise. In the tree view user can identify persons according to the area of expertise. While in the grid view user can search by database for a specific need.
4. Alumni
   Many of the Nile Basin water professionals have been building their capacities through a long process of education, training and working in the water sector. This part of the Knowledge Map offers an access to the existing educational Alumni’s in the Nile Basin introducing who has been where and in which specialisation.
5. Organizations
   This part offers an easy access to the different organizations working with water related issues in the Nile Basin and worldwide. The Nile Basin organizations are sorted by countries with detailed information in addition to water professionals working underneath.