NBD, throughout the accounting year, focused on implementing activities towards its three components that are stipulated under the Cooperation in International Waters in Africa (CIWA) Grant TF015834, (AF). The title of the Project is "Engaging Civil Society for Social and Climate Resilience in the Nile Basin'. This is the Additional Financing (AF) third phase of the project running from January 2020 to December 2021. The three components are as follows: (1) Component 1: Strengthening the NBD Secretariat, (2) Component 2: Improved Communication and Outreach, (3) Component 3: Capacity building for NBD members.

Project management is mainly by the NBD Secretariat with supervision and guidance from the 13 member NBD Board. The NBD Secretariat also receives closer supervision from the 4-member Executive Committee (EC) consisting of the Board Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Treasurer and Secretary General. They hold meetings aimed at giving guidance to the Secretariat and the entire NBD Network of networks. The Secretariat also benefits from supervision missions and guidance by the CIWA/WB team led by the Project’s Task Team Leader (TTL), to discuss on the general progress and performance of activity indicators and programmatically guide on the strategic direction and engagement as stipulated in the Project Appraisal Document (PAD).