Welcome to this Nile Voices release on some of the activities implemented in the third quarter of 2016. During this period, NBD occupied itself in activities through collaboration with regional and sub-regional partners operating in the Nile basin. NBD participated in the Nile media training organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and the Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO) that took place in Addis Ababa - Ethiopia. At the meeting NBD had the opportunity to highlight the importance of involving media houses...

Welcome to the Nile Voices release for the 2nd quarter 2016, which illustrates various activities implemented in the 3 months of April to June. This edition exclusively focuses on NBD’s intervention on the ground. The attention was mainly given to Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan and Tanzania National Discourse Forums; and focus is on community livelihoods to highlight the role of NBD in fostering cooperation in the region.Throughout the stories in this issue, one witnesses the contribution of Kenya National Discourse Forum (KNDF) to community...

Through this newsleter, the reader as a stakeholder, is supposed to be engaged in the CSOs activities as concern cooperation on the Nile and inclusivity of grassroots communities.This Voices start with a brief article on the presentation of the NBD-CIWA/World Bank project on “Engaging Civil Society for social and climate resilience in the Nile Basin” at the CIWA Advisory Commitee meeting of February 2016 in Kisumu-Kenya.In the same month, NBD and its Kenyan National Discourse Forum (NDF) were involved in both the Regional and National Nile...

In collaboration with others, the NBD embarked on community consultations on the Nyimur Trans-boundary Project, which is shared between Lamwo District - Uganda and Magwi County, Eastern Equatorial State - South Sudan. The discourse focused on informing communities about the project and further consultation on any likely issues regarding the project. A number of issues emerged from the communities that needed to be addressed from the onset and throughout the project process.In the same period, the NBD contributed to discussions towards the...

Dear Readers, Welcome to the Nile Voices of the 3rd quarter 2015. The issue contains briefs on: the emerging issues out of the D. R. Congo as a concluding country in NBD stakeholder mapping and the capacity building on climate risk management of July 2015, the September 2015 workshop that discussed the draft stakeholder mapping report that covered in details data and information scoped out by the exercise undertaken in ten NBRS.Publication dateWednesday, 30 September 2015Publication typeNile Voices NewsletterDownload the newsletter

Dear Readers,Welcome to the Nile Voices for the 2nd quarter 2015. The Nile voices are communicating with the public on activities, the results and stakeholder/community emerging issues. Read in here, the discussion platform of 30th April 2015 on the findings of completed stakeholder mapping of cluster1 countries Ethiopia, South Sudan and Sudan; progress on stakeholder mapping exercise and capacity building on climate risk management in the remaining cluster1 country Egypt; in addition to cluster2 countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda; and...

Dear Readers,In the 1st Quarter of 2015, the Nile Basin Discourse (NBD) has been engaged in mainly three areas, namely: (i) Stakeholder Mapping of the NBD/NDF member CSOs/NGOs, their partners and community in Cluster I countries of Sudan, South Sudan and Ethiopia (ii) Cooperation on the Nile; and (iii) Capacity building of NBD/NDF member CSOs/NGOs, partners and community on climate risk management. The NBD conducted its first national stakeholder mapping exercise in Khartoum – Sudan on February 23rd 2015. Stories in this Issue - Nile Basin...

Stories in this Issue - The 41st Nile Technical Advisory Committee (Nile-TAC) Meeting- The 22nd Nile Council of Ministers (Nile-COM)  EditorialDear Readers, The Nile Basin Discourse is happy to communicate to you through its June 2014 edition of the Nile Voice newsletter.In this issue, we look at the 41st Nile technical advisory committee (Nile-TAC) and the 22nd Nile council of ministers (Nile-COM) meeting held on the 16 - 19th June 2014 in Khartoum, Sudan. In these meeting, strategic issues to advance Nile Cooperation as...

Stories in this Issue - Introduction and Context - Overview of NBD 5 year Plan- Background of the Bahir Dar Exchange Visit - Visit to Blue Nile falls - Bahir Dar Exchange Visit Key Messages Bahir Dar Exchange Visit Key Messages: 1. AFFORESTATION: NBD will be the safe space for regional dialogue on Eastern Nile Cooperation in the implementation of community based afforestation projects. 2. SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS: NBD will foster peer to peer learning and act as an early warning advisory, through strengthening CSO and expert...

Stories in this Issue - NBD’s face at Nile Day 2011- Nile Day in Goma- Rwanda NDF gets visitors from NBD-SEC- Speeches of the Ministers and top Nile Basin officials on Nile Day- Tanzania NDF meets Journalists- New NBD website launched- Ethiopian lawyers discuss legal issues about NBI transformation into a Commission EditorialWelcome yet again to the February 2011 edition of Nile Voices newsletter.There have been many developments since January 2011. The biggest news is that finally the uncertainty over the future of the...