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Down by the riverside

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Title Down by the riverside
 
Creator Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
 
Description Historically, Egypt, and to a lesser extent Sudan, virtually monopolised the use of the waters of the river Nile, for water supply, irrigation and electricity. This was at the expense of the other riparian (riverside) states, but nowadays the trend is clearly there towards cooperation. Many separate activities take place under the umbrella of the Nile Basin Initiative, such as the first meeting of the International Consortium for Cooperation on the Nile (ICCON) which took place in June 2001. It brought together representatives of public and private bodies in 10 countries (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda) to celebrate the shared vision to achieve sustainable socio-economic development through the equitable utilisation of, and benefit from, the common Nile Basin water resources .

Earlier, members of civil society organisations had established the Nile Basin Society. Under the motto if the people will lead, the leaders will follow , they exchange practical information and hold discussions in a very active, moderated email list in close cooperation with Conserve Africa (see Spore 93).



Nile Basin Initiative

PO Box 192, Entebbe, Uganda

Fax: + 256 41 320 971

Email: nbisec@afsat.com

Website: www.nilebasin.org



Nile Basin Society

Website: www.nilebasin.com

Website: http://nile.ca
Historically, Egypt, and to a lesser extent Sudan, virtually monopolised the use of the waters of the river Nile, for water supply, irrigation and electricity. This was at the expense of the other riparian (riverside) states, but nowadays the trend...
 
Date 2014-10-16T09:06:01Z
2014-10-16T09:06:01Z
2001
 
Type News Item
 
Identifier CTA. 2001. Down by the riverside. Spore 95. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
1011-0054
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46285
 
Language en
 
Relation Spore;95
 
Publisher CTA
 
Source Spore