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Monday 08:30 - 17:30 Tuesday 08:30 - 17:30 Wednesday 08:30 - 17:30 Thursday 08:30 - 17:30 Friday 08:30 - 17:30

Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office - ENTRO, Lamberet, Addis Ababa (2026)

24/04/2026

𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚.
𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 (𝑹𝑪𝑹𝑷) 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐌𝐓𝐑)

The Mid-Term Review (MTR) RCRP for East and Southern Africa is being held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from April 22–23, 2026, at the Radisson Blu Hotel.
The mission brings together ENTRO, NELSAP-CU, South Sudan RCRP PIU, & the World Bank Technical Team; in addition, the consultants from DHI, HydroNova-Junub, & CDR-MEIR to assess implementation progress, review achievements, and agree on priorities for the remaining implementation period.

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬

In his opening remarks, 𝐄𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐀𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐞, 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎, welcomed participants and highlighted the program’s steady progress in strengthening regional resilience to water-related climate impacts. He emphasized the importance of continued collaboration and additional financing to scale up successful interventions and ensure broader impact across the region. He further stressed the need for coordinated regional approaches to address transboundary climate challenges effectively.

𝐃𝐫. 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐚𝐜 𝐀𝐥𝐮𝐰𝐤𝐞, 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐄𝐋𝐒𝐀𝐏-𝐂𝐔
𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 (𝙍𝘾𝙍𝙋), underscored the importance of World Bank support, regional cooperation, and community engagement, particularly in sensitive transboundary areas. He noted that careful engagement with communities has been essential for building trust and ensuring project acceptance. Despite initial implementation delays, he highlighted that significant progress has been made, including the validation of flood management and sediment studies.

Speaking on behalf of the 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬, (𝐏𝐈𝐔) 𝐌𝐫. 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚, 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐂𝐑𝐏 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫, emphasized the importance of shifting from analytical studies to concrete investments. He noted that border communities are increasingly expecting visible infrastructure outcomes and called for stronger alignment between regional studies, particularly the Yabus study, and national implementation plans.

𝐌𝐬. 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐨, 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐓𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫, commended the strong participation and reaffirmed the program as a strong example of effective regional–national collaboration. She emphasized that the mid-term review should guide both assessment of progress and future direction, ensuring improved implementation and stronger results.
She further stressed the importance of translating studies into bankable and implementable investments, particularly in flood management, and avoiding the accumulation of studies without implementation impact.

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝

The MTR highlights the importance of sustained collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and alignment between regional and national priorities. Moving forward, key focus areas include finalizing technical work, strengthening capacity-building efforts, Improving Coordination and exploring additional financing mechanisms to scale up successful interventions.
The review represents an important milestone in reinforcing commitments toward advancing climate resilience and transboundary water cooperation in East and Southern Africa.

𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 (𝙍𝘾𝙍𝙋).

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚 of the RCRP is to improve regional preparedness for the increasing frequency, intensity, and impact of water-related climate shocks on people, livelihoods, infrastructure, and ecosystems.
the project is implemented jointly by ENTRO and NELSAP-CU in the Nile Basin—is progressing well, with most activities on track with key ongoing studies, including flood risk mapping in the Baro-Akobo-Sobat Basin and the Yabus Flood Management Feasibility Study, which are expected to be finalized by October 2026.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙊𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 (𝙋𝘿𝙊) is to strengthen the resilience to water-related climate impacts in select countries of Eastern and Southern African.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨:

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟭: which focuses on disaster risk management, early warning systems, and climate financing.
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟮: that responds to the urgent need for transformational and sustainable infrastructure investments that are critical for improving the management of climate change impacts on water resources.
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟯: for ensuring that the most vulnerable populations are better protected from climate risk through enhanced access to information and adaptive social protection programs.
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟰: project Management.

27/02/2026

𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑹𝑶 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝑵𝑩𝑰 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑, 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ‘𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑵𝑩𝑰, 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔’ 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒚”

Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO) Acting Executive Director Eng. Teshome Atenafie Welcomed the new Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) ED, Dr. Eng. Nestor Niyonzima, the Senior Advisor former NBI ED Dr. Dr. Florence Grace Adongo, Deputy ED Dr. Abraha Adugna Ashenafi and Dr. Malte Grossmann a senior official with the German Techni9cal Cooperation (GIZ) on the official visit to ENTRO. On their arrival, Eng. Teshome invited the guests to explore ENTRO offices and facilities to familiarize themselves with the premises, offices allocation and actively engage in appreciating the establishment and a need for mutual support to ensure the continued success and proper functioning of the organization as originally envisioned since its inception in 1999 and full establishment in 2001.

Eng. Teshome on his welcoming remark emphasizes on the continues collaboration and financial support of the three NBI Centers with “One NBI three Centers” philosophy, Let us work together to sustain and enhance our system.
ENTRO Acting Executive Director said that
“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕, 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑵𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒚𝒅𝒓𝒐 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔. 𝑻𝒐 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑵𝑩𝑰 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 “𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑵𝑩𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔” 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑵𝑪𝑪𝑹 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝑪𝑹𝑷 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕. 𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔, 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔, 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒅.

ENTRO Acting ED invited the NBI ED, Dr. Eng. Nestor Niyonzima to give remarks. The new NBI ED expressed his appreciation for the warm welcome and noted that this was his first visit in his new role to ENTRO. He acknowledged the center’s strong performance and dedication in sustaining and strengthening the institution’s role. He commended the progress made, particularly within the investment program portfolio, which includes several important projects. He emphasized the importance of continuing this momentum to ensure that institutional efforts translate into tangible benefits for the people and present in the upcoming governance meeting.

He states that “𝑾𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆, 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒐, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔. 𝑾𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒑𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆.
𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝑩𝑰 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔, 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅. 𝑯𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔."

Finally, he highlighted the center’s impressive facilities and suggested exploring opportunities to utilize them more strategically—such as hosting meetings and events—to generate additional income and enhance sustainability. He concluded by thanking the host, Eng. Teshome, ENTRO Acting ED, and all the
staff members for their hospitality and reaffirmed the commitment to continued coordination, collaboration and deeper engagement into the future.

Following ED, the outgoing NBI ED, Dr. Florence Grace Adongo delivered a farewell address, expressing gratitude to ENTRO Acting ED and the staff for their collaboration and dedication over the past two years, noting that despite operating in a highly strained and fragile environment, the institution continued to deliver results with great performance which contributed to the whole NBI success. She also reflected on the challenging start of her tenure, when many development partners were hesitant to engage, and highlighted the institution’s turnaround, including a satisfactory performance rating on the NCCR implementation despite difficult circumstances.

Dr. Florence in her speech“𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩, 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡-𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨. 𝙀𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙈𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙪𝙟𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙖, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙠𝙚𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨—𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙠, 𝘽𝙈𝙕, 𝙀𝙐, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙠—𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙛𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨, 𝙉𝘽𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣—𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨.”

She urged staff to continue pursuing the institution’s vision despite ongoing hydro political challenges. Special appreciation was given to Dr. Malte for his resilience and support, and she acknowledged ongoing commitments from BMZ through GIZ for transboundary cooperation. She concluded by thanking the team and wishing the institution continued success.
The Deputy ED, Dr. Abraha Adugna Ashenafi praised ENTRO’s contributions in the Eastern Nile, including hydrological modeling, dam safety, and other regional projects. He stressed the importance of continued partner support, highlighting successful initiatives, and acknowledged commitments from member countries to support ENTRO’s activities. He commended the team and emphasized the “One Nile Basin” philosophy for ongoing collaboration.
DED said that “𝑺𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒚, 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑫𝒂𝒎 𝑺𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒔’ 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔.”

Dr. Abraha informed that Ethiopia and South Sudan have pledged to Pay the Country Contribution which is positive news for both ENTRO and NBI.
On his part, Dr. Malte Grossmann, GIZ Head of Transboundary Water Cooperation in the Nile Basin Project, praised ENTRO’s work, highlighted successful projects like the dam safety center, and encouraged focusing on flagship initiatives, involving more than a country, to attract funding. He emphasized leveraging past experiences from NBI and NELSAP, using the BIP strategically.

Dr. Malte said that “𝑰 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑹𝑶 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝑰𝑷, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏-𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆, 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑹𝑶 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏. 𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕’𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝑼. 𝑨𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑹𝑶 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 (𝑩𝑰𝑷) 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕” .

The Regional Climate Resilience Program Coordinator (RCRP) Project Lead Technical Specialist Eng. Isaac Liabwel highlighted the continental collaboration across Eastern and Southern Africa, with South Sudan as the main participant and Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda involved regionally through ENTRO and NELSAP-CU.

Key project activities include flood management interventions feasibility studies and hydrological monitoring, supported by a special internship program by ENTRO to build local expertise. He noted strong prospects for upcoming Regional Hydromet, workshop, tentatively scheduled for Sept/Oct 2026 by the World Bank and anticipated long-term engagement in the sector, including through the internship program.

Eng. Isaac stated that “𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝑪𝑹𝑷, 𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍, 𝑵𝑩𝑰 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝑺𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒏, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑬𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒂, 𝑻𝒂𝒏𝒛𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒂, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑼𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆. 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚, 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝑺𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑬𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒂, 𝑺𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑼𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔. 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒀𝒂𝒃𝒖𝒔 𝑹𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝑺𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒏, 𝑬𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒂, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒏; 𝑩𝑨𝑺 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔, 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑬𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝑺𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒏; 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑼𝒏𝒚𝒂𝒎𝒂, 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝑺𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑼𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂.”

Finally, the regional finance Administration Head, Mr. Elsadiq Goda congratulated the new ED on his new role.
He said that “𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑵𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒚, 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒚𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝑩𝑰. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒇𝒇 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅—𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔—𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍. 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑵𝑩𝑰.𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑬𝑫 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓.”

The official visit concluded with the presentation of publication souvenirs to welcome the new ED and bid farewell to the outgoing ED, followed by a group photo session.

21/02/2026

𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝑱𝒖𝒃𝒂 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒐𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒚 2026

The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of South Sudan, today hosted a high-level media briefing ahead of the 20th Nile Day Regional Celebration scheduled for 22 February 2026.

The session brought together government officials, NBI leadership, technical representatives, and members of the media to highlight the significance of Nile Day and the tangible benefits of regional cooperation.

The briefing was moderated by the Regional Coordinator of the Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program Coordination Unit (NELSAP-CU), who emphasized the importance of sustained technical coordination and political commitment in advancing regional investment, climate resilience, and shared water management initiatives.

The media engagement comes at a time when key governance meetings are underway in Juba, including the Nile Equatorial Lakes Council of Ministers (NELCOM) and the Nile Council of Ministers (NILECOM), with seven ministers in attendance from Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda underscoring the high-level political commitment to Nile cooperation.

In his keynote remarks, Hon. James Mawich Makuach, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of South Sudan, described the occasion as historic marking the first time South Sudan hosts Nile Day since joining the Nile Basin Initiative in 2012.

The Minister underscored South Sudan’s strategic position within the Nile Basin, noting that nearly the entire country lies within the Basin and hosts critical ecosystems such as the Sudd wetland one of the largest freshwater wetlands in the world and a globally significant carbon sink.

He highlighted key benefits South Sudan continues to derive from Nile cooperation, including:

• Access to over 10,000 regional knowledge products supporting water governance and strategic planning

• Strengthened dam safety systems and hydrological monitoring capacity

• Participation in regional flood and drought early warning mechanisms

• Progress toward regional power integration through the Olwiyo–Juba transmission line, among others

The press briefing forms part of a broader week of governance meetings and high-level dialogue taking place in Juba, culminating in the Nile Day commemoration on 22 February at the Bank of South Sudan Headquarters.

Nile Day serves as an annual platform to celebrate regional cooperation and reaffirm member states’ commitment to equitable utilization and shared benefits of Nile Basin water resources.

As South Sudan hosts ministers, technical experts, development partners, and stakeholders from across the Basin, the message remains clear: cooperation remains the foundation for advancing water security, climate resilience, energy integration, and sustainable development across the Nile Basin.

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