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African Centres of Excellence in WATER. Science and Technology services for Supporting Water Management Policies in Developing Countries. EC Support to the African Centres of Excellence in Water WATER – ACE Project DG Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability.
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African Centres of Excellence in WATER Science and Technology services for Supporting Water Management Policies in Developing Countries EC Support to the African Centres of Excellence in Water WATER – ACE Project DG Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability Dr. Cesar CARMONA-MORENO • Current African Centres • Western Africa • - UCAD Sénégal • 2IE Burkina Faso • Southern Africa • - UWC South Africa • - SU South Africa • - UKZN South Africa, • CSIR • Universities from Malawi and Botswana Contact person : cesar.carmona-moreno@jrc.it
WATER – ACE Project Science and Technology services for Supporting Water Management Policies in Developing Countries The mission of the JRC • Providing a customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies. • Being a reference centre of science and technology for the Union as a service of the European Commission. • Serving the common interest of the Member States, while being independent of special interests, whether private or national. • The WATER ACE Project • To support the African Centres of Excellence in Water • To foster integrated resources management and intergovernmental / inter-institutional cooperation in the Water Sector in Africa Contact person : cesar.carmona-moreno@jrc.it
WATER – ACE Project Science and Technology services for Supporting Water Management Policies in Developing Countries Water ACE : The framework Framework will be based around 3 Big Axes or Land Marks of the Water – ACE AXE 1 Supporting the development of regional networks • Optimising competences and knowledge sharing in the frame of an open network (southern and West Africa) • The network should address governance and policy issues: • => being a technical and scientific adviser e.g in SWAPs, to AMCOW -TAC AXE 2 Guidelines, Data and Policy Dissemination • Information dissemination at Regional BUT also at Continental level • EC Contribution: EU Guidelines for Water Management that should become “a base for the African Water Guidelines” • EC - ESA Contribution: TIGER = Support through Call for Proposals – Capacity Building, Data, Software AXE 3 Water Knowledge Management Building • The objective is to Build and Valorise the African Water Knowledge • EC Contribution: AQUAKNOW Platform = Web-based information system for Virtual Communication, Knowledge Management and Training on-line. • www.aquaknow.net
WATER – ACE Project Science and Technology services for Supporting Water Management Policies in Developing Countries Water ACE : The framework • How? This is not a shopping list • Establishing a Medium – Long Term Strategy for the Centres of Excellence ( CoE) • Identifying JOINT “Strong Points” and “Weaknesses” of the CoE • Establishing COMMON priorities for JOINT activities • Proposing a Stable BUT Open Structure = New members-institutions can be identified