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Basin Development Challenges

Andes system (seven small river basins):
To improve rural livelihoods, increase water availability, and reduce water-related conflict through benefit-sharing in selected river basins.

Mekong (Laos, Cambodia, Viet Nam):
To reduce poverty and foster development through management of water for multiple uses in large dams and small reservoirs.

Nile (especially Ethiopian highlands):
To improve rural livelihoods and their resilience through a landscape approach to rainwater management.

Ganges delta (India, Bangladesh):
To improve rural livelihoods in tidal-affected areas of the delta through integrated and diversified cropping and aquaculture.

Limpopo (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa):
To improve rural livelihoods and their resilience through better management of rainwater, including management of small reservoirs.

Volta (Burkina Faso and Ghana):
To improve rural livelihoods and their resilience through better management of rainwater, including management of small reservoirs.


Multiple BDCs in the future
Some basins have a clear demand for at least two – often very different – BDCs.  Additional BDCs may commence later in Phase 2 depending on funding availability.  Potential second BDCs are:  

BDC research contracting and implementation commences soon
Open competition projects for CPWF Phase 2 research in the Andes, Mekong and Nile basins are called from July 6, with project submissions closing August 31, 2009. The remaining 3 CPWF Phase 2 basins' projects - the Ganges, Limpopo and the Volta - will be called in late 2009.

Selection/design criteria for projects: Projects awarded on merit and with their fit with each other. Program coherence is maintained through agreement on a common set of impact pathways at each basin's Inception Workshop, to be held in late 2009 and early 2010. Final implementation plans, budgets and contracts will be finalized after Inception Workshop.

Basin Stakeholder Workshops

Read the results of the Mekong and Nile basin CPWF Stakeholder Workshops, held in March and April, compiled by the Program Directors, Larry Harrington (Research), Boru Douthwaite (Innovations and Impact), and Sophie Nguyen Khoa (Associate):

1. Mekong Stakeholder Workshop report and outputs
2. Nile Stakeholder Workshop report and outputs
3. Volta Stakeholders report