News & Events

IWMI, ITC and UNESCO-IHE joint workshop

IWMI together with UNESCO-IHE organized a two day workshop on June 4-5, in Addis Ababa entitled “capacity Building cum problem Solving”. The workshop attended by 35 participants from Ethiopia and from overseas. His Excellency Ato Asfaw Dingamo, minister of Water Resources, Ethiopa opened the workshop and expressed his support to the endeavor of linking student studies to research requirements from the region See Workshop Presentations and Discussions.

Visit of Dr. Pay Drechsel, to Addis Office, 8-12, June

Dr. Pay Drechsel, IWMI Theme Leader, Agriculture Water and Cities, visited IWMI-NBEA office from 8-12, June, 2007.

During his visit he had a meeting with the IWMI staff to discuss what is being done at the Addis Office. He had also a field trip in Akaki-Addis, Kolfe and Lafto, the outskirts of Addis, where wastewater irrigation is a practice; as well as visit to the control irrigation site Godino irrigation farm, outside Addis. During his visit IWMI-NBEA organized an open seminar on the 11th June, 2007. The seminar was attended by participants from different ministries and offices in Addis, such as the Ethiopian Development Research Institute, Environmental Protection Agency, the Addis Ababa Urban Agriculture Department, Addis Ababa Health Bureau , and the Agricultural and Health Bureaus of Oromiya regional state.

The speakers of the seminar and their topics are as follows:

• Agaje Mekonen (MSc student Addis Ababa University): “Suitability Assessments of Little Akaki River Water for Growing Vegetables”
• Alebel Bayrau (PhD student Hohenheim University): “Economic Analyses and Policy Implications of the Impacts of Wastewater Use in Agriculture”
• Gete Zeleke (Global Mountain Program): “Conceptual Framework on Rural-Urban Linkage with Emphasis on Water Flow and pollutant Analyses”
• Pay Drechsel (IWMI): “Agriculture, Water & Cities: Opportunities in Eastern Africa"

Visit of Ms. Dilini, Wijeweera to Addis Office, 17-20 May

Ms. Dilini Wijeweera, Head, Communication and Knowledge Sharing Unit (CKG) , IWMI-WorldFish IKG, has visited the Ethiopia office. During her visit, Ms. Dilini has discussed communication and knowledge sharing issues with the staff. She has also visited the areas around the outskirts of Addis, in which waste water urban agriculture is practiced.

Visit of Dr.Hugh Turral in Addis Office

Dr. Hugh Turral visited Addis Office from Jan . During his visit, there were a presentation of the different projects by the staff involved in the projects. There was an interesing seminar on "Water, Livestock, and Basin" presented by Dr. Hugh Turral. Dr. Hugh had also a field visit to Awasha Irrigation project and the Blue Nile Gorge.

Visit of Dr. Deborah Bossio and Dr. Rebecca Tharme to Addis Office, January 26-Feb 02, 2007

Dr. Deborah Bossio and Dr. Rebecca Tharme has visited Addis Office. During their visit meetings with staff, seminars with differnt officials in ILRI, and field trips was organized for them.

• Field Visit 1: Koka and Belbela-Wedecha dam and irrigation areas, on January 27
• Field Visit 2: Blue Nile, on January 30

Nile Development Forum: Nile Development Forum 2006 press Conference, held in Addis Ababa, Nov, 28 2006. The conference was attended by Hon. Asfaw, Minister for Water resources of Ethiopia, Mr. Audace Ndayizeye, Executive Director NBI, Hamere Wondimu, Senior Program Officer-SVP Coordination project and Gordon Mumbo, Regional Project Manager, CBSI. Ato Tefera, TAC member for Ethiopia. Two Staff from IWMI-NBEA also attended this meeting (http://www.nilebasin.org/NDForum2006.htm).

NBI-SYNERGY Workshop: The NBI Synergy workshop was held from 9th-10th Feb.2007 in Entebbe, Uganda. It was attended by 34 participants and it was opened by Mr. Audace Ndayizeye, Nile-SEC Executive Director. The workshop announcement and general information on the project can be accessed from NBI website (http://www.nilebasin.org).

An Inception Workshop held on "Up-Stream Down-Stream impacts in Nile", on Dec 06-08, 2006, at Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. The project title is “Improved Water and Land Management in the Ethiopian highlands and its impact on stakeholders dependent on the Blue Nile”, and a brief title “Upstream-Downstream Impacts in Nile.” Participants from the different stakeholder institutions were present.

WATERMAN: A kickoff workshop on the WATERMAN project was held on November 23-25, following the IIPE Steering Committee meeting. The project aims on the dissemination of research results in semi-arid and arid ecosystems with a focus on sustainable water resource management in Ethiopia, with a duration of 18 months.

Steering Committee Meeting: held on "Impact of Irrigation on Poverty and Environment (IIPE)", on November 22, 2006, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The aim of the meeting is to evaluate progresses and provide guidance to enable completion of the project in 2007.

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