As part of the NB-ITTAS project, the Sahara and Sahel Observatory is organizing a regional training workshop on Trans-boundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and the Strategic Action Program (SAP), for the benefit of experts representing project executing Partners (Niger Basin Authority (NBA), UNIDO (with NBA) and the involved countries (Benin, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria ...). This training, which brings together a dozen high-level experts, is conducted with the presence of the ITTAS regional coordinator, Mr. Timi Kaouara.
The ITTAS project is an IWRM, management and governance improving project, based on knowledge of the Niger Basin and the Iullemeden- Taoudeni / Tanezrouft aquifer system. Its purpose is to implement joint management of surface and groundwater through the Niger river basin and the Iullemeden-Taoudeni / Tanezrouft aquifer system management and governance, thereby improving IWRM for the benefit communities and ecosystem resilience.