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Regional Dialogue and
Twinning to Improve Transboundary Water Resources Governance
in Africa
Water management needs
in the Great Lakes region of Africa are acute, with
inadequate institutions, policies and implementation
capacity for effective watershed management. As part of a
larger GEF project “Regional Dialogue to Improve
Transboundary Water Resources Governance in Africa”,
UNU-INWEH is undertaking a comparative study of management
approaches by lake commissions in the African Great Lakes
and Laurentian Great Lakes in North America.
This “Lake
Twinning” project involves five lake commissions with
similar mandates and a potential wealth of common interests,
challenges and experiences, namely:
 | The International Joint
Commission (IJC), as an independent advisor to prevent or
resolve disputes between USA and Canada under the 1909
Boundary Waters Treaty. |
| The Great Lakes Fishery
Commission (GLFC), established by Canada and USA in 1955. |
| The Lake Victoria
Fisheries Organization (LVFO), established formed in 1994
by the three riparian states of Uganda, Kenya and
Tanzania. |
| The Lake Victoria Basin
Commission (LVBC), formed by The East African Community
Council of Ministers in July 2005. |
The project is funded by the
Global Environment Facility, and implemented in partnership
with the lake commissions listed above.
The Lake Twinning project aims to:
| Facilitate policy, legal
and institutional reform for transboundary waters
management (quantity and quality) – through comparative
analysis |
| Enhance regional and
national knowledge and capacity for the management and
planning of shared water resource systems |
| Strengthen planning
processes in shared water resources management,
facilitating self-sustaining regional water institutions
in Africa
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| Last
updated: 10 April 2008 |
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