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African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW)

9-11 November 2009 | Johannesburg, South Africa

AMCOWOn Thursday, 12 November 2009 the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) convened. The TAC met to review the progress report of the TAC Chair, the outcomes of AWW-2 and PANAFCON II, and the Johannesburg Statement.

Following the opening statements, Charles Ngangoue, TAC Chair, reported on the work undertaken by the TAC from 2007-2009. He reviewed the activities of the TAC following the Brazzaville Declaration and highlighted work undertaken for AMCOW by: the AfDB on water; the Water Sanitation Programme (WSP) on sanitation; and, the Kenyan Ministry of Water and Agriculture on groundwater resources whose results were presented at AWW-2.

Following heated discussions regarding the appointment of the sub-regional TAC office bearers, the session was adjourned.

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AWW-2 - AMCOW TAC- AMCOW-7
Technical Advisory Committee Meeting

Olushola Sodeko, AU, and Bai-Mass Tal, Executive Secretary, AMCOW

Anta Seck, Senegal
Bataung Leleka, Botswana
Fred Mwango, Kenya
Participants during the session began.
Charles Ngangoue, President, TAC
Halifah Drammeh, UNEP and UN-Water/Africa
Saadou Ebih Ould Mohamed El Hacen, Vice-President, TAC
Diarra Tiémoko, Mali
View of the dais during the TAC session.
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The Water Dialogues Side Event: "Confronting key water services issues through multi-stakeholder dialogue"

 

 

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