I take this opportunity to express my gratitude, Your Excellency @PaulKagame, for your trust. It was a big honour and privilege to serve as the DG of @RwandaWater. I remain committed and proud to serve my country #Rwanda. It is really an immense pleasure. Respectfully!
2⃣Improved incomes and resilience from the sustainable use of landscape resources;
3⃣Operational landscape governance and management institutions;
4⃣Evidence-based guidelines on the landscape approach (through knowledge management).
IWRM Programme contributes to improve landscape restoration and management for sustainable socio-economic and climate-resilient development through:
1⃣Reduced land degradation, river sedimentation, and flooding; (Thread)
#HappeningNow: Programme Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting for Integrated Water Resources Management Programme (IWRM Programme) implemented by @RwandaGov through #RWB, and funded by the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. (Thread)
Happy World Soil day. Halt soil salinization, Boost soil productivity. Good Irrigation practices and Groundwater governance are important mitigation strategies to be considered. Thanks @unicefrw for supporting @RwandaWater in assessing and regulating groundwater extraction.
In line with its mandate to protect water bodies, #RWB has started removing water weeds from lakes, mainly water hyacinths, using the appropriate water weeds harvesting machine.
#HappeningNow: The physical and virtual validation workshop to collect stakeholders' perspectives on the interim report on the potentials of inter-catchments water transfer in selected catchments in #Rwanda.
#Virtual: '#RWB & @2030WRG Partnership Strategy Meeting' gathering different stakeholders in the water sector is taking place under the theme ‘Strengthening public-private collaboration for sustainable water resource management in #Rwanda.’
#1stPhase: #RWB & @IucnRwanda have organized a two-day consultation meeting with stakeholders from central and local government, private sector, and civil society to discuss and identify strategic areas for the management and restoration of landscapes in #Akagera Lower Catchment.
5 years ago, history was made in #Kigali when the #KigaliAmendment to the Montreal Protocol was ratified. On October 15, #Rwanda will celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the historical milestone. As of now, 127 countries have ratified the Kigali Amendment. #MontrealProtocol
JUST IN: #RWB and members of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) from key stakeholders are holding an inception workshop today, as well as the first technical advisory committee meeting to review the inception report of the '#Muvumba Dam Design Review'.
Urugomero rwa Muvumba Multipurpose Dam rugiye kubakwa mu murenge wa Karama, ruzafata amazi azava mu mirenge ya Karama,Gatunda na Rukomo angana na 35,000,000 m³ azakoreshwa mu ngo, mu buhinzi huhirwa ku buso bwa hegitari 7,380 no kuhira amatungo, runatange amashanyarazi ya W 740.
Today, the #RWB's DDG @CNiyotwambaza & Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) members, for #Muvumba Multipurpose Water Resources Development Program, met with the Mayor of @NyagatareDistr@claudian_david ahead of the field visit made to introduce the TAC members to the project site.
Controlling water flows to deliver the preferred amount of water at the right time is essential in order to support efficient food and energy production and contribute to the flood control.
➡️Check out the #WaterStorageStatus | 2020-2021
➡️Link: https://t.co/VOfHF0lCLM