Needs Assessment for and Conceptual Design of the
Nile Basin Decision Support System

Water Resources Planning and Management Project,   Nile Basin Initiative (NBI)

WP 1.1, Activity 1.1.9: Modules for the DSS Awareness/Training Workshops Objectives: Key technical staff (workshop participants) will be familiar with basic DSS concepts, terminology, and tools, and thus be ready to facilitate the detailed needs assessment in the Central Analysis project phase. Outputs: DSS Awareness/Training Workshop Modules, as discussed during inception workshop. WP 2.1, Activity 2.1.1: IWRM/DSS Awareness and Consultation Workshops Objectives:   Carry out DSS Awareness/Training and subsequent Consultation Workshops and discuss with all identified stakeholders their needs and requirements towards implementation of the Nile Basin DSS, in a participatory way. Sub-regional and National Workshops Awareness and Training Workshops (two days each): The Program and Content of the Workshops was discussed during the Inception Workshop. Regional workshops were held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for the Eastern Nile Countries and in Kigali, Rwanda for the Equatorial Lakes Countries. Furthermore these workshops are repeated (November/December 2007 and January 2008) with a national scope in each of the nine NBI countries. Problem Reporting and Tracking   (on-line)

DSS Awareness and Training Workshop Participant on-line registration: On-line tools and forms for the registration of workshop participants and stakeholder institutions: Participant Registration Water Resources Institutions Water Issues Questionnaire Workshop: Description, Lecture Notes Student self-test, multiple choice Workshop: Demos, on-line models Water Resources Model Rainfall-Runoff Model Irrigation Water Demand Model Irrigated crops data base Water Quality Model Optimization Scenarios Water Technologies Data Base Discrete Multi Criteria DSS River Basin Data Base Nile Basin background data, links