WLRC Holds Induction and Evaluative Meeting with the EU Development Cooperation Programme Financial Controllers and the EKN Team

The Water and Land Resource Center (WLRC) held a high-level induction and evaluation meeting with the European Union (EU) and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN) Addis Ababa on November 27, 2024. The meeting, held at the WLRC Meeting Hall, aimed to assess progress made and challenges faced in the Inception Phase of the BRIGHT project activities, and the ways forward.

WLRC, MoWE, BAOs and Stakeholders Hold BRIGHT Project Activity Co-Planning and Team Building Workshop

The Water and Land Resource Center (WLRC), together with the Ministry of Water and Energy, Basin Administration Offices of the Abbay, Awash, Omo-Gibe, Rift Valley Lakes and Tekeze basins and other stakeholders in IWRM held Basin Management Support for Resilient Inclusive Growth and Harmonized Transformation for National IWRM Program (BRIGHT) Project activity Co-planning and Team-building workshop, November 25-27, 2024, at Haile Grand Hotel, Addis Ababa.

WLRC Conducts Reconnaissance Survey in Gedeo Zone’s Coffee-Producing Landscapes

Water and Land Resource Center (WLRC), in collaboration with Ethiopia Forest Development (EFD), conducted a comprehensive reconnaissance survey across various woredas in the Gedeo Zone’s Yirgachefe area, South Ethiopia. Held from September 24-26, 2024, the survey explored Gedeo’s rich coffee-producing landscape, including forest and semi-forest coffee areas, coffee cooperatives, unions, and local processing practices, to lay the groundwork for the CARE for Value and Sustainability Project.