AfriOCAT Platform Officially Launched
The African Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (AfriOCAT) platform was officially launched on 23rd October 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
WLRC, MoWE, and Local Stakeholders Conduct Awareness Creation and Public Mobilization Planning Workshop with Committee Members at Hare Catchment
The Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC), the Ministry of Water and Energy (MoWE) and local stakeholders held an Awareness Creation and Public Mobilization Planning Workshop on October 18, 2025, at Ezana Hotel, Arba Minch to expedite joint implementation of interventions supported by the BRIGHT Project.
WLRC Hosts AfrioCAT Launching Workshop Aimed at Advancing Sustainable Land Management in Africa
The Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC), in collaboration with the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), launched the African Continental Network on Sustainable Land Management (AfrioCAT) at a regional training and launching workshop held at the Best Western Plus Hotel, Addis Ababa, 20th October 2025.
BRIGHT-Supported MoWE Experts Graduate with MSc at the Deutch Delft Institute for Water Education
[Oct. 9, 2025]: MoWE experts that were trained with support by the BRIGHT Project graduated with MSC from the Deutch Delft Institute for Water Education. Their training in different fields related to IWRM and Basin Planning and Management is part of the deliverables under Work Package 3, Sub Work Package 3.1 of the BRIGHT Project, which aims to develop the technical capacity of MoWE and its component Basin Offices.
BRIGHT Project Supports establishment of BIS and Organized Field-based intervention on Installation of a Telemetric system (YDOC logger) and a manual staff gauge as part of quick-win interventions in Hare Downstream Catchment
The Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC) organized a community consultation session under its Basin Management Support for Resilient, Inclusive Growth and Harmonized Transformation (BRIGHT) Project on Friday, October 2-9, 2025,
Data Collectors and Core Team Members Induction Training Conducted and data Collection Started for Infranze Catchment of Abbay Basin
The Biophysical and Socio-economic Baseline Situations Assessment Data Collectors induction training and Stakeholders awareness creation workshop was successfully conducted (October 09-10/2025), in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
WLRC BRIGHT Project Holds Community Consultations in Chano Dorga Kebele
The Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC) organized a community consultation session under its Basin Management Support for Resilient, Inclusive Growth and Harmonized Transformation (BRIGHT) Project on October 11, 2025, at Chano Dorga Kebele in Arba Minch Zuriya Woreda.
Communities in the Hare Catchment of RVL Basin Establish Catchment Restoration/Rehabilitation Committees to Expedite BRIGHT Project-Supported Interventions
The Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC) Basin Management Support for Resilient, Inclusive Growth and Harmonized Transformation (BRIGHT) Project, conducted a community consultation and mobilization session on October 9, 2025, at Chano Mille Kebele in Arba Minch Zuriya Woreda.
WLRC BRIGHT Project Holds Community Consultations in Chano Chalba Kebele
The Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC) organized a community consultation session under its Basin Management Support for Resilient, Inclusive Growth and Harmonized Transformation (BRIGHT) Project on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at Chano Chalba Kebele in Arba Minch Zuriya Woreda.
KILMWA Project Steering Committee Approves No-Cost Extension of the Project Period
The Kunzila Integrated Landscape Management and WASH (KILMWA) Project Steering Committee (PSC) in the second of its bi-annual meeting , held on October 6, 2025, at the Haile Grand Hotel in Addis Ababa approved a two-year ‘No-Cost Extension’ for the project, which has been in progress since 2020.