Message from the Director General

Dear WLRC Partners and Stakeholders,

My greetings to you!

I am thrilled to share with you some messages in this 2023/24 WLRC Annual Book, which not only presents a documentation of accomplishments but also manifests the laudable commitments of the WLRC staff and leadership, partners, stakeholders and the communities in the project areas. Amid complex global dynamics and heightened insecurity, we have upheld our mission, and commitments to realize our goal and vision by integrating the values of strong partnerships and community ownership of project activities and harnessing the huge opportunities availed by advances in ICT and the cyber space.

Finance and Budget Manager/Head

WLRC is looking for a Finance and Budget Manager/Head on a Fixed-term full time contract renewable on yearly basis contingent upon outstanding performance of the staff and availability of funding. The place of work is Addis Ababa and reports to Director of People, Resources & Operations Division.

WLRC Conducts Water Sensitive Planning Validation Workshop

Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC) Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub (GCRF Project), in association with Addis Ababa Plan and Development Commission (AAPDC), conducted validation workshop on “Water Sensitive Planning (WSP) Strategies for Sustainable Urban Development in Melkashene (Fenta) Watershed, Upper Awash Basin Addis Ababa”, 14th of December 2023 at Azzeman Hotel, Addis Ababa.

Consortium Members of ARUA – The GUILD Clusters of Excellence Hold Inaugural Meeting

The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) – the GUILD Clusters of Excellence consortium members, namely: CDE, the University of Bern from the North and WLRC, Addis Ababa University and CETRAD, Nairobi University from the South held Inaugural meeting of the Clusters of Research Excellence in Sustainable Water and Land Resource Management for Human Well-being, at WLRC Meeting Hall, Addis Ababa.