WLRC in collaboration with the Ministry of Water and Energy, as part of the BRIGHT Project’s Water Use Management (WUM) quick-win interventions, facilitated the establishment of Irrigation Water Users Associations (IWUAs) of the Shara (Emba–Muja) and Chano (Chalba–Mille) irrigation schemes users in the Lower Hare Catchment
Stakeholders Validate Baseline Situation Assessment Findings, Quick-win Interventions and Catchment Management Plan for Infranze Catchment of Abbay Basin
stakeholders’ validation workshop for the Tseba-Ayna Catchment was conducted from 29 December 31st December 2025 at Axum Hotel in Mekelle
The Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC) in collaboration with the Rift Valley Lakes Basin Administration Office of the Ministry of Water and Energy (MoWE) facilitated a three-day Training of Trainers (ToT) on Gender and Social Inclusion in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) at Hawassa South Star Hotel.
Water and Land Resource Center (WLRC) in Collaboration with the Rift Valley Lakes Basin Administration Office (RVLBO) of the Ministry of Water and Energy (MoWE), under the BRIGHT project, launched a Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop, which was designed to strengthen participants’ capacity to identify/map actual as well as potential water-use related conflicts and embed cooperation-enhancing mechanisms in IWRM initiatives and practices.
A seminar titled “Water–Energy–Food (WEF) Nexus Modeling: Sharing Experience for Science-Based Planning for Ethiopia” was held on 9 December 2025 at the WLRC Meeting Hall.
The Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC) and the Ministry of Water and Energy, together with key partners in the BRIGHT project (WP5.1) start auditing the current plans and preparing new ones for the BRIGHT target Basins.
Debre Birhan University’s wastewater treatment plant rehabilitation mission, one of the BRIGHT projects in the Abbay basin, has began.
Progress continues under the BRIGHT Project as preliminary and preparatory activities for upcoming hydrology and water supply interventions show positive momentum in Chencha Zuriya Woreda.