First Secretary for Water Affairs at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ethiopia visited the Hare Integrated Catchment Management (HICM) hotspot in the Rift Valley Lakes Basin

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Ms. Lisan Bijdevaate, First Secretary for Water Affairs at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ethiopia, visited the Hare Integrated Catchment Management (HICM) hotspot in the Rift Valley Lakes Basin, accompanied by Aytenew Endashaw, Policy Officer at the EKN Addis Ababa, Dr. Mamaru Moges, BRIGHT Project Manager, and chairpersons and community members of the kebeles in the catchment.

WLRC and MoWE Organize Validation Workshop for Hare Catchment Baseline Assessment Findings and Proposed Interventions

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Water and Land Resources Centre (WLRC) and the Ministry of Water and Energy (MoWE) organised and facilitated a four-day workshop on validation of the Hare Catchment baseline situations assessment findings and the proposed interventions, financed by the Basin Management Support for Resilient, Inclusive Growth and Harmonized Transformation for the National IWRM Programme of Ethiopia (BRIGHT) Project. The workshop was held at Haile Resort, Arba Minch, from September 1 to 4, 2025.

Groundwater Data Management National Taskforce Induction Workshop Kicks Off

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The BRIGHT Project conducted Induction Workshop to the National Taskforce to Strengthen Groundwater Data Management. The workshop was conducted on Aug. 2nd, 2025, at Yod Abyssinia Hotel, to validate and standardize the nation’s groundwater data for integration into national water management platforms, a crucial step in modernizing Ethiopia’s groundwater data systems.