From 06 to 10 December 2020, further to his reappointment by the Honourable Minister of Water
Resources of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as Member representing Senegal in the 2nd Regional
Centre for Integrated River Basin Management (RC-IRBM) Governing for a renewed and final
term of three (3) years, Professor Cheikh Becaye Gaye has participated at the inauguration of the
2nd Governing Board of the RC-IRBM by the Honorable Minister and the 1st meeting of the new
Governing Board of the RC IRBM on 07 December.
The Regional Centre for Integrated River Basin Management is established within the framework
of the relevant laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as host country, in line with UNESCO guidelines
for establishing Category 2 Centres Regional Coverage: Regional Workshop on Building Resilience
to Climate Change Risk ad Vulnerability to Meet Water Security. […]
Afterwards, Professor Gaye has participated to the Inaugural Meeting of the Stakeholders on
Ecohydrology and Integrated Water Resources Management Research in Jabi Lake, Abuja. The
objective of the meeting was to create awareness and sensitize on how the use of Ecohydrology
in addressing environmental issues and achieving water and ecosystems security in and around
the lake which was created to contribute to the water supply of the city of Abuja, but was abandoned
and serves now as recreational site.
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