{"id":6121,"date":"2015-02-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/afrique-ouest\/news\/ghana-3-day-meeting-to-review-the-iwrm-plan-for-the-white-volta-basin\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:06:19","slug":"ghana-3-day-meeting-to-review-the-iwrm-plan-for-the-white-volta-basin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/afrique-ouest\/news\/ghana-3-day-meeting-to-review-the-iwrm-plan-for-the-white-volta-basin\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana: 3 day meeting to review the IWRM plan for the White Volta Basin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The participants were drawn from all district assemblies that fall  within the basin as well as key institutions including water users and  regulators of water related issues such as Environmental Protection  Agency (EPA), Minerals Commission, Forestry Commission, Ministry of  Gender, Children and Social Protection, the Regional Coordinating  Council, Civil Society Organisations and the consultants in charge of  the Investment Plan preparation Study. In all, 44 participants were  present for the meeting. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/afrique-ouest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/groupwv-1.jpg\" alt=\"Group work\" width=\"394\" height=\"309\"><\/p>\n<p>Presentation at the meeting were made by the White Volta Basin  Officer, Mr. Aaron B. Aduna made a presentation on the mandate of the  White Volta Basin Board. Also, the Water Resources Engineer in charge of  surface water at WRC, Dr. Bob Alfa presented Strategic Environmental  Assessment (SEA) tool as the background tool to elicit information and a  guide to the review process.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the 3 days, participants had identified the issues  which should be addressed by the plan upon revision, some mitigation  measures to be adopted with specific deadlines and the institutions to  constitute the new Board.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/afrique-ouest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/teach-1.jpg\" alt=\"Session work\" width=\"394\" height=\"263\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Country Water Partnership through WACDEP provided technical support to Water Resources Commission to hold a consultative meeting for stakeholders in the White Volta Basin, from 28th to 30th January 2015 at the Ex-Tee Crystal Hotel in Bolgatanga, Upper East Region. The aim of the meeting was to initiate the process to update the basin\u2019s Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Plan after its preparation in 2008 to take into account the emerging issues in the basin, on the one hand, and to use the output as part of the input to the preparation of Investment Plan for the said basin, on the other 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