GWP-CAf facilitated meetings with the Secretariat of the International Commission for the Congo–Oubangui–Sangha Basin (CICOS).
The meetings reviewed CICOS’s main objectives and the memorandum of understanding which it signed with GWP-CAf Technical Advisory Committee in 2005. The meetings helped CICOS shift focus to a fully integrated river basin management approach that requires both organizations to review areas of cooperation.
GWP-CAf will help with technical assistance (contributing to the creation of a Strategic Action Plan for the Congo basin); capacity building (providing IWRM training to decision-making organs); case study research (catalysing institutional change); and new communication channels. GWP-CAf is now a key stakeholder and part of the CICOS group of experts and development partners.