{"id":2124,"date":"2013-02-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/eastern-africa\/news\/burundi-and-rwanda-come-together-over-shared-waters\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:29:12","slug":"burundi-and-rwanda-come-together-over-shared-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/eastern-africa\/news\/burundi-and-rwanda-come-together-over-shared-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundi and Rwanda Come Together Over Shared Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A series of workshops were held between August and December 2012 in both countries as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gwp.org\/wacdep\">Water, Climate and Development Programme (WACDEP)<\/a> in Africa. Prior to these awareness-raising activities, citizens living around Lake Cyohoha perceived the lake as a state-owned resource, with little attention given to its protection from damaging human practices and natural hazards such as floods, drought, and depletion of fisheries.<\/p>\n<h2>Rwanda and Burundi local government actors<\/h2>\n<p>The workshops included a one day meeting with Rwanda and Burundi local government actors on 23 October 2012, a consultative session with a multi-disciplinary team of experts from the two countries on 21 November, and a situation analysis validation workshop 20-22 December. Mid-level decision-makers, technicians, local governance institutions, fisheries, and water users\u2019 cooperatives committed to collaborating with GWP Eastern Africa in improving the management of Lake Cyohaha.<\/p>\n<h2>Commitment towards WACDEP implementation<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking at the workshop, the Governor of Kurundi Province (Burundi), Nzigamasabo Rev\u00e9ri\u00e9n, commended GWP Eastern Africa for conducting the situation analysis research. Pledging the commitment of two Communes and the Province to work towards the realisation of objectives and activities of WACDEP, he said, \u201cOur presence right in a series of consultative meetings is enough indication of our unwavering commitment towards WACDEP implementation and results.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Towards sustainability<\/h2>\n<p>The Vice Mayor for Economic Affairs of Bugesera District, Eastern Province, (Rwanda), Julius Rukondo also praised the renewed cooperation between the two countries to further consolidate efforts of managing the water catchment and the entire Bugesera region. \u201cThrough joint cooperation between the Government and development partners, the area has regained its naturalness. GWP Eastern Africa comes in to drive the process towards sustainability,\u201d the Vice Mayor noted.<\/p>\n<p>WACDEP will be implemented in the Kagera basin, mainly in the Rwanda-Burundi Cyohoha trans-boundary water catchment, to achieve \u201ca higher level of water security and climate resilience in the countries of Burundi and Rwanda.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local ownership and information are keys to success in water resources management. 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