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Selection of the second Batch of WAC-SRT IMP/ SRT 2019-2021
During two (2) days, from 24th to 25th September 2019, the advisory board meeting was held at Abdou Moumouni University in the conference room of WASCAL Niger for the selection process of second batch Master WAC-SRT candidates. The members of Advisory board Committee are presented in table.
| Name | Affiliation |
| Prof. Rabani ADAMOU | WAC-SRT Coordinator Niger, Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey |
| Dr. Wolfrom Laube | Senior Researcher and Coordinator, WAC-SRT, ZEF, University of Bonn |
| Prof. BAKASSO Yacoubou | Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey |
| Prof. INOUSSA Maman Maarouhi | WASCAL Coordinator, Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey; |
| Prof Ali DOUMMA | WAC-SRT 2nd Coordinator Niger, Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey |
| Dr. IBRAHIM Boubacar | Senior Researcher, Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey |
| AGBO David | WASCAL IT |
The process was been divided into two steps: i) applications examination to establish a short list and ii) interviews for the final decision. A total of 33 students (27 males and 6 females) from different countries including Niger, Benin, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria and Burkina Faso have applied for this WAC-SRT scholarship .
Out of the selection, the panel has selected the second batch 2019-2021 students both from Niger and other West African applicants for the WAC-SRT IMP program. In total, ten (10) applicants have been selected from 18 pre-selected candidates. At the end, regarding the number and the quality of the applications from Niger, the committee has proposed a new distribution of students between Niger and Others countries. Indeed, the number of students from Niger is reduces in order to increase the number of foreign students up from tree (3) to four (4). Then, the committee has divided the six (6) positions of Niger into four (4) positions for the engineering track and tow (2) positions for the policy track. For foreign candidates issued from others West African countries, one (1) position for engineering track and two positions for the policy track. However, this proposition needs a little management on the budget.
LIRA: Leading Integrated Research for Agenda 2030 in Africa
In the wake of rapid urbanization in Developing Countries, city authorities in Africa have struggled to keep pace with urban water supply demands of the urban population and thus, leading to inequities in urban water access.
This project draws on the suitability of transdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder research approaches, for first, fostering an integrated and holistic understanding of this phenomenon in the cities of Wa and Niamey in Ghana and Niger, respectively and secondly, for engendering co-designing of policy and strategic interventions for improving urban water supply and access in same.
Hence, the overall project goal and design is to explore how multi-stakeholders and decision makers at the local level can improve their knowledge and awareness of the urban water situation, and change their attitudes and capacity in support of a multi-stakeholder management approach to improving capacity and management of decentralized urban water services for achieving inclusive access to water for urban populations, particularly, women, children and the poor in the cities of Wa (Ghana) and Niamey (Niger) in West Africa.
Activities
In the framework of the project, a workshop for the institutional stakeholders’ consultation and water supply problems analysis in Niamey was held on the 26th September 2019 at Université Abdou Moumouni.
Many stakeholders and intuitions working on water supply systems in Niamey have attended the workshop.
Project: Decentralization of urban water supply services and access to water under urbanization in West Africa: case study of Wa in Ghana and Niamey in Niger
Visit of Executive Director and Chairman Board of WASCAL at DRP-CCE Niger
On 17th September 2019, the Executive Director and Chairman Board of WASCAL visited the DRP-CCE at Wascal Niger. During this visit, the working session was conducted on the points below:
1) Presentation of DRP-CCE (Niger) new building funded by WASCAL. The building is called after Prof Alassane Abdoulaye, 1st Director of Wascal Niger.
2) Visit of some training installations :
- Drilling and water tower;
- Solar panels system
- Classrooms and labotaries
3) Presentation of the collaborative projects between DRP-CCE and some partners;
- WAS-SRT (West African Center for Sustainable Rural Transformation) ;
- CIREG (Climate Information for Integrated Renewable Electricity Generation);
- RARSUS (Risk Assessment and Reduction Strategies for Sustainable Urban Resource Supply in SubSaharan Africa;
- LIRA ;
- WASCAL-PAUWES-ZEE project
After the meeting at DRP-CCE, the Executif Director and Chairman Board of WASCAL visited the Vice-Chairman of Abdou Moumouni University, Prof Mamadou Chaibou.
