Organisation: Nile Basin Initiative (NBI)
Duty Station: Entebbe, Uganda
Reports to: Head of Strategic Planning and Management
About NBI:
The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is a regional intergovernmental partnership that seeks to develop the River Nile in a cooperative manner, share substantial socio‐economic benefits and promote regional peace and security. NBI was established on 22 February, 1999 by riparian countries andcontinues to be led by 10 Member States namely Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Rwanda, South Sudan, The Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Eritrea participates as an observer. NBI was conceived as a transitional institution until the operative Framework Agreement (CFA) negotiations were finalized and a permanent institution created.
The NBI has got three core Program Areas: (i) Basin Cooperation Program whose objective is to
facilitate, support and nurture cooperation amongst the Nile Basin countries so as to promote timely and efficient joint actions required for securing benefit from the common Nile Basin water resources. (ii) Water Resource Management Program with the objective to assess, manage and safeguard the water resource base that supports the peoples of the Nile Basin through applying
the principles of
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