Sudan?s non-Nile water mainly comes from its seasonal streams and groundwater resources they are predicted to be of similar amounts as Sudan?s share of the Nile and may be more sustainable if managed properly.

The impacts of climate change have made Sudan?s ability to sustain its non-Nile water resources increasingly precarious.

Strong efforts should be made to help the country?s ability to meet its goals towards sustainable economic stability and development, especially equitable access and agricultural prosperity #SDGs

Competition over water can trigger conflict in different parts of Sudan.

Last November I was a part of the organizing team for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Conference in Sudan, which persists for 3 days.

About IWRM Conference in Sudan:

?  Highlight the intrinsic role water plays in national growth and development

?  Showcase lessons-learned and IWRM best practices from projects around the country

?     Leverage high level political buy-in to IWRM, including a ministerial panel and a dedicated discussion around water legal provisions and institutional arrangements, water data, and National planning strategic framework.

?      Foster the role of IWRM-Net-SD in sharing data, information, capacity building, joint multisectors research and exchange of experiences among its members.

?       Endorsement of the conference declarations.

Target Audience:

The conference brought together high-level political actors responsible for the management of non-Nile water resources and other natural resources, including: executive leadership at federal and state levels, government officials from various ministries, government institutions such as Forest National Corporation, Water Resources Technical Organ, Sudan Meteorological Agency together with; international cooperation partners including development partners and UN agencies. Other national and international NGOs; researchers, technical water related practitioners, private sector, media, will also be invited.