Sustainable Development of Research Capacity in West Africa based on the GLOWA Volta Project (SDRC-GVP)
Get to know the focal points of the follow-up of the GLOWA Volta Project, as well as the three pillars on which the capacity building rests.

Project Objectives & Structure
Get to know the focal points of the GLOWA Volta Project, as well as the organisation structure.

Water Supply & Distribution
Water is of interest for a variety of different-scaled stakeholders in the region, including rural population and ecosystems. Considering proceeding climate change and economic processes, the Volta Basin needs sustainable solutions for water use and water management.

Analysis of Long-Term Environmental Change
The effects of environmental change in the Volta Basin, like alterations in land cover, soil degradation and loss of wetlands are severe problems which are investigated by this research theme.

Water Demand & Management
A variety of different stakeholders, like rural households, agricultural irrigation, the economic sector etc. are demanding for and consumpting more and more water. How to cope with increasing demand for decreasing resources is one of the questions of the research theme.

Capacity Building & Technology Transfer
To ensure the sustainable use of the developed decision support technologies in the Volta Basin the GVP, together with the United Nations University (UNU) and the International Water Management Institute (IMWI), it has formed a consortium that facilitates the transfer of technologies into the basin.

Stakeholder Dialog & Knowledge Exchange
The GVP has engaged in lively dialogues with a variety of stakeholders in the water sector of the Volta basin. As different stakeholders have different information needs and knowledge processing capacities the GVP has developed a diversified knowledge exchange approach.

Integration and Data Management Systems
Management of natural resources is a complex task raising questions touching many different disciplines (biology, hydrology, etc.), which cannot be solved within a single application. Therefore, the theme is focused on the development of integrative technologies and tools to enable construction and execution of decision-making workflows.

Team & Research Network
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