Support to Sustainable Development in Lake Turkana and its River Basins

As part of the tripartite project, including the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the Republic of Kenya and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), on ‘Support to Sustainable Development in Lake Turkana and its River Basins’ which is being carried out by the UNEP-DHI Centre on Water and Environment. The project is co-funded by the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, through its project on "Support for Effective Cooperation and Coordination of Crossborder Initiatives in Southwest Ethiopia-Northwest Kenya, Marsabit-Borana & Dawa, and Kenya-Somalia-Ethiopia (SECCCI)”. The overall SECCCI objective is to ensure the effective cooperation and coordination of cross border initiatives. The specific objectives of the project ‘Support to Sustainable Development in Lake Turkana and its River Basins’ are the following: - Establishing a common scientific understanding of the Lake and its River Basins; Set up a monitoring system for Lake Turkana and its River Basins; Capacity building in Transboundary water Management (TWM) and transboundary dialogue activities to build trust, confidence, cooperation and a shared vision; Implementing pilot demonstrations for ecosystems rehabilitation.