NWP, RVO and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are organising a Rwanda Water Platform meeting on 3 March.
Are you looking for an update on Rwanda’s water sector and recent developments in the bilateral cooperation between the Netherlands and Rwanda? Would you like to meet Timmo Gaasbeek, the water expert at the Dutch embassy in Kigali, and discuss ongoing activities, ambitions and opportunities related to the water sector in Rwanda? Then join this meeting!
Date: Tuesday, 3 March
Time: 09:45 - 12:30
Location: NWP's headquarters.
Programme:
09:45 - Welcome & registration with coffee & tea
09:55 - Introduction by Don Offermans, Water Support Programme by NWP-RVO; Independent Consultant
10:05 - Update on water sector developments in Rwanda by Timmo Gaasbeek, Water Expert at Dutch Embassy in Kigali
10:15 - Landscape Restoration and IWRM in Sebeya and other catchments by Charles Karangwa, IUCN Rwanda
10:30 - Evidence-based strategic urbanisation with the Spatial Development Framework method by Luc Boerboom, ITC - University of Twente
10:45 - Discussion and break
11:25 - Aquanet experiences and ambitions as majority stakeholder of AquaVirunga by Zeliha Akdan, AquaNet
11:40 - RVO in Rwanda: D2B water supply extensions with WASAC and DRIVE as possible investor in ports at L.Kivu by Silvie Sprangers, RVO - D2B / Drive
11:55 - Discussion
12:20 - Wrap-up by Don Offermans
12:30 - Possibility to have lunch at NWP in 'Rwanda corner'
For more information contact Don Offermans, Strategic Advisor on Water for Rwanda at d.offermans@nwp.nl and Raül Glotzbach at r.glotzbach@nwp.nl.
We look forward to welcoming you on 3 March!
This event has ended. Information on future meetings will be announced in due time.
