Unlocking Resilient Benefits from African Water Resources

CG Palmer, JL Tanner
April 2020–December 2023

Sponsor: UKRI-GCRF
Collaborators: Prof. Zerihun Woldu (Addis Ababa 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网, Ethiopia, Co-Director), Prof. Noble Banadda, Assoc. Prof. Isa Kabenge (Makerere 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网, Uganda), Prof. Frances Cleaver (Lancaster 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网, UK), Prof. Serigne Faye (Cheikh Anta Diop 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网, Senegal), Prof. Ezechiel Longe (老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Lagos, Nigeria), Prof. Joel Nobert (老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), Prof. Vanessa Speight (Sheffield 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网, UK),  Dr Nsengimana Venuste (老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Rwanda, Rwanda), Prof. Kevin Winter (老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Cape Town, South Africa), Prof. Seifu Gurmessa (老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)

Project website: /iwr/aruacoe/

The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Water CoE is one of four multi-disciplinary and multinational projects addressing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are supported by the UKRI-GCRF Research Excellence Grant. The ARUA Water CoE Research Excellence project (also referred to as RESBEN) is titled Unlocking Resilient Benefits from African Water Resources. The aim of the project is to apply transformative, transdisciplinary, community-engaged research, to shift water development outcomes towards achieving the SDGs, with the focus on continental water development priorities: water supply and pollution. ARUA Water CoE Collaborating Universities of the ARUA Water CoE in Africa and their strengths The project consists of six proposed project Case Studies that exemplify water-related challenges across Africa, and support progress towards SDG6, the core water-related Sustainable Development Goal. In addition to the six Case Studies, there are three South African learning sites (led by the 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of KwaZulu-Natal [UKZN], the 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Cape Town [UCT], and Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网) that will provide insights and learning opportunities related to Case Studies. The project team’s vision is to change the approach to water development, for Africa, by Africans.

 The project objectives are:

1. To apply a novel Adaptive Systemic Approach to six country-based Case Studies that shifts developmental research outcomes towards greater equity and sustainability.
2. To address equitable sharing of water supply benefits arising from contested water use, in three catchment-based Case Studies.
3. To establish the sources, pathways and impact of selected pollutants and to develop community pollution resilience in two city-based Case Studies.
4. To develop participatory governance to support resilient water supply, water quality, and ecosystem protection in all Case Studies.
5. To build an effective, excellent, partnered African water research network.

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