GDZHIAO-AEW-2023 ANNUAL EXCHANGE WORKSHOP (AEW-2023) - June 19 - 23, The Gambia
1. INTRODUCTION
The Support Program for Environmental and Security Monitoring (GMES & Africa) set up by the
African Union in partnership with the European Union has been renewed for a period of four
years (2022 to 2025). The consortium led by Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE) is implementing
the project "Sustainable Management of Wetlands and Floods in West Africa (GDZHIAO)". The
CSE is in association with fifteen (14) partners to implement two (02) services: flood monitoring
and wetland management.
As part of the implementation of GDZHIAO activities, CSE will organize the second Annual
Exchange Workshop (AAE) from June 19 to 23, 2023 in Banjul (Gambia).
2. OBJECTIVES
The AAE-2023, second strategic, pragmatic and technical edition, will be a pretext between the
lead and the partners to assess and share the results obtained since the beginning of the project
but also it will be the opportunity to do training on the Geoportal and communication.
Specifically, this will involve the following :
- i) present the 2022 narrative and financial report;
- ii) assess the current state of implementation of activities by output and by country;
- iii) validate the updated communication strategy and plan;
- iv) update the 2023 work plan;
- v) build the capacity of experts on the development and use of applications designed to monitor
wetlands and flood risks;
- vi) building the capacity of experts on the project's communication tools;
- vii) develop a roadmap.
3- EXPECTED RESULTS
At the end of the workshop, the following results will be achieved:
- the 2022 annual report is shared and discussed;
- the state of implementation of activities at country level is assessed;
- the updated communication strategy and plan are validated;
- the 2023 work plan is updated;
- the capacities of experts on the development and use of applications and on communication
tools are strengthened;
- the roadmap is updated
4- METHODOLOGY
The workshop will be organized around plenary and parallel sessions. Resource people will make
presentations to introduce the different sessions. Each group/commission will appoint a chairman
and a spokesman from among its members to organize and record the deliberations of the
discussions.
5- DATES AND VENUE
The workshop is scheduled from 19 to 23 June 2023 in Banjul (Gambia). The CSE in
collaboration with the DPWM is responsible for the logistical and scientific preparation of the
workshop.
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