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.