This paper uses the four guiding principles for IWRM that were agreed upon in the Dublin Statement on Water and Sustainable Development issued at the International Conference on Water and the Environment in 1992 as a framework for documenting the lessons learned of the programme. These principles highlight the importance of the IWRM approach and also expose the main challenges that the Rural Water for Sudan programme faced and learned from.
This programme was funded by UKaid and the European Union and implemented by the Aqua4Sudan partnership. This partnership consisted of International Aid Services, Islamic Relief Worldwide, Practical Action, Plan Sudan, SOS Sahel, World Relief and ZOA. The targeted locations of the programme were the Red Sea, Kassala, Gedaref, North Darfur, South Darfur and West Darfur states.
Technical Paper: Lessons Learned Aqua4Sudan
In this paper in the technical paper series on Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) in Sudan, Mohamed Hassan Mohamed Elamen and Eline Rosenhart document the lessons learned during the implementation of the Rural Water for Sudan programme. These lessons learned can provide useful insights for organisations seeking to set up a water and natural resource management project in Sudan, but also in other areas of the world where conflict and limited water availability make accessibility and sustainability of water systems vulnerable.
17 December 2022
Integrated Water Resource Management
Lessons learned in rural Sudan
Rural Water for Sudan is a development programme that ran in Sudan from 2015 to 2020. The programme aimed at enhancing the well-being and health of people living in rural areas by improving their access to water, sanitation, livelihoods, and food security. By doing so it aimed to reduce conflicts surrounding water as well.