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Rwanda Integrated Water Security Program (RIWSP)

  • Institutional Strengthening
  • Jun 2011 - Jun 2016
  • Partners: Florida International University, Winrock International, Care, World Vision and Water Aid
  • Donor: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa

The primary goal of the Rwanda Integrated Water Security Program (RIWSP) is to improve the sustainable management of water quantity and quality to positively impact human health, food security, and resiliency to climate change for vulnerable populations in targeted catchments in Rwanda. The RIWSP program pursued this goal by: (i) Increasing sustainable and resilient access to water and WASH related infrastructure and services for domestic and productive use; (ii) Strengthening governance of water-related resources at the national, watershed, and community scale to increase sustainability and resiliency of the resource for all users; and (iii) Improving technical practices and approaches to optimize the use and resiliency of available water resources for multiple uses. UNESCO-IHE contributed mainly to activities under bullet (ii), including technical assistance to support advancement of IWRM in the country and to build a sound and sustainable national capability for collecting, archiving, and managing hydrologic data, and the provision of water resources information products required for integrated water resources management.