Projects in collaboration with: African Center for Aquatic Research and Education (ACARE)
Advisory Group Development: Together we laid groundwork for African-led advisory groups for the seven African Great Lakes, which is 25% of the world’s surface fresh water and includes 10 countries. To do this, we planned and implemented a 2019 workshop in Uganda of African Great Lakes scientific leaders. This created structure and strategies for advisory groups working for healthy waterways and communities.
With ACARE, we support monthly advisory group meetings that focus on transboundary collaborative projects on individual lakes. Next phases will see projects and expanded learning and action across the African Great Lakes.
African Women in Science Leadership: We’re launching a transformative and uplifting program for early-career African women scientists from the African Great Lakes region working on freshwater issues. The program fosters leadership and builds the capacity of women participants who catalyze positive change for the African Great Lakes through a learning and implementation community.
African Great Lakes Issue Prioritization: We worked with advisory groups on the 7 African Great Lakes to identify the priority issues and proposed solutions for these lakes, which include 10 countries and 25% of the world’s surface fresh water. This list of issues and solutions is being written into scientific papers and used as the source for funded, collaborative projects to address the problems.
See our co-authored paper on African Great Lakes collaboration – Advancing Africa’s great lakes research and academic potential: Answering the call for harmonized, long-term, collaborative networks and partnerships.