Based on the recent news, South Sudan is set to secede with a 99.57 percent vote. For NBD, this means that we have to prepare ourselves to amend our constitution and start the preparatory work of opening an office in Southern Sudan. Our Board has expressed their support and commitment to the establishment of another office in Southern Sudan.
To foster Nile Cooperation it is imperative that Southern Sudan is brought on board as soon as possible, as one of the Nile Basin riparian countries. There is much gained by involving all the riparian countries in the Nile Cooperation Programmes and Processes. A link that has its roots in the community at the national level is critical to the success of all NBD Programmes and Interventions.
NBD is a powerful civil society force and voice that positively influences Nile Cooperation programmes and processes. More support from development partners to enable us to effectively discharge our mandate, in relation to Southern Sudan, will be highly appreciated.
Opening up an office in Southern Sudan enables NBD to improve service delivery. Best value requires NBD to provide services that are cost effective, of a good quality and meet the demands of the local community.
NBD embraces the current opportunity and will utilize it to raise public consciousness and encourage debate on Nile Cooperation issues, enhance education and lifelong learning for all members of the community and explore potential socio-political, economic, environmental and cultural benefits of cooperation.
ABOUT NBD
NBD Vision
Nile Basin Discourse’s (NBD) vision is of a Nile Basin where there is sustainable social and economic development for all peoples of the Nile Basin, free of conflict, leading to achievement of justice, human rights, good governance, poverty eradication and protection of the environment.
NBD Mission
NBD transforms lives by ensuring that a fully informed and basin-wide civil society develops and plays a key role in achieving the vision, through pro-active and critical influencing of projects, programmes and policies of the Nile Basin Initiative and other development processes.
What NBD Does
NBD enables the civil society organizations working on Nile Basin Cooperation and Development issues to add value to the inter-governmental programmes and processes. NBD is a network of civil society organizations with its secretariat base in Entebbe, Uganda. NBD works with national partners, its membership understand national issues, and provide NBD with the skills and support to help it set up and manage practical and sustainable projects that meet the real needs of the communities. The national members are the National Discourse Forums in the ten riparian states (Burundi, DRC, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda). NBD also works regionally and internationally to change policy and practice and ensure that issues of Nile Cooperation and Development are brought to fore and play a vital role in reducing poverty in the Nile Basin.
Together with a growing number of development NGOs, NBD is committed to carrying out advocacy work in order to maximize the impact of its programme activities and to meet regional Nile Cooperation and Development needs. NBD therefore aims to influence the policies and practice of the main decision-makers, donors and public, to gain their commitment to Cooperation and Development of the Nile Basin.
For further information Please contact: Davis J. Weddi Communication Of?cer dweddi@nilebasindiscourse.org www.nilebasindiscourse.org
