On the sidelines of the High-Level Meeting in preparation for the United Nations Water Conference scheduled for December 2026, the ECOWAS Water Resources Management Centre (WRMC), accompanied by the Chair of the Regional Consultation Council on Water Resources (CRCRE), held a strategic consultation on 26 January with H.E. Retno L. P. Marsudi, Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Water in West Africa and the Sahel.
This meeting provided an opportunity to explore key areas of potential collaboration, aimed at strengthening regional water governance and enhancing West Africa’s contribution to the preparatory process of the 2026 UN Water Conference.
Following the discussions, it was agreed to develop a draft regional action plan document on water resources management. This document will serve as a working basis to be submitted to the Special Envoy as part of the next steps in the process.
The session concluded with the official handover of the CRCRE’s Recommendations and Advocacy Note to H.E. Marsudi. These recommendations stem from the six interactive high-level dialogues conducted in Dakar as part of the preparatory activities for the United Nations Water Conference to be held in Abu Dhabi in December 2026.