Abstract:

The concept of international waters places Uganda in a multinational partnership of riparian states upstream and downstream of her portion of the shared waters resources of the Nile Basin. Uganda's upstream riparian panics are Burundi. Rwanda. Democratic Republic of Congo. Tanzania and Kenya and the downstream ones are Sudan. Egypt. Ethiopia and Eritrea. The entire catchment of Uganda contributes to the waters of River Nile, and is. therefore, part of the Nile Basin whose waters are internationally shared. The report considered Uganda's international waters relations from three perspectives: the basin-wide perspective, where all Nile Basin states would be involved; w the regional perspective, which would include .members of a given regional component of the Nile Basin. for example Lake Victoria Basin states; and the bilateral perspective, which would involve Uganda and any of the other riparian parties. The bilateral perspective involving neighbouring states recognized the local (district-level) sub-perspective I A situation analysis was undertaken by means of literature review plus stakeholder consultations and discussion to identify capacity needs for integrated water resources management of international waters in Uganda. The stakeholders included various people involved with water resources management. including government employees at the centre and those with district administrations, people working with parastatals. nongovernment organizations (NGOs) and other civil society institutions.