World Lake Day

Commitment: As organizations working on the seven African Great Lakes ( Lake Albert , Lake Edward , Lake Kivu , Lake Malawi , Lake Niassa Nyasa , Lake Tanganyika , Lake Turkana and Lake  Victoria ) and their basins, the African Center for Aquatic Research and Education and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD-ACAE) apply innovative research, science, knowledge-sharing, education, and engagement as tools to influence sustainable conservation, management and policy decisions. African Center for Aquatic Research and Education.

Commitment: The « Dakar Action Plan for basins of lakes, rivers and aquifers » is an initiative from the Senegal, Morocco, Switzerland, the International Network on Basin Organizations, UNECE, OMVS and OMVG. The Dakar Action Plan for basins provides the technical definition of the principles for actions and commitments needed . It mobilizes the main stakeholders of basin management (basin organizations and committees, ministries, donors, water users' associations, etc.) International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO)