VBA Executive Director at the President of the Council of Ministers

The President of the Council of Ministers of the VBA, Honorable Mrs. Cecilia Abena Dapaah Minister of Water Resources of Ghana, received in audience, Wednesday, November 30, 2022, in his office, the Executive Director of VBA, Mr. Robert Yaovi DESSOUASSI .

The Minister and her host reviewed the projects being implemented in the national portions of the member countries and the projects submitted to the technical and financial partners of the institution.

This meeting is also part of the holding in Accra from December 2 to 3, 2022 of the committee meeting of the VFDM project “Integrating flood and drought management and early warning for adaptation to climate change in the basin of the Volta”.

L-R Mr. Robert Dessouassi, Executive Director of VBA, Ms. Pinsil, Director of Water Resources Commission, Hon Mrs. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Ministers of Water Resources of Ghana

The Minister reassured the Executive Director of the VBA of her support and support necessary to make our common institution a driving force for sustainable development in the sub-region.

As a reminder, the project “Integrating flood and drought management and early warning for adaptation to climate change in the Volta basin” at a cost of 7.92 million US dollars, is financed by the for Adaptation under the joint initiative of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the West Africa Regional Water Partnership (GWP-WA). The Project’s Implementing Agency is WMO. The Executing Agencies of the Project activities are VBA, WMO and GWP-WA.