On Sunday 21 Feb., 2010; the NILE-COM Chair Prof. Dr. Mohamed Nasr El-Din Allam hosted in his office a high-level delegation from the Transportation Syndicates from most of the Nile Basin Countries. The delegation arrived to Egypt as per furnished invitation from the counterpart Transportation Syndicate of Egypt. They received an overview of the regional cooperation state in the Nile Basin under the evolving cooperation agreements that havebeen crowned by the Nile Basin Initiative since February 1999.

 

 

 

The constructive dialogue and discussions among the delegation members and their colleagues from Egypt resulted in the proposal of establishing Transportation Syndicates Forum from the Nile Basin Countries as a mechanism for more interaction, awareness raising, good water culture and practice learning and exchange, and cooperation between the workers, technicians and specialists working in the transportation sector in the Nile Basin; as well as the already established Fora for Agriculture Sector Workers; Irrigation Sector Workers, Trade Sector Workers, and the Regional Forum for Workers Union in the Nile Basin

Mr. David Malingha Doya, journalist at The East African, was the winner of the 2009 Nile Media Awards.
The award giving ceremony, held at the While Horse Inn in Kabale District, southwestern Uganda, was attended by Hon. Maria Mutagamba, Minister of Water and Environment of Uganda, Senior Officials from the Uganda Ministry of Water and Environment, Local Authorities from the Kabale District Local Government, Representatives of the Nile Media Network Chapters, Civil Society, as well as staff of the Nile Basin Initiative.  The event took place on 22 February 2010 in conjunction with this year’s Nile Day Regional celebrations.