A keynote presentation at the United Global Citizens luncheon at the Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky.  An overview of the water issues in some parts of the world including California, Egypt and other West Africa.  The historical timeline and the discussion of the sustainable development goals frame the issues of the global strategy for dealing with the water crisis as well as the provision of clean drinking water to underserved populations around the world.  The approach and the strategy as well as the achievements and the sustainability of the waters investment made by USAID WA-WASH Program are also discussed.

This is a presentation used by Dr. Boukerrou at the 5th International Conference on Water and Society which took place in Valencia, Spain October 2 – 4, 2019.  The presentation was about the sustainability of the investment made by USAID WA-WASH in West Africa two years after the completion of the field activities in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Niger.  The Conference was organized by the Wessex Institute, UK and the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain.  The conference, which started in Las Vegas in 2011, is well-established and attracts a substantial number of contributions from different backgrounds and countries. For a copy of Volume 239 of the WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment which includes papers presented at the Water and Society Conference please click here.

A presentation made to faculty and students at Larbi Ben M’hidi University of Oum El Bouaghi, Algeria.  This presentation covers topics related to water management challenges in West Africa including access to clean water, water quality date from a couple of studies conducted during the implementation of the USAID WA-WASH Program in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Niger between 2011 and 2017.

A seminar on water management best practices and challenges presented to scientist at the Centre de Recherche Scientifque Conakry Rogbane (CERESCOR) in Guinea Conakry.  This was the second part of a two-part lecture which followed meetings with the leadership of the center and other high level officials in the Government of Guinea to discuss collaboration with FIU.

An overview of knowledge management principles and the challenges facing people in the use of knowledge management approaches.  This first seminar was part of a two-part lecture given to scientist at the Centre de Recherche Scientifque Conakry Rogbane (CERESCOR) in Guinea Conakry.

A presentation on knowledge management in the water sector made at the USAFICOM Symposium on Water and Public Health (Freetown, Sierra Leone August 19-21, 2019).  This symposium is part of series of symposia held in various countries in Africa to address issues associated with water (public, health, water quality, water resources management, etc.).

A presentation on water management best practices and challenges in West Africa at the USAFICOM Symposium on Water and Public Health (Freetown, Sierra Leone August 19-21, 2019).  This symposium is part of series of symposia held in various countries in Africa to address issues associated with water (public, health, water quality, water resources management, etc.).