Water security

Integrated Water Resources Management

Basin-scale IWRM programs across major catchments — Athi, Tana, Ewaso Ng'iro, Rift Valley and Lake Victoria — combining climate-resilient infrastructure, community data and policy reform. Four new legislative frameworks and counting.

How we work

Convene. Strengthen. Mobilize.

How IWRM is used

CESPAD uses Integrated Water Resources Management to connect the people, institutions and ecosystems that share a catchment. The approach brings communities, WRUAs, county governments and water agencies into a common planning process.

That shared evidence is then used to identify priorities, coordinate public investment, strengthen accountability and monitor whether water resources are being managed sustainably.

Convene catchment platforms

Multi-stakeholder catchment platforms that bring county governments, WRUAs and communities together around shared basin management plans.

Strengthen water institutions

Water Resource Users Associations and county water offices strengthened through governance, monitoring and financial management frameworks.

Mobilize resilient finance

Blended public, donor and private finance directed at climate-resilient water infrastructure and basin restoration.

Evidence

Stories from this programme

Documented outcomes and work in progress — see the full evidence base on our case studies page.

IWRM · Water-Climate-Food Nexus

Journey of Water: Ewaso Ngiro Basin

With WWF Kenya, CESPAD brought the Journey of Water campaign to communities across the Ewaso Ngiro River basin, spotlighting community-led water stewardship.

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Makueni IWRM Story

Integrated Water Resources Management outcomes from Makueni County.

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