IMG 0539

BRIGHT Project

  • Period
    2025 – 2026
  • Region
    Abbay, Upper Awash, Omo-Gibe, Rift Valley, and Tekeze
13 SDG 6 SDG
Services overview

WOP partner who worked on this project

WOP partners
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Abbay Basin Development Office, Rift Valley Lakes Basin Development Office & the Ministery of Water and Energy

Ethiopia

Robust hydrological data for Integrated Water Resource Management

The Basin Management Support for Resilient, Inclusive Growth and Harmonized Transformation (BRIGHT) project aims to strengthen the operational and technical capacity of Ethiopia’s water institutions. Limited hydrological data currently poses a major barrier to evidence-based decision-making across the country’s water sector. Collecting accurate information on rainfall, groundwater, and river levels will lay the foundation for more efficient operations and sustainable management practices.

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The BRIGHT project is implemented by WLRC in close partnership with MoWE and its basin administration offices, alongside other key institutions including the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Irrigation and Lowlands, and the Ministry of Plan and Development. World Waternet will support with international expertise in peer-to-peer learning and technical solutions. 

 

Key activities include: 

  • Targeted training and on-the-job coaching for MoWE staff 

  • Procurement and integration of hydrometric equipment compatible with the national Basin Information System (BIS). 

  • Development of user-friendly manuals, dashboards, and data workflows tailored to national and regional needs. 

  • Institutional capacity building on Operating, Maintaining and Installation of Monitoring equipment​.

  • Procurement of essential monitoring equipment for Surface Water, Ground Water and Water Quality​.

  • The establishment of 85 new telemetric stations​.

  • Installation of 6 laboratories​.
  • Bathymetric Survey and Streamflow measurement equipment implementation and Operation and Maintenance training​
  • Deployment of real-time data dashboards.

Related services

Workforce development and on the job/premise training Capacity-building workshops and seminars Peer-to-peer knowledge exchanges and mentorship Stakeholder engagement and communication strategies Digitalisation/GIS Data and sensoring Mobile water management app

Results

Expected results include strengthened monitoring and analytical capacities of the Ministry of Water and Energy (MoWE) and the Basin Administration Offices (BAOs), with over 150 experts trained. A comprehensive monitoring network is to be established, comprising 45 surface water stations, 20 groundwater stations, 10 groundwater quality systems, and 10 water quality systems. Laboratories within MoWE and five River Basin Organizations are to be upgraded, accompanied by training on field water quality equipment. A central dashboard is to be developed to support testing and validation of installed systems. In addition, experts are to be trained in bathymetric surveying and the use of advanced equipment such as ADCP, DGPS, MFPro, and Pica AA.

Partners

Water and Land Resource Centre The Ethiopian Ministry of Water and Energy

What our partners say

Dr Gete Pic 300X300
Director, WLCR
This collaboration builds on years of trust and technical exchange. With this start, we aim to lay the foundations for long-term resilience in Ethiopia’s water sector.
Dr. Gete Zeleke

Questions?

Please contact Maarten Wensing
Partnership Director East Africa
maarten.wensing@waternet.nl +31630662446
Maarten Wensing

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