The LVBC is an institution of the EAC established under the protocol for sustainable development of the LVB. The EAC Partner States and LVBC received funding from the World Bank to implement the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project Phase II (LVEMP II). The project has been implementing activities in the Lake Victoria Basin for over six years now, and has generated a lot of information that could be used to inform the sustainable development agenda of the Basin. Lake Victoria Basin (LVB) is also the focus of attention both at national, regional and international level with several stakeholders including universities and research institutions, public and private, undertaking programs, projects, studies and other initiatives geared towards sustainable development of the Lake Victoria Basin. This has resulted to a wealth of information being held by institutions and individuals in and out of the LVB.
As LVEMP II moves towards preparation of the next phase, and Partner States require LVBC to develop programmes to cover its areas of cooperation, there is need to gather sufficient data, information and knowledge to inform the direction the activities of this
phase will take. The conference will bring together institutions and individuals who have
useful information to share. The theme of the conference is “Harnessing Science and
Research for Improved collaborative management of Transboundary resources: Case
for the LVB”. This theme is elaborated by the following Sub-themes:
a. Sustainable Watershed Management in the Lake Victoria Basin
b. Socio- Economic and Governance Issues in relation to Natural Resource
management
c. Water Resource Management, Pollution Control and Prevention: Changing the
Environment in the Lake Victoria Basin
d. Fisheries Resource Management and Aquaculture Development Opportunities
e. The future of sustainable development in the Lake Victoria Basin under Climate
Change
