التعاون الإقليمي في مجال إدارة المياه العابرة للحدود: حوض نهر السينغال نموذجا

Abstract EN

This research paper deals with the nature of regional cooperation in the management of shared water basins, due to the water's multiplicity of functions and its developmental, social and economic dimensions through the development of regional institutional frameworks in order to control and manage several international river basins.

This allows also to better understand the interests of the countries that share the same water resources, by following a rational and equitable way of using and sharing them and representing a factor for achieving international cooperation and peace.

In this respect, the Senegal River Development Organization (OMVS) represents the ideal model for understanding the nature of regional cooperation for transboundary waters.

Then the study will attempt to highlight the need for cooperation through improving environmental management and ecosystems, effective and cooperative management and the development of shared water resources in increasing food production, energy, irrigation and improving navigation, reducing poverty and immigration, easing tension between riparian countries as well as achieving regional integration.