1. CIWAB
The Centre for Integrated Water and Basin Management (CIWAB) was established in 2017 through engagement of stakeholders from public, private and civil society organisations, and development partners. The Centre, anchored within Egerton University, focuses principally on knowledge creation and dissemination for improved water security, livelihood diversification and ecosystem sustainability. Through the elaborate case studies of the Mara River Basin, a comprehensive background knowledge was generated over a four-year period (2014-2017) under the Mau Mara Seregeti (MaMaSe) Sustainable Water Initiative project. Partners in the MaMaSe project delivered outputs, which were consolidated and used in formulating the functions of CIWAB. Six thematic areas were developed to constitute the functions of CIWAB. These are Water Governance, Catchment Protection and Rehabilitation, Water Resources Data, Economic Water Use and Investments, Water-Use Efficiency and Saving, And Livelihood Diversification. At CIWAB, knowledge is created within the framework of these thematic areas and disseminated through both virtual and physical training (including demand-driven and tailor-made short courses/training). The training developed at the CIWAB are pragmatic and provide knowledge that can be readily applied. This is because their development was informed by comprehensive knowledge on management of renewable natural resources, especially water acquired from river basin projects with success streams. The courses are cross-cutting targeting policy makers, managers, researchers, practitioners and beneficiaries as per their descriptions.