River Niger project inaugural seminar (Water Facility)

The plenary session provided an opportunity to take stock of the current situation and review the challenges of the River Niger project. This was followed by three workshops detailing the project's various activities:
- Workshop 1: Understanding the river, awareness raising and dissemination of information (components 1 and 5 of the project)
- Workshop 2: Training and strengthening of the network of local authorities (components 2 and 3)
- Workshop 3: Pilot projects and decentralised cooperation (component 4)

The delegation from the Loire was made up of:
- Mr Bernard Valette, Vice-President of the Centre Region
- Ms Dominique de Ferrières, Deputy Mayor of Angers
- Mr Vincent Rotgé, Director of the International Rivers and Heritage Institute, Val de Loire Mission
- Mr Daniel Roussel, Loire-Niger project manager, Val de Loire Mission
- Ms Claire Giraud-Labalte, Professor, Catholic University of the West (UCO)