The Permanent Members of the GVTC Regional Technical Committees on Landscape Management and the Members of the GVTC Regional Technical Committees on Law Enforcement are having a two days meeting at Hill View Hotel, Rubavu District, Western Province of the Republic of Rwanda from 27th through 28th October 2022.
These Permanent Members from various backgrounds including Ministries in charge of Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (GVTC) Treaty implementation, Protected areas authorities, Universities and research institutions, Community based organisations, were appointed by their respective Partner States: Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Rwanda and the Republic of Uganda.
During their two days meeting, they will go through the recommendations from the recent concluded GVTC Regional Transboundary Forum, fine-tune those recommendations, to make them ready to be presented to the GVTC Board scheduled to take place in November 2022.
The matter related to the communication and information sharing between the stakeholders across the Greater Virunga Landscape is on the agenda of this meeting. It is imperious to mention that a GVTC secured platform for communication and information sharing known as GeoNode was developed and is ready to be used.
In general, these fora are appreciated by the participants as they bring together the stakeholders from DRC, Rwanda and Uganda around wildlife conservation and Tourism Development matters in the Greater Virunga Landscape.
GVTC Secretariat MJ
