NILE BASIN INITIATIVE SHARED VISION PROGRAM Efficient Water Use for Agricultural Production (EWUAP) project Tenana Road, National Irrigation Board Compound Kenya Tel. 254 - 20 - 2734772, 27320: P. 0. Box 41534 — 00100, NairObE, 7 FAK: 254-20 2734996 Ref. No.: EWUAP/ADMIN/056/2008 7 November 2008 Mr. John Semakula, Entebbe/Kampala, Uganda re: Training on Remote Ser (GI Dear Mr. Semakula, EWUAP in collaboration with the Applied Training Project (ATP) of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is organizing a two wecks training program on Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) for selected stakeholders of the EWUAP project. In line with this, we were electronically advised by the National Project Coordinator of EWUAP in Uganda of you nomination along with two other colleagues for the two weeks taining program. The training program is designed to upgrade skill and build necessary capacity at national level so that experts and professionals could apply the satellite based technology and download data and update findings of previous work on the identification of Large Scale Irsigation (LSI) schemes and best practices, and further use this technology to support irrigation and agriculture development efforts in the country. As might have already been communicated to you by the National Project Coordinator, this is an intensive training on the use and application of RS GIS technologies and will be conducted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 1-12 December 2008, The training program will be conducted by Dr. Wim Bastiaanssen, an international consultant working on best Practices and guidelines of LSI schemes at national and basin levels, and his colleagues who have wide experiences and knowledge of using the technology world wide including in Africa. This we hope will provide good opportunity tolink up with on-going efforts and findings on the LSI schemes af Hational/and basin levels. The training ptogram will enable Participants to acquire skill andeknowledge\of downloading data-from satellite for use in national development activities: x The main purpose of this/letier; therefore, i8 to ofBGiAlly invite you to the two weeks training Program on RS and GIS.to beheld in.Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 1-12 December 2008. Please be informed that the project will cover all expenses related to accommodation, travel and other relevant expenses related to the training. It will be greatly appreciated if “To achieve sustainable socio-economic development through the equitable utilization of and benefit from, the common Nile Basin resources” ‘Burundi, D.R. Congo, Egypt, Ethopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzenia, Ugandayou can quickly confirm of your availability to participate in the training program before 12 Noy 2008 so that necessary logistics arrangements can be worked out in time. Details showing course - syllabus and schedule of formation on logistics will be forwarded to you as soon as possible. Tlook forward to secing you in Addis Al Sincerely, ‘Tadele Gebreselassie (Ph. D.) Regional Project Manager Efficient Water Use ete Proj Initiative du Bassin du Nil “To achieve sustainable socio-economic development through the equitable utliction of, and beneft rom, the common Nie Basin resources” ‘Burund, .R. Congo, Egyet. Ethopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda