Background
Contact
A Senior Water Resources Engineer (M.Sc.) with Fifteen years of experience in Transboundary Water Governance, Water Resources Modelling (Hydroinformatics) and Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).
Eng. Sami Osman Eltoum
Afiliation
The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), The Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program-Coordination Unit (NELSAP-CU)
Research interests
Integrated Water Resources Management and Development, Climate Change Resilience, Mitigation and Adaptation, Water Diplomacy
Education
- M.Sc. in Water Science and Engineering (Hydroinformatics), IHE-Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, the Netherlands, 2014
- B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, 2009
Awards
- (2017) “Water International Best Paper 2016 Awards.” Water International 42(5): 637-640.
- (2012) Netherlands Nuffic Scholarship for Higher Education
Email: samiosman347@hotmail.com & sosman@nilebasin.org
Tel: +250785454252
Expertise:
I worked in many Water Resources fields including but not limited to: Transboundary Water Management, Water Allocation, Water Diplomacy, identification of Nature-Based Interventions and Investment Options, Optimization of operation of Cascade of Dams, Dam Safety, Flow Forecasting, Agriculture Modelling, Irrigation Management, Groundwater Management, Water Harvesting, Flood Forecasting and Early Warning, Water Quality Monitoring, Climate Resilience, Wetland Studies, Watershed Management, etc.
Areas of Specialization:
Water Resources Planning and Modelling, WASH, GIS, Climate Risk Assessment
Tel: +250785454252
Expertise:
I worked in many Water Resources fields including but not limited to: Transboundary Water Management, Water Allocation, Water Diplomacy, identification of Nature-Based Interventions and Investment Options, Optimization of operation of Cascade of Dams, Dam Safety, Flow Forecasting, Agriculture Modelling, Irrigation Management, Groundwater Management, Water Harvesting, Flood Forecasting and Early Warning, Water Quality Monitoring, Climate Resilience, Wetland Studies, Watershed Management, etc.
Areas of Specialization:
Water Resources Planning and Modelling, WASH, GIS, Climate Risk Assessment
Publications
- Wheeler, Kevin G., Sami O. Eltoum, Mohammed Basheer, Zelalem T. Mekonnen, Azeb Mersha, Gamal M. Abdo, Edith A. Zagona, Jim W. Hall, and Simon J. Dadson. “Cooperative filling approaches for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.” Water International (2016): 1–24.
- Sami O. Eltoum, Osman E. Hamad, “Optimal Operation of the Blue Nile System in Sudan before and after the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam” at The Second Conference on Civil Engineering – Sudan (CCE 2018 – Sudan).
https://onlinejournals.uofk.edu/index.php/CCE2018/article/view/2093 - Osman E. Hamad, Sami O. Eltoum, “A Mathematical Model to predict the Annual River Nile Flow at Key Locations”
at The Second Conference on Civil Engineering – Sudan (CCE 2018 – Sudan). https://onlinejournals.uofk.edu/index.php/CCE2018/article/view/2060
Current or previous projects – Nile related
- Project Name: The Nile River Basin Investment Program (NR-BIP)
Year: January 2013 – ongoing
Location: The Nile Basin Countries (Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Client: NBI three centers (Nile-Sec, NELSAP and ENTRO) Financing Agency: GIZ on behalf of BMZ
Financing Agency: GIZ on behalf of BMZ
Position held: NELSAP’s NR-BIP Focal Person / Program Officer of NELSAP’s WRMD Program
Location: The Nile Basin Countries (Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Client: NBI three centers (Nile-Sec, NELSAP and ENTRO) Financing Agency: GIZ on behalf of BMZ
Financing Agency: GIZ on behalf of BMZ
Position held: NELSAP’s NR-BIP Focal Person / Program Officer of NELSAP’s WRMD Program
- Project Name: Climate Services for Infrastructure (CSI) Planning
Year: August 2017 – Present
Location: The Nile Basin Countries (Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Client: NBI three centers (Nile-Sec, NELSAP and ENTRO)
Financing Agency: German Federal Ministry for Environment (BMUB), GIZ
Position held: NELSAP’s Climate Risk Assessment Specialist / Water Resources Engineer
Location: The Nile Basin Countries (Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Client: NBI three centers (Nile-Sec, NELSAP and ENTRO)
Financing Agency: German Federal Ministry for Environment (BMUB), GIZ
Position held: NELSAP’s Climate Risk Assessment Specialist / Water Resources Engineer
- Project/Activity Name: NELSAP-CU Activities
Year: March 2018 – Present
Location: The Nile Basin Countries (Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Client: NBI and the NB Countries
Position held: NELSAP’s Water Resources Engineer
Location: The Nile Basin Countries (Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Client: NBI and the NB Countries
Position held: NELSAP’s Water Resources Engineer
- Project Name: The Nile Cooperation for Climate Resilience (NCCR) Project
Year: March 2020 – November 2025 (Ongoing)
Location: The Nile Basin Countries (Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Client: NBI and the NB Countries
Financing Agency: The World Bank
Position held: NELSAP’s Water Resources Engineer / Water Quality and Flood Mitigation Component Coordinator
Location: The Nile Basin Countries (Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Client: NBI and the NB Countries
Financing Agency: The World Bank
Position held: NELSAP’s Water Resources Engineer / Water Quality and Flood Mitigation Component Coordinator
- Project Name: The Regional Climate Resilience Program (RCRP)
Year: July 2023 – June 2028 (ongoing)
Location: South Sudan and Uganda
Client: NBI and the NB Countries
Financing Agency: The World Bank
Position held: NELSAP’s Water Resources Engineer / Project Manager
Location: South Sudan and Uganda
Client: NBI and the NB Countries
Financing Agency: The World Bank
Position held: NELSAP’s Water Resources Engineer / Project Manager
- Project Name: The Nile Cooperation for Results (NCORE CIWA) Project
Year: November 2015 – November 2020 (I started working on it since March 2018)
Location: The Nile Basin Countries (Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Client: NBI and the NB Countries
Financing Agency: The World Bank
Position held: NELSAP’s Water Resources Engineer
Location: The Nile Basin Countries (Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Client: NBI and the NB Countries
Financing Agency: The World Bank
Position held: NELSAP’s Water Resources Engineer
- Project Name: the Nile Equatorial Lakes Investment Program (NELIP)
Year: August 2017 – November 2020 (I started working on it since March 2018)
Location: The Nile Basin Countries (Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Client: NBI and the NB Countries
Financing Agency: The World Bank
Position held: NELSAP’s Water Resources Engineer
Location: The Nile Basin Countries (Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Client: NBI and the NB Countries
Financing Agency: The World Bank
Position held: NELSAP’s Water Resources Engineer
- Project Name: Angololo Water Resources Development Project
Year: July 2019 – December 2022 (Ongoing)
Location: Kenya and Uganda
Client: NELSAP-CU and the Governments of Kenya and Uganda
Financing Agency: NEPAD-IPPF of the African Development Bank
Position held: Project Coordinator / NELSAP Water Resources Engineer
Location: Kenya and Uganda
Client: NELSAP-CU and the Governments of Kenya and Uganda
Financing Agency: NEPAD-IPPF of the African Development Bank
Position held: Project Coordinator / NELSAP Water Resources Engineer
- Project Name: Akanyaru Water Resources Development Project
Year: November 2019 – Present
Location: Rwanda and Burundi
Client: NELSAP-CU and the Governments of Rwanda and Burundi
Financing Agency: NEPAD-IPPF and AWF of the African Development Bank
Position held: Project Coordinator / NELSAP Water Resources Engineer
Location: Rwanda and Burundi
Client: NELSAP-CU and the Governments of Rwanda and Burundi
Financing Agency: NEPAD-IPPF and AWF of the African Development Bank
Position held: Project Coordinator / NELSAP Water Resources Engineer