[en] A TC project on isotope hydrology in Africa, entitled Building Capacity in Support of Regional and Sub- Regional Water Resources Planning, Development and Management in Africa (RAF/8/048), started in 2009. The project is aimed at building and strengthening capacity in the application of isotope techniques in water resource management, not only through training, which is a major component of the project, but also by developing a university module in isotope hydrology, supporting selected institutes/laboratories that will assume a leading role in the region (regional designated centres) and enhancing quality control/quality assurance practices for isotope analysis in laboratories. National project coordinators, or those representing the national project teams, from Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Tunisia and Uganda met in the first coordination meeting - hosted by the Government of Uganda in Kampala, Uganda, in April 2009. At the meeting, participants dentified similarities and differences in the goals of participating countries. They sought, and agreed on, common goals for the project. Participants expressed a desire for cooperation among counterparts, including a willingness among countries more advanced in isotope hydrology to support those less advanced in the field. At the same time, barriers to cooperation in areas such as travel (of experts) and transport (of samples to be analysed) between countries in eastern and western Africa were pointed out and should be taken into consideration when facilitating activities. The Government of Uganda invited meeting participants to visit the laboratory of the Ministry of Water and Environment, Directorate of Water Resources Management in Entebbe, where the meteorological station is also operated. The present project is designed to be conducted through the initiative of participating countries, for the benefit of African countries