The geographical location of Sudan qualifies it to be regionally classified to several sides, e.g. Nile Basin countries, Arab countries, East African countries etc. This fact qualified UNESCO-CWR to play effective role in the regional networks. The activities of all these networks are geared towards confidence building, change of experience, exchange of data and creation of vision for managing the available water resource, increase the efficiency of its use and optimize its consumption to reduce conflicts and frictions especially in areas of high population increase and meager water resources. The Table below shows some of the regional networks.

 

Network	Region	Countries involved
FRIEND / Nile Project	Nile Basin Countries	Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania
Nile Basin Capacity Building Network for River Engineering	Nile Basin Countries	Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and DRC
Arab Groundwater Protection Network	Arab Countries	All Arab Countries
Arab Wadi Hydrology Network	Arab Countries	All Arab Countries
Arab Integrated Water Resources Network (Aware Net)	Arab Countries	All Arab Countries
Soil and Water Management Network (SWMnet)	East and Central Africa	Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, DRC, Madegesger, Eritreia
Arab Water Council	Arab Countries	All Arab Countries

Table shown some of the Regional Networks and the countries