Pilot Films

OECD Principles on Water Governance

OECD Principles on Water Governance

OECD’s Aziza Achmouch on the Role of Mayors, Youth and Film in Water Secure Futures

Aziza Akhmouch, Head of the Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development division, OECD

UCLG-Africa — Roundtable of African Mayors for Water Security

JP Elong Mbassi, Secretary General, United Cities and Local Governments

Pilot Films


Senegal – Grand Dakar

Title: Water Fountain
Director/Producer: Centre Yennenga
Country: Senegal
Length: 4:57 minutes

Water Fountain

Senegal – Keur Massar

Title: Annual Floods in Keur Massar
Director/Producer: Centre Yennenga
Description: In Keur Massar, Senegal, following annual flooding, residents and community organizers show the effects on their lives and homes of poor infrastructure and increasing pressure of climate change. The short film shows how the residents live with the flooding and explore the causes and solutions to Keur Masar’s flooding.

Annual Floods in Keur Massar

The Gambia – Banjul

Title: Decentralization of Water Management in Banjul
Director/Producer: Sheikh Tijan Jallow (Mystic Productions)
Description: In Banjul, a group of activists and members of the youth council speak on the need for decentralisation of water management in the city and the country at large. Mayor Roheyatou Lowe focuses on the importance of women as primary water users and invites partners interested in working on water in Banjul.

Banjul, the Gambia

Title: The Impact of Flooding in Banjul
Director/Producer: Sheikh Tijan Jallow (Mystic Productions)
Description: In Banjul, a group of activists and members of the youth council speak on the need for decentralisation of water management in the city and the country at large. Mayor Roheyatou Lowe focuses on the importance of women as primary water users and invites partners interested in working on water in Banjul.

Banjul, the Gambia


Morocco – Chefchaouen


Title: Water Conservation in Chefchaouen
Director/Producer: Rachid Kasmi
Description: In Chefchaouen, a group of students learn about water resource management while walking in their city. Through an interview, Mayor Sefiani leads us through Chefchaouen’s conservation efforts for a drought-prone region and explains what could be done to improve water access in the city.

Chefchaouen, Morocco

Kenya – Nairobi

Title: A Portrait of Nairobi Dam
Director/Producer: Kinyua Kamau
Description: Nairobi Dam, an embankment dam on the Nairobi river, was built in the 1950s. Over the past 20 years, building along the dam has led to pollution as communities in Kibera grew; and now it is a memory of what had been a water resource. The film follows Henry Nyando and other residents, their memories of the dam, and how the water supply in Kibera has changed.