Specialized Committees 

In its quest for producing high quality work of international standards, the Project's Implementation Unit sought the assistance of many local and international experts and professionals in different fields. To make use of their expertise, the Unit has formed three specialized committees, namely, The Technical and Consultancy Higher Committee, The International Experts Committee, and the Scientific Committee for the Documentation of the  History of the Affected Areas. In the following paragraphs we will give brief information about each of these committees..

a) The Technical and Consultancy Higher Committee

The Project’s Steering Committee which was formed I 1989 sought the assistance of a number of local consultants to evaluate the progress of the feasibility study that was carried by Montico Aqra. The list of experts includes: Prof. Ahmed Abdul Rahman El Agib, Dr. Ahmed Salih, Eng. Isam Mustafa, Eng. Najm El Din Mohamed Ahmed, etc.

The members of the Higher Technical Committee

Then the Ministry of Irrigation formed a Higher Consultancy Technical Committee in 1996, which consisted of local experts to review the project’s studies and give directives regarding the technical parts of the projects before implementation.

On the 2^nd of January 2000, the State Minister who is also the Executive Manager of the Dam’s Project issued a decree to renew the mandate of the Consultancy Committee, to match the developments that happened in the project. The Committee’s mandate has been limited to providing opinions in the technical parts of the projects. These includes:

1. the Engineering studies and designs and the bid documents that concern the Dan’s body and the power generation station and its supplements.

2. the Engineering studies and designs related to the Agricultural Projects that are meant for relocation of the displaced population due the dam’s set up.

3. the Engineering designs for the villages, residential areas and facilities set for purpose of relocation.

4. Manage the process of Consultants Selection

5. Follow up all implementation stages of the project.

Then the Committee was reformed with Eng. Seghairoon El Zain Seghairoon as a Chiarman, and the membership of Prof. Dafa’ Allah Abdullah El Turabi, Dr. Ahmed Abdul Rahman El Agib, Eng. Abdul Fattah Abdul Kareem, El Kheir El Amin, Taj El Sir Ahmed Mohamed, and  Abdul Latif Ibrahim. The Director of the General Administration for Technical and Affairs and Planning was appointed as a Reporter and Eng. Mohamed Musa Yonis as a Secretary.

The Committee was given the right to suggest potential names that could be added to the Committee or called in to make use of their opinion.

The Committee has regular weekly meetings. It also participates in all International Experts Meetings and the Preparatory meetings for the various contracts, and attended the negotiations rounds with the contractors.

On 27^th April 2002, the Committee was modified so that Eng. Taj El Sir Ahmed Mohamed became the Chairman, because it was found that with the approaching stage of implementation and the density of activities and movements may not suit the health condition of Eng. Segharairoon.

On 6^th June 2002, the State Minister/ the Executive Manager issued a resolution to add more members to the Technical Committee. This included: Prof. El Ni’mah Ibrahim El Ni’mah, the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Khartoum (U. of K), Eng. Hassan Omar Abdul Rahman, Dr. Eng. Ahmed Mohamed Shareef from the Institute for Construction and Roads Research (U. of K.), Eng. Osman Ahmed Abdul Karim, a Senior Engineer of Engines and Operations at the National Corporation for Electricity, and Eng. Abdul Rahman Abu El Ma’ali, Director of the Department of Projects Preparation at the  National Corporation for Electricity.

On 31^st May 2003, Eng. Ahmed El Fatih Saad as a Reporter for the Technical Committee.

In October 2004, the Deputy Executive Manager issued a degree appointing the Geology Eng. Noor Allah El Tilib as a member of the Committee.

The Higher Technical Consultancy Committee discusses a number of issues, the prominent among which are the following:

Design Review Report, and the Progress Report of the Transmission Line contract and the sub-stations. The Committee also reviews the Hydrological Model Tests and Hydro-Mechanical Equipments, and the compatibility of the Environmental Effect,. in addition to reviewing the monthly reports. They also discuss the work progress reports, and the contractor’s, CCMD Joint Venture, reports, and the performance of the consultant. The Committee also reviewed the preparations for the third meeting of the International Experts Committee.

b) The International Panel of Experts

the Dam’s Unit has the assistance of an International Committee of Dams Experts. It is composed of a small group of  internationally well known scholars, such as Prof. Morgishten from Canada, Prof. Shirolin from Austria, and Eng. Novo Genin the head of the design team at the Hydro-project Institute in Russia, in addition to other experts from Germany, Brazil an Australia.

The first symposium for the International Experts was held in Feb. 2001, and the second in Jan. 2003, in Khartoum. They widely discussed a number of international technical options for Dams technology and sciences. They Experts Committee then recommended the best options for application in the case of Merowe Dam.

Participants of the Third Meeting of Panel of International Experts

The Scientific Committee for the Documentation of the History and Heritage of the Affected Area: 

The Merowe Dam Project Implementation Unit, (Currently known as the Dams Implementation Unit) has formed a committee combrising very renowned scholars and historians  in 2003, with the purpose of supervising the documentation of the history of the area affected with the construction of the Merowe Dam .

The Scientific Committee for supervising the Documentation of the History and Heritage of the Area Affected by the Merowe Dam has been formed as follows:

1. Prof. Yousif Fadl Hassan	U. of K	Chairman
2. Prof.  Awn Elshareef Gassim	U. of K	Deputy chairman
3. Prof.Hassan Makki	AIU	Member
4. Dr. Ahmed Abdul Aal	SUST	Member
5. Dr. Ja’far Merghani	Director of SCI	Member
6.Dr.Ali Salih Karar	Director of SDH	Member
7.Mr. Hassan Hussein	Director of NCAM	Member
8. Prof. Abdul Rahim Ali	Director of IIAL	Member
9. Prof. Said Hamid Hureiz	AIU	Member
10. Prof. Ali Osman M. Salih	U. of K	Member
11.Dr. Hassan Mohamed Salih	U. of K	Member
12. Dr. Tarig Ahmed Osman	AIU	Secretary
13. Mr.Omer M .A .Basan	MDPIU	Member
14. Eng. Dia ELDin M .A	MDPIU	Member/Reporter

 

These committees issued 5 publications about the first affected group (the Hamdab). They are:

1. Hamdab: Land, Life and People
2. Folklore and Popular Life in the Hamdab Area
3. El Multaga: The Brighter Future
4. An Outlook on the Fourth Cataract
5. Hamdab through the Eyes of Artists

Many other publication are currently under preparation, they will cover the other two affected groups: the Amri and the Manaseer.