Key principles
- The site is provided to inform, register and support participants, media and partners of the forum.
- Users must provide accurate information and use the site in good faith.
- Access links, portals, badge tools and scanning tools may not be diverted from their intended purpose.
- The text below is a working proposal that can be adapted to your institutional and legal requirements.
1. Purpose of the site
The FREAO website is intended to present the forum, publish public information and support registration, confirmation, accreditation, badges, logistics and related participant services.
Site content and services may evolve according to organizational, editorial, technical or security needs.
2. Acceptance
Accessing or using the site implies acceptance of these terms of use. Users agree to use the site in accordance with applicable law and the legitimate purpose of the service.
If you do not accept these terms, you should stop using the site and associated services.
3. Access conditions
Some parts of the site are publicly available, while others are restricted to identified users such as participants, accredited media, partners or authorized staff.
The organizers may suspend, limit or reconfigure access to certain services at any time for technical, organizational, editorial or security reasons.
4. Accuracy of information
When using a form, portal or personal space, you agree to provide truthful, accurate, complete and as up to date as possible information.
Misleading, impersonated, inconsistent or incomplete information may result in additional review, restricted access or refusal of processing.
5. Rules of use
Users must not disrupt the site, undermine its integrity, bypass controls or use available tools for unlawful, harmful or unauthorized purposes.
Use of the site must remain strictly connected to participation, information, accreditation, logistics or legitimate forum operations.
6. Personal links and access
When a personal access link, session or dedicated space is provided, it must remain personal and used only for the purpose for which it was issued.
Users are responsible for keeping access means reasonably confidential and for reporting suspicious use without delay.
7. Intellectual property
Unless otherwise stated, site texts, visuals, page structures, documents, databases, distinctive signs and related content remain protected.
Any significant unauthorized reproduction, extraction, adaptation, republication or reuse is prohibited.
8. Personal data
Use of the site may involve the processing of personal data. The general framework applicable to such processing is described in the Privacy Policy available on the site.
By using the forms and dedicated areas, users acknowledge that they have read the main principles governing such processing.
9. Availability
The organizers aim to maintain reasonable availability of the site but do not guarantee uninterrupted service or the absence of errors, delays or temporary unavailability.
Maintenance, updates, corrections or security operations may lead to temporary interruptions without compensation.
10. Liability
The site is provided as is in the context of an event management service. The organizers shall not be liable for indirect damages, loss of opportunity, external disruptions, misuse by users or inaccurate information submitted by them.
Users remain responsible for the consequences of their own statements, the use of their access means and their reliance on information obtained through the site.
11. External links and third party content
The site may link to third party platforms, media or technical services. Such third party resources remain subject to their own terms and policies.
The organizers do not guarantee their availability or content and are not responsible for their practices.
12. Amendments
These terms may be updated at any time to reflect changes to the site, forum operations, technical constraints or applicable legal and institutional requirements.
The version published on the site is the applicable version from the time it is made available online.
13. Contact
For any question about site use, portal access or the interpretation of these terms, please contact the secretariat at secretariat@westafricawaterforum.org.
This content is a drafting proposal and may be completed with your own institutional notices, local legal references or internal compliance clauses.
