CONTENTS
FOREWORD ......................................................................................................................................................II
PREFACE ..........................................................................................................................................................III
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................................................ IV
LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................................... VI
LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................................................. VI
LIST OF ACRONYMS .....................................................................................................................................VII
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1. Background ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Water Cooperation Quotient .................................................................................................................................... 1
1.3 The SADC Vision and the SADC Water Vision..................................................................................................... 1
1.4 Status of Water Resources Availability and Sanitation Provision in
SADC Member States .................................................................................................................................................. 1
1.5 Context.............................................................................................................................................................................. 3
CHAPTER 2: ENABLING ENVIRONMENT......................................................................................................7
CHAPTER 3: RSAP IV CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
3.1 The Theory of Change ................................................................................................................................................. 8
3.2 The RSAP IV Conceptual Framework..................................................................................................................... 9
3.3 Strategic Areas.............................................................................................................................................................10
CHAPTER 4: RSAP IV FORMULATION PROCESS
4.1 Stakeholder and Member States’ Consultations ............................................................................................11
4.2 Reference Groups and Core Group .......................................................................................................................11
4.3 Programme Selection Criteria ................................................................................................................................11
4.4 RSAP IV Approval Process .......................................................................................................................................11
CHAPTER 5: PROGRAMMES AND INTERVENTIONS
Programme 1: Regional Instruments for Cooperation .........................................................................................13
Programme 2: Establishment and Strengthening of Oceanic States
Cooperation and Shared Watercourse Institutions (SWIs) in Mainland SADC...............15
Programme 3: Gender Mainstreaming, Youth and Stakeholder Engagement ............................................17
Programme 4: Capacity Development and Research ...........................................................................................20
Programme 5: Infrastructure Development, Operation and Maintenance ..................................................22
Programme 6: Water Resources Management for Sustainable Development ..........................................24
Programme 7: Climate Variability and Change........................................................................................................27
Programme 8: Industrialisation and Nexus Approaches .....................................................................................29
CHAPTER 6: IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK
6.1 Guiding Implementation Principles ......................................................................................................................33
6.2 Institutional Arrangements .....................................................................................................................................33
6.3 Financial Resource Mobilisation and Strategy .................................................................................................36
6.4 Funding Requirements..............................................................................................................................................37
CHAPTER 7: MONITORING, EVALUATION AND REPORTING
7.1 Monitoring System .....................................................................................................................................................38
7.2 Evaluation System ......................................................................................................................................................38
ANNEXES ....................................................................................................................................................... 40
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