CONTENTS LIST OF ACRONYMS AMCOW...........................................................................................................African Ministers Committee on Water ARWR ..................................................................................................................Annual Renewable Water Resources CICOS .......................................................... International Commission of the Congo-Oubangui-Sangha Basin CoPs ................................................................................................................................................ Community of Practice CUVECOM....................................................................................................................Cuvelai River Basin Commission DRR ............................................................................................................................................... Disaster Risk Reduction EAW ................................................................................................................................. Economic Accounting of Water FANR .......................................................................SADC Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Directorate GDP.............................................................................................................................................Gross Domestic Products GFPs ......................................................................................................................................................Gender Focal Points GIS .................................................................................................................................. Geographic Information System GMI ......................................................................................................................Ground Water Management Institute GWP-SA ....................................................................................................Global Water Partnership Southern Africa HYCOS ..............................................................................................................Hydrological Cycle Observing Systems I&S .......................................................................................................SADC Infrastructure and Services Directorate IAS ...................................................................................................................................................... Invasive Alien Species ICPs ......................................................................................................................... International Cooperating Partners IKS ..................................................................................................................................Indigenous Knowledge Systems IPS .......................................................................................................................................................... Inter Press Services IUMP .................................................................................... Industrial Upgrading and Modernization Programme IWRM ....................................................................................................... Integrated Water Resources Management LIMCOM .................................................................................................................Limpopo Watercourse Commission ME&R................................................................................................................. Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting MoU .............................................................................................................................. Memorandum of Understanding NFGs.................................................................................................................................................National Focus Groups NGO .............................................................................................................................Non-Governmental Organisation OKACOM ...................................................................................................Okavango River Basin Water Commission ORASECOM ............................................................................................................. Orange-Senqu River Commission OSIC ........................................................................................................Oceanic States Institutions for Cooperation PIDA .....................................................................................Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa PPP ............................................................................................................................................Public Private Partnership RBOs ........................................................................................................................................ River Basin Organisations RIDMP .....................................................................................Regional Infrastructure Development Master Plan RISDP ............................................................................................Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan RSAPs ............................................................................................................................ Regional Strategic Action Plans RWP ................................................................................................................................................. Regional Water Policy RWS .............................................................................................................................................Regional Water Strategy SADC ...................................................................................................... Southern African Development Community SANWATCE ..............................Southern African Network of Water and Technology Centres of Excellence SAP ....................................................................................................................................................Strategic Action Plans SFG .............................................................................................................................................Strategic Foresight Group STEM ................................................................................................. Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths SWIs ............................................................................................................................Shared Watercourse Institutions TDAs ........................................................................................................................Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis UN SDGs .......................................................................................United Nations Sustainable Development Goals WASH............................................................................................................................... Water, Sanitation and Hygiene WEF ...........................................................................................................................................Water - Energy and Food WLF ..................................................................................................................................................... Water - Land - Food WRFSA ...................................................................................................... Water Research Fund for Southern Africa WRTC ...............................................................................................................Water Resources Technical Committee ZAMCOM ...............................................................................................................Zambezi Watercourse Commission A Vehicle to implement the Water Component of the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) RE AR D vii T U W TO REGIONAL STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN IV (2016 - 2020) MUNITY SOUTHERN M CO AF T VE N DE LOPM EN CA RI SA C O M MO N FU