5. Meteorology Sector Project AMESD Project Benefiting Member States Region SADC Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Zambia Project Cost Expected Estimate Completion ($ million) Year Project Status 1.95 May 2013 Ongoing March 2013 Ongoing Institutional Support to African All Member States Climate Centre Institution Project (ISACIP) SADC 4.00 Strengthening of Observation Network in the SADC region All Member States SADC 85.60 2013 – 2017 Being developed ClimDev-Africa All Member States SADC 68.70 2014 – 2017 Being developed Improvement of meteorological All Member States telecommunications and communication systems SADC 4.23 2013 – 2017 Being developed Improvement of technical capacity levels All Member States SADC 5.65 2013 – 2015 Being developed Improving the understanding All member States of applying climate information to socio-economic benefits SADC 2.16 2013 – 2015 Being developed Strengthening the institutional capacity of the NMSs institution All Member States SADC 10.77 2013 – 2015 Being developed Strengthening the capacity of the regional climate and meteorological units of SADC (CSC, MASA, and RIC) All Member States SADC 8.97 2013 – 2015 Being developed Total 192.00 million Executive Summary 35