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PROGRAMME 6: WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVE: To enhance sustainable development through
people-centred adaptive management of water resources
based on IWRM principles.
P6.2.2 STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
FOR THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF
GROUNDWATER IN SADC
PRIORITY INTERVENTIONS
There is need to modernize and harmonize legal, policy
and regulatory frameworks to address gaps in prevailing
institutional groundwater management tools at national
and transboundary levels, including in Oceanic States.
Activities include:
P6.1 SURFACE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
(HYDROLOGY)
P6.1.1 BASIN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND PLANS
Basin development plans and strategies need to be
developed to outline the priority steps required for
the implementation of integrated water resources
management at the river basin and Member States levels.
Activities include:
a) assisting RBOs to develop river basin development
strategies and plans to support water resources sharing,
management and infrastructure development;
b) assisting RBOs to develop
management systems; and
basin
information
c) facilitating identification of priority inter-basin projects
and undertaking relevant studies.
a) providing assistance to Member States to modernise
and harmonise laws, policies and regulatory tools through
technical assistance to Member States;
b) developing guidelines, standards and management
tools to access and compare up-to-date management
tools;
c) strengthening groundwater monitoring and data
management systems to support Member States;
d) facilitating the integration of groundwater in shared
watercourse commissions and agreements through
transboundary cooperation;
e) organising awareness-raising initiatives on draft UN
articles on groundwater among Member States; and
P6.2 GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
P6.2.1 INSTITUTIONALISING THE SADC
GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
f) facilitating consultation on whether and how to
incorporate the draft articles in to the existing regional and
basin institutional arrangements.
The SADC Ground Water Management Institute (GMI)
needs to be operationalised to serve as a centre of
excellence for groundwater in the region. Activities include:
a) mobilising and soliciting finance for SADC GMI including
designing small grants schemes for Member states;
b) coordinating and administering the SADC GMI;
c) developing a project implementation manual, and a
monitoring and evaluation framework;
d) raising awareness, enhancing knowledge management
and communication, including setting up a project website.
e) developing a research programme; and
f) supporting National Focus Groups (NFGs).
A Vehicle to implement the Water Component of the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP)
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