The GIZ programme “Transboundary Water Management in SADC" has been requested by the SADC Water Division to support a range of projects that have been put forward by ORASECOM, under Phase 2 of the German-supported ORASECOM Initiative. In this phase, GIZ has prepared Terms of Reference for six sub-projects that form part of the overall suite of projects. In addition, there are a number of initiatives supported by different international cooperating partners underway within the basin.

The focuses of each of these initiatives are different and each one will play a role in improving the capacity of ORASECOM and the member states to manage the basin’s water resources. This project (Support to Phase II of the Basin-Wide ORASECOM IWRM plan) focuses to a large extent on the knowledge function, and more specifically the realisation of a number of steps which are required to reach accord on the status of the basins water resources. More informations are available at the project-website.

Project Documents

• Support to Phase 2 of ORASECOM Basin-wide IWRM Plan - Inception Report
• Work Package WP1: Strengths and Weaknesses of existing modells
• Work Package WP3: Development of Water Quality Monitoring programme and Data Management Framework
• Work Package WP4: Downscaling Methodology and Ongoing Climate Modelling Initiatives
• Work Package WP5: Delineation of Resource Units
• Work Package WP5: Desktop EcoClassification
• Work Package WP5: Environmental Flow Requirements, Main Report
• Work Package WP6: The Promotion of Water Conservation and Water Demand Management in the Irrigation Sector