1. Development of the Orange-Senqu River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management and Investment Plan (IWRM&I, 2026-2035)
  2. DRILLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF MONITORING BOREHOLES ALONG THE MOHOKARE RIVER
  3. Construction of Three (3) Hydrometric Stations for Department of Water Affairs
  4. Press release- ORASECOM welcomes new head, Executive Secretary – Molosiwa
  5. Consulting Services to provide technical support and facilitate private sector engagement within the Orange-Senqu River Basin
  6. Executive Secretary: Orange Senqu River Commission
  7. TERMS OF REFERENCE For The Appointment of a Service Provider for The Review of The Estuarine Management Plan (EMP) For The Orange – Senqu River Mouth Estuary
  8. PROCUREMENT, SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF EQUIPMENT FOR /AI- /AIS NATIONAL PARK AND DREIHUK PROSOPIS HARVESTING SITES, IN NAMIBIA
  9. Consultancy services to facilitate the marketing and sales of prosopis products for /ai-/ais, dreihuk, gibeon and mariental pilot sites
  10. Support to the Orange River Mouth rehabilitation project
  11. Namibia prepares for combating Prosopis
  12. ORASECOM is hiring consultants
  13. 4th SADC Groundwater Conference 10-12 November 2021
  14. Botswana Desalination Plant Project Launched
  15. 39th IAHR World Congress
  16. Water is a matter of life and death – Opinion piece
  17. Webinar: Transboundary Water Management under conditions of Climate and Political Uncertainty: Middle Eastern and South African Perspectives
  18. World Water Week Groundwater Webinar
  19. Interview with Lenka Thamae, Executive Secretary of ORASECOM on the Lesotho-Botswana Water Transfer scheme
  20. Webinar Series: Groundwater – Base Rock of Resilience
  21. Climate Resilient Water Resources Investment Strategy & Plan & Lesotho-Botswana Water Transfer (L-BWT) Project
  22. GIZ
  23. Joint Water Resources Quality Survey (JBS)
  24. FGEF Support
  25. Water Information System (WIS)
  26. Joint Irrigation Authority (JIA)
  27. Water Information System (WIS)
  28. Adequate Rainfall Predicted for SADC October-December Season
  29. Orange-Senqu Basin Wide Groundwater Survey
  30. Fundraising for the Lesotho-Botswana Water Transfer Project
  31. Orange-Senqu River Awareness Kit
  32. International Conference on FRESH WATER GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 5th – 7th November, 2012, Champagne Sports Resort, Central Drakensburg (KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa
  33. 4th Orange-Senqu River Basin Symposium, 6th – 7th June 2012, Campus of the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
  34. The African Transboundary River Basin Support Programme came to an end
  35. Towards Transboundary Evironmental Assessment Guidelines for the Orange-Senqu River Basin
  36. ORASECOM initiates work on the Orange-Senqu River Learning Box
  37. The ORASECOM Secretariat takes delivery of a three dimensional map of the basin
  38. ORASECOM publishes its “State of the Orange-Senqu River System” Report
  39. ORASECOM initiates work on the Orange-Senqu River Learning Box
  40. Training on Aquatic Ecosystem Health Monitoring
  41. The Urban Pollution Workshop at Mohale Dam
  42. Phase 2 of an IWRM Plan Development Project came to an end
  43. ORASECOM opens the Secretariat offices
  44. ORASECOM is visited by the Volta Basin Authority
  45. Training on Water Resources Yield Simulation Models
  46. ORASECOM at the 3rd Africa Water Week in Addis Ababa
  47. ORASECOM comes of age at 10!
  48. ORASECOM participates in the 13th International RiverSymposium
  49. ORASECOM works with the Benguela Current Commission
  50. Environmental Flows Requirements Site selection and survey for Caledon, Kraai, South Africa & Lesotho
  51. First Delphi Workshop, June 2010, North West, South Africa
  52. ORASECOM Prepares for the Joint Basin Survey – 1
  53. Workshop on Stakeholder Participation – Maseru, Lesotho
  54. Visit of the Nile Equatorial Subsidiary Action Plan group
  55. Visit to Lesotho Flow Gauging Stations

Integrated Water Resources Management Plan (IWRM plan)

The  four countries have developed a Consolidated Orange-Senqu River Basin IWRM Plan which identifies a number of key priorities aimed at achieving the sustainable management and development of the basin water resources – and have prioritised key investments through the development of a Climate Resilient Water Resources Development Investment Plan. The implementation of the IWRM Plan and the Investment Plan – requires a range of stakeholders more than just the governments. Hence this work is relevant to a wide range of audiences including government, inter-governmental bodies, NGOs, CBOs, youth, media and the private sector. In order to promote a Sector Wide Approach (SWAP) for all scientific and technical activities within the Orange-Senqu River basin, the following themes were identified as priority areas by the Orange-Senqu River Basin Commission (ORASECOM):

THEME 1

Optimised Sustainable Water Resources Management

Strategic Objective: Ensure the optimised sustainable management of the basin water resources

Action Areas:

  • Surface and groundwater assessments
  • Optimising efficient development and adaptive management of water resources

Inter/Intra-sectoral planning and coordination (Horizontal and vertical alignment)

THEME 2

Socio-economic upliftment and poverty eradication

 

Strategic Objective: Support socio-economic upliftment and eradication of poverty in the basin

 Action Areas:                                 

  • Equitable utilisation of water resources

Water resources developmentalignment)

THEME 3

Environmental Protection

 

Strategic Objective: Ensure that the adverse effects of catchment degradation are reduced and the sustainability of resource use is improved                                                                                                        

 Action Areas:

  • Improving water quality
  • Catchment degradation, watershed management, settlement and land-use planning

Environmental water requirement

THEME 4

Disaster Management

 

Strategic Objective: Maximise security from water-related disasters                                        

 Action Areas: Flood and drought mitigation, extreme events, climate proofing

THEME 5

Knowledge Base

 

Strategic Objectives: Put an adequate knowledge base in place                                                                

 Action Areas:

  • Water resources and associated environmental data and information

Water use and demand data and information

THEME 6

Capacity & Institutional Strengthening

 

Strategic Objectives: Build sufficient capacity and institutional strength                                              

 Action Areas: Organizational & Institutional

THEME 7

Stakeholder Engagement

 

Strategic Objective: Promote high level of stakeholder engagement                                                     

 Action Areas: Participation & Communication

THEME 8

Financial Sustainability

 

Strategic Objective: Ensure appropriate financing mechanisms are in place                            

 Action Areas: Financing & Management

THEME 9

Management and M&E

 

Strategic Objectives: Promote adaptive management and effective monitoring and evaluation systems                             

Action Areas: Management

THEME 10

Climate Change Adaption

 

Strategic Objectives: Promote the mainstreaming of adaptation to potential impacts of climate change into planned actions                                    

 Action Areas: Mainstreaming of Climate Change

THEME 11

Gender Mainstreaming

 

Strategic Objectives: Ensure the mainstreaming of gender considerations into planned actions

Action Areas: Gender mainstreaming