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  1. Support to the Orange River Mouth rehabilitation project
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  4. 4th SADC Groundwater Conference 10-12 November 2021
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  19. Adequate Rainfall Predicted for SADC October-December Season
  20. Orange-Senqu Basin Wide Groundwater Survey
  21. Fundraising for the Lesotho-Botswana Water Transfer Project
  22. Orange-Senqu River Awareness Kit
  23. International Conference on FRESH WATER GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 5th – 7th November, 2012, Champagne Sports Resort, Central Drakensburg (KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa
  24. 4th Orange-Senqu River Basin Symposium, 6th – 7th June 2012, Campus of the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
  25. The African Transboundary River Basin Support Programme came to an end
  26. Towards Transboundary Evironmental Assessment Guidelines for the Orange-Senqu River Basin
  27. ORASECOM initiates work on the Orange-Senqu River Learning Box
  28. The ORASECOM Secretariat takes delivery of a three dimensional map of the basin
  29. ORASECOM publishes its “State of the Orange-Senqu River System” Report
  30. ORASECOM initiates work on the Orange-Senqu River Learning Box
  31. Training on Aquatic Ecosystem Health Monitoring
  32. The Urban Pollution Workshop at Mohale Dam
  33. Phase 2 of an IWRM Plan Development Project came to an end
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  36. Training on Water Resources Yield Simulation Models
  37. ORASECOM at the 3rd Africa Water Week in Addis Ababa
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  39. ORASECOM participates in the 13th International RiverSymposium
  40. ORASECOM works with the Benguela Current Commission
  41. Environmental Flows Requirements Site selection and survey for Caledon, Kraai, South Africa & Lesotho
  42. First Delphi Workshop, June 2010, North West, South Africa
  43. ORASECOM Prepares for the Joint Basin Survey – 1
  44. Workshop on Stakeholder Participation – Maseru, Lesotho
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  46. Visit to Lesotho Flow Gauging Stations

UKaid - Department For International Development (UK)

UKaid (from the Department of International Development) is currently supporting one project in the Orange-Senqu River basin:

Transboundary support through GIZ

 

Project Objectives

The project objectives are to ensure that: basin-level management reflects local government and community priorities; SADC members actively participate in achieving the objectives of the Regional Strategic Action Plan (RSAP) and Regional Strategic Water Infrastructure Development Project (RSWIDP); and SADC and GIZ plans are aligned behind the priorities of the member states.

Project Description

The aim of the programme is to improve the management of international water resources in SADC by increasing the political awareness of management of resources at the river basin level.

Project Components

The programme is designed to support the following components:

  • Strengthening of SADC Water Division, RBOs and Water Utilities
  • RBO Exchange Programme
  • Development of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Plans
  • Training in IWRM
  • Information Management
  • Policy harmonisation

The international partner organisation are BMZ – Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and AusAID – Australian Agency for International Development. The regional implementing agency is the SADC Water Division.

The project duration is from 2008 – 2011.

River Basin Organisations

The programme includes the following RBOs:

  • LIMCOM – Limpopo Watercourse Commission
  • ORASECOM – Orange-Senqu River Commission
  • ZAMCOM – Zambezi Watercourse Commission