14 December 2018 | SADC-GMISADC-GMI Hosts Validation Workshop as Part of the GMI-PLI Project The SADC-Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI) is the implementing agency of the World bank funded project “The Sustainable Groundwater Management in SADC member States”. The project is funded by Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Multi Donor Trust Fund Cooperation in International Waters in Africa (CIWA)…
13 November 2018 | SADC-GMI2nd Young Professionals Training & Workshop for Senior Officials The SADC Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI) is implementing the World Bank funded Sustainable Groundwater Management in SADC Member States project. As part of the World Bank funding, SADC-GMI is implementing the ‘Capacity Building on Groundwater Data Collection and Management in SADC Member…
29 October 2018 | SADC-GMISADC Experts and Policy Makers Convene in Johannesburg to Discuss Groundwater Resources role in Economic Development Regional corporation and collaboration on groundwater is key to driving socio-economic development in the SADC region, say experts speaking at the first SADC annual groundwater conference. The conference, held by SADC-GMI at the Birchwood Hotel…
29 October 2018 | SADC-GMIGroundwater is key to navigating Climate Change in the SADC region, say experts. Only proper management of critical groundwater resources will see the SADC Region prosper as climate change impacts are increasingly experienced. This was the reason behind the formation of the SADC-Groundwater Management Institute and the first annual SADC Groundwater…
Bloemfontein, South Africa – Addressing groundwater management in the river basin organizations is not completely new. It has been discussed at international events such as the Africa Water Week, Stockholm World water Week and other similar platforms over the years. The significance of Transboundary water management in Africa has been emphasized in the African Water Vision 2025. In Africa there are about eighty transboundary lakes and river basins and at least seventy transboundary aquifer basins. The African Water Vision stresses that groundwater is the major, and often only the source of drinking water for more than 75% of the African population especially amongst the poor rural communities. Consequently, broad consensus was reached within AMCOW and the African/International Network of Basin Organizations (ANBO/INBO) that groundwater must be addressed through integrated river basin management.