13 July 2020 | SADC-GMIPreparing Proposals To Access Funding For Groundwater – FREE Online Course Read the training information below, or download it here. FREE ONLINE COURSE The SADC Groundwater Management Institute invites you to apply for participation in an online training course on the preparation of proposals to access funding for groundwater related projects…
11 December 2019 | SADC-GMIBorehole Sustainable Yield Test For Water Supply Training 2020 CLOSING DATE FOR REGISTRATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 24 JANUARY 2020 Anyone who owns a borehole is interested in knowing the maximum discharge rate at which they can abstract/pump groundwater in such a way that they can be assured of continuously getting…
6 October 2019 | SADC-GMIInternational Water Law and the Law of Transboundary Aquifers: 21 October > 22 December 2019 The governance and protection of fresh water is one of the biggest challenges facing the planet over the next decade. With the steady increase of the world’s population, urbanization and environmental degradation, the competing demands of…
8 April 2019 | SADC-GMIMassive Online Open Course on Biodiversity Finance A free seven-week course, offered in English, Spanish, French and Russian The world’s natural capital – the ecosystems and biodiversity that sustain us all – is estimated to be worth US$125 trillion per year, a figure that exceeds global GDP. The food we eat,…
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.
Groundwater has become the principal source of water for many in rural communities and urban areas, as the result, groundwater development has increased and borehole drilling has grown exponentially in recent years. However,
Southern African Development Community Groundwater Management Institute (SADC–GMI) hosted an orientation/training for its Board of Directors from the 21st to the 22nd of July 2017, at Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) Campus in Pretoria, South Africa. The training was facilitated by Ms. Barbara Strydom on behalf of Jeyax Development and Training, based in Pretoria.
The SADC Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI) is implementing the World Bank funded Sustainable Groundwater Management in SADC Member States project. One of the primary mandates of this project is to engage in capacity building with staff from all 15 SADC Member States on different aspects, aimed at improving groundwater management.
The SADC Groundwater Management Institute and the UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP) conducted the 3-day training program on groundwater modelling and data management.
12 March 2017 | SADC-GMITraining on Managed Aquifer Recharge Held at Safari Court Hotel in Windhoek, Namibia on 2 March 2017 The training was attended by 37 participants from 11 SADC Member States, the World Bank representative from Washington DC in the USA, SADC Secretariat, NamWater, City of Windhoek and Ministry of Agricuture, Water and…