TRANSBOUNDARY WATER

MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT

29 -30 April 2014. Johannesburg, South Africa

By

Kenneth M. Msibi, PhD

SADC Secretariat

Enabling Environment Instruments

ENABLING

ENVIRONMENT

SADC Water

Vision

SADC Protocol

on Shared

Water

Courses

Regional

Water

Strategy

Regional

Water Policy

Regional Water

Communication

StrategyRegional

Strategic

Action Plan �

WHAT IS A REGIONAL PROJECT?

1. Joint Implementation

2. Project in one country but benefiting

more than one country

3. Special Purpose Projects

4. Projects Supporting Regional

Initiatives

5. Joint Planning (e.g. Basin Plans)

Role of SADC Secretariat in Transboundary

Water Resources Development

• Guiding Principles� Programmatic Approach

� River Basin Approach

� Subsidiarity (comparative advantage)

� Additionality

� Variable Geometry

� Flexibility and Adaptability

� Piloting

Role of SADC Secretariat in Transboundary

Water Resources Development

• The Support

� Facilitate establishment and strengthening

�Facilitate and coordinate Project Identification

� Facilitate capacity development for inf. Development

� Facilitate project preparation up to bankability

� Facilitate establishment of PPDF

� Resource mobilisation

� Support Investment promotion

� Once project picked up by an investor, Member

State(s) takes over the responsibility (Loan or grant

financing)

Water Projects within SADC Infrastructure

Development Master Plan

• SADC Water Ministers in 2004 agreed that

Water Infrastructure should be a priority

• Most projects are at project concept stage

• Resources required to prepare projects to

bankability stage

• Very strong Political Will from Member for

Infrastructure Development in the region

HIGH Priority Regional Water Infrastructure Projects

P# PROJECT TYPE AND NAME COUNTRIES KEY SECTORPROJECT TOTAL

[USD M]

RG REGIONAL PROJECTS

RG-1 Inga 3 HydropowerDRC-shared

Regional Electricity

HE7 600 to 10 000

RG-2 Lesotho Highlands, Phase 2Lesotho, South

AfricaHE WS 2 000

RG-3 Batoka Gorge HydropowerZambia,

ZimbabweHE 3 500

RG-4Songwe River Basin

Development ProgrammeMalawi, Tanzania

HE WS AG

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