SADC Regional Course on Groundwater Management in IWRM. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. AGW-Net.

This SADC Regional Course on Groundwater Management in IWRM is a collaboration between AGW-Net (Africa Groundwater Network), SADC Groundwater Management Project(GMP),  CapNet and BGR (Germany).

AGW-Net was established about in July 2008 as an African capacity building network for groundwater professionals, under the umbrella of CapNet. In line with its mandate, AGW-Net is focused on mounting short courses to improve groundwater capacity in Africa and specifically capacity in Groundwater Management.

The course is for the Project Steering Committee members of the SADC Groundwater Management Project, who are professional / technical  representatives in groundwater for the various SADC governments. This course on Groundwater Management in IWRM is designed to improve the capacity of water managers and hydrogeologists in Africa to better understand and deal with Groundwater Management issues in an integrated and sustainable way.  The program is designed to equip SADC regional groundwater managers with a variety of skills and tools to assist them to improve on Groundwater Management within their own regions and countries, and to foster an appreciation of groundwater management within their own institutions and within the national water resources institutions. This course has been adapted and modified from the World Bank GWMate series (GroundWater Management Advisory TEam), and will be delivered as a 4 day course with a half day field trip included.  The principal aim of this course is to strengthen African capacity in Groundwater Management in IWRM. 

The main anticipated outcomes of the course are:
(1) to strengthen national capacities in development and application of Groundwater Management within the framework of IWRM;
(2) to present the AGW-Net training material within the context of  SADC local practices in groundwater management content and to allow for adjustments to the course material in the context of national groundwater management, legislation and governance issues within SADC countries. and
(3) the creation of a regional Community of Practice in Groundwater Management concepts and application where skill and knowledge exchange in this field can take place.

For further information contact:
Dr Richard Owen richardo@zol.co.zw