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AU/NEPAD Southern African Water Centres of Excellence

EU JRC Contract Number: 386793

Tender Number: IES/H/2011/01/02/NC

Final Technical Report

DOCUMENT STATUS: DRAFT V3

Document prepared by: AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat & Stellenbosch University – Task leader

Date: November 2013

EUROPEAN COMMISSION AU/NEPAD SOUTHERN AFRICAN WATER CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Institute for Environment and Sustainability Programme Office

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1. LIST OF ACRONYMS

AMCOST African Ministers Council on Science and Technology

AMCOW African Ministers Council on Water

AU African Union

CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CoE Centres of Excellence

CPA Consolidated Plan of Action

CRP Consortium Research Programme

CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

CWRP Country Water Resources Profile

DST Department of Science and Technology (South Africa)

EC European Commission

EUWI European Union Water Initiative

FETWater Education and Training in Water

GEM Global Environmental Monitoring

GWP-SA Global Water Partnership, Southern Africa

JRC European Commission’s Joint Research Commission

IES Institute for Environment and Sustainability

IWMI International Water Management Institute

IWRM Integrated Water Resources Management

JLP Joint Learning Programme

KM Knowledge Management

MDGs Millennium Development Goals

NGO non-governmental organisation

NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development

SANWATCE Southern African Water Centres of Excellence

SADC Southern African Development Community

R&D Research and Development

RSAP III Southern African Development Community Regional Strategic

Action Plan

S&T Science and Technology

SWAp Sector-wide Approach

UB University of Botswana

UEM University of Eduardo Montlane

UNESCO United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organisation

SU Stellenbosch University

TAC Technical Advisory Committee

UN United Nations

UNIMA University of Malawi

UNZA University of Zambia

UWC University of Western Cape

WANWATCE West African Network of Water Centres of Excellence

WARFSA 2.0 Water Research Fund for Southern Africa, Phase II

WIN-SA Water Information Network - South Africa

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WISA Water Institute of Southern Africa

WRC Water Research Commission (South Africa)

WRTC Water Resources Technical Committee (SADC)

WPT Water Project Toolkit

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2. Contents 1. LIST OF ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................ 2

2. Contents ............................................................................................................................................. 4

3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................... 5

4. INTRODUCTION TO THE AU/NEPAD WATER CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE PROGRAMME ................... 12

2.1 The Southern Africa Network of Water Centres of Excellence (SANWATCE) ................................ 13

2.2 Vision .............................................................................................................................................. 13

2.3 Focus Areas .................................................................................................................................... 13

5. INTRODUCTION TO THE EC JRC - AU/NEPAD SOUTHERN AFRICAN WATER CENTRES OF

EXCELLENCE CONTRACT ................................................................................................................... 14

3.1 List of activities............................................................................................................................... 15

6. PROJECT DIARY ................................................................................................................................. 15

4.1 Adjusted project work-flow chart ............................................................................................ 15

7. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................ 15

5.1 First Interim Technical Report........................................................................................................ 16

5.2 Second Interim Technical Report ................................................................................................... 16

5.3 Third Interim Technical Report ...................................................................................................... 18

8. JLP 1.7 PROCEEDINGS AND FEEDBACK MATERIAL FROM THE REGIONAL SEMINARS ..................... 19

6.1 Key Conclusions ............................................................................................................................. 20

6.2 Survey Results ................................................................................................................................ 22

6.3 Technical Notes on JLP 1.7 ............................................................................................................. 24

9. JLP 1.8 AMCOW AND SADC SECRETARIAT REPORT .......................................................................... 25

7.1 Technical Notes on JLP 1.8 ............................................................................................................. 25

10. SANWATCE ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE ............................................................................................. 26

11. CONTACTS ESTABLISHED .................................................................................................................. 28

12. PROJECT CHALLENGES ...................................................................................................................... 28

13. CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................................... 29

14. ADDENDUM I: FIRST INTERIM REPORT ............................................................................................... i

15. ADDENDUM II: SECOND INTERIM REPORT ...................................................................................... xii

16. ADDENDUM III: THIRD INTERIM REPORT ....................................................................................... xxix

17. ADDENDUM IV: PROJECT DIARY ........................................................................................................ li

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3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The first African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology (AMCOST), held in Johannesburg in

2003, decided on water Science and Technology (S&T) to constitute one of the main flagship

programmes of New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD). Thus, in the framework of the

NEPAD, the leaders have committed themselves to “ensure sustainable access to safe and

adequate clean water supply and sanitation, especially for the poor”.

The African Union (AU)/NEPAD Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence

(SANWATCE) is one of these five African regional networks. The regional Hub and Secretariat is

currently being hosted by Stellenbosch University (SU) in South Africa. Membership to the Network

is open to all countries in the Southern African sub-region and current members are: the University

Botswana (UB), University of Malawi (UNIMA), University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) in

Mozambique, University of the Western Cape (UWC), SU as a node, Centre for Scientific and

Industrial Research (CSIR), University of Kwa Zulu-Natal (UKZN) in South Africa and the University of

Zambia (UNZA).

The European Commission (EC) through its support aims at recognising these Centres of Excellence

(CoEs) as reference for regional development fostering south to south cooperation, and hence

sustainability of technical support actions. Overall the contract aimed at reaching two objectives of

the DG EuropeAid support project with reference to AU/NEPAD SANWATCE: i) Implementing the

second phase of the Joint Learning Programme (JLP Train4dev) on Sector Wide Approach (SWAp)

through the regional networks of CoEs in the water sector and ii) Improve Knowledge Management

(KM) and development at regional level in the water sector.

A key benefit for the JRC is the further increase in technological and scientific level of the

AU/NEPAD CoE, which will enable a strong scientific and technical dialogue -hence cooperation-

with the JRC and with European and international institutions compatible with the SWAp in the

Water Sector.

A further benefit is that reports and deliverables from this contract will be integrated in –hence

enrich- the AQUAKNOW system (Knowledge Management System for the Water Sector in

Developing Countries) developed and maintained by the JRC in close collaboration with EuropeAid

as a study case that will be useful for other Developing Regions.

The contract was signed on 12 May 2011. Final project reports were submitted before August 2013

and the project was concluded in in the same month. The concluding meeting took place in

September 2013 in Dakar, Senegal together with the West African Network for Water Centres of

Excellence (WANWATCE).

The table below provides a summary of the contract deliverables’ purpose, scope, potential users

and applications, limitations, conclusions and benefits.

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DELIVERABLE PURPOSE SCOPE POTENTIAL USERS AND

APPLICATIONS LIMITATIONS CONCLUSION BENEFITS

M-1 KICK OFF MEETING

Start of the project Meeting between AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat and the EC JRC in September 2011

Not applicable. The project began late and extra time to complete the project was not granted at the time.

Secretariat was able to start the project with the Consortium members

Secretariat staff became familiar with AquaKnow, EC JRC methodologies

JLP 1.1 SURVEY ON REQUIREMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND WITHIN TRAININGS FOR PRACTITIONERS IN THE WATER SECTOR

Promote a better integration of the academic actors in Sector-wide Approach

Survey of experts in the Southern Africa water sector and research on SCOPUS. Desktop research on vacancies in water sector in SADC.

Organizations, employers and institutions working in the water sector to be aware of capacity and skills gaps in the region.

Time constraints and sample size

Identify gaps in the Southern African water sector

Awareness raising, gearing other deliverables to fulfill the capacity gaps

JLP 1.2 STUDY ON HOW THE CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE COULD BETTER ADDRESS SECTOR EXPERTISE FOR CONSULTANCY AND ADVOCACY NEEDS IN THE WATER SECTOR

To establish what courses/degrees exists in the region to fill the skills gap. CoE to tailor make and design new courses to fit the needs and skills gap.

Desktop research to establish what courses exists in the region to possibly fill the gap. If it does not exist, the CoE should tailor courses geared to the needs of the region.

Organizations and institutions working in the water sector can design workshops and courses to develop appropriate material for capacity development. Awareness raising among organizations, institutions on the skills gap.

Time constraints and sample size. Limited online information in the region to know what courses exists and what is needed.

To identify the needs in the SADC region, to see what is available to bridge the skills gap and to create new courses to fulfill the skills/knowledge gap.

Awareness raising, adapt current courses to meet the identified needs

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JLP 1.3 PREPARATION OF MECHANISMS FOR DIALOGUE, AWARENESS RAISING AND COACHING ELEMENTS

Analysis framework which provides a common language and coherent way in which Sector-wide Approach partners will co-operate with the Centres of Excellence

Themes covered: Challenges of a water sector; Integrated vision; IWRM; Governance; Water sector; Sector-wide Approach; Collaborative water governance in Southern Africa; Capacity development as part of a Sector Wide approach

For the Centres of Excellence to move towards a Sector-wide Approach

Desktop study and time constraints.

Engaging effectively with boundary partners is crucial for high impact of the Centres of Excellence

Creating a communication strategy for the Centres of Excellence

JLP 1.4 PLANNING REGIONAL SEMINARS – DELIVERING CAPACITY ACROSS SADC’S REGIONAL WATER SECTOR

Preliminary planning of regional seminar content on awareness raising and coaching.

Establishing different roles between NEPAD SANWATCE and WaterNet. Designing detailed, transferrable course content with the input of the Consortium and EC JRC

Establish the difference between the CoEs and WaterNet. Verbal collaboration between networks has been communicated.

Time constraints. Financial constraints.

Identify technical and scientific priorities and establish what the CoE’s niche is in Africa - R&D

Detailed content planning with time lines. Establishing CoE’s role. Strengthening relationships between the SADC Water Division, WaterNet and other networks, as well as government officials who attended the workshop.

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JLP 1.5 FINAL DESIGN OF THE SEMINARS AND TRAININGS - IDENTIFYING COMMUNICATION MECHANISMS

Design communication mechanisms for a Sector-wide Approach in the SADC region

Selected communication tools: i) coaching; ii) dialogue; iii) awareness raising

CoE communication tool firmly rooted in a theoretical framework

Desktop study Mainstream and integrate cross-cutting issues through appropriate communication mechanisms, such as dialogue, awareness-raising and coaching

Creating a theoretically sound communication mechanism for the Centres of Excellence in the SADC region

JLP 1.6 SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS, ORGANISATION AND IMPLEMENTATION REPORT

Collect seminar output – presentations, photos, discussion minutes

Gathered during the seminars

Serves as reference to the seminars.

Local students collected output and in some cases there are gaps in the materials

Extensive and detailed materials on the seminars

Good governance and reference for future seminars

JLP 1.7 PROCEEDINGS AND FEEDBACK MATERIAL FROM THE REGIONAL SEMINARS

Regional seminars on awareness raising and coaching on the Water Project Toolkit

Seminars took place from 9 April 2013 to 17 May 2013: Zambia (9-11 April 2013), Botswana (16-19 April 2013), Malawi (23-26 April 2013), South Africa (7-10 May 2013), and Mozambique (14-17 May 2013)

Main users were the participants of the seminars. Secondary users are the field sites as many issues and the way forward were discussed with the stakeholders.

Not enough variety of stakeholders, e.g. the absence of politicians was criticized. Differences of capacity and resources available at the CoEs. Due to this, it was difficult to plan actions.

Successful regional seminars addressing in multi-disciplinary forum addressing local and regional water challenges.

Greater awareness of cross-sectional challenges in the sector for the participants. Prioritizing field visit challenges in the Water Project Toolkit.

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JLP 1.8 REPORT ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF AMCOW/AMCOST AND SADC

Greater buy-in of regional and continental bodies

Involve AMCOW-TAC and SADC Water Division in ongoing activities

The network as well as the individual Consortium members. Produce relevant output.

Initial relationship has been established between SADC Water Division and AU/NEPAD SANWATCE. Relationship needs to be expanded to ensure that the network activities are aligned with the strategic objectives of the SADC Water Division

SADC: Asked to be the implementing agent of WARFSA 2.0. AMCOW: Mandated to build youth capacity

Build long-lasting ties to governmental bodies and create buy-in

KM 2.1 ANALYSIS OF THE AQUAKNOW USERS AND POLICY MAKERS

Identify how AquaKnow can assist in managing knowledge among final users and policy-makers

Quantitative and qualitative review of existing databases

Establish AquaKnow as the KM interface between researchers, policy-makers and final users.

Small sample size Only 20% of AquaKnow users are from Africa and most of them not active. Some feature of AK could be more user-friendly.

Clarify usefulness of AquaKnow to the network and assist in making it more accessible to African knowledge holders.

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KM 2.2 DEVELOPING A LIST OF ACTIONS AND CHANNELS FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF MATERIALS

Identify target groups, existing courses at the Centres of Excellence, define and implement a knowledge dissemination strategy

Review of existing literature and task JLP 1.1 and JLP 1.2

Research institutions across Southern Africa

Desktop study Re-exam how science is used; Align research to needs; research and vocational -driven capacity building needs to become a priority

Strategy for all future research outputs on how to disseminate the knowledge

KM 2.3 PRODUCE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL, LINKED WITH AQUAKNOW PLATFORM AND DEVELOPMENT OF COURSES

Design three courses at MA level with clear links to AquaKnow

Course 1: Groundwater Course Course 2: IWRM in Africa Course 3: Water Project Toolkit

i) Master’s Degree level students with background in earth sciences; ii) Acting professionals in the water sector

Many course materials at the network institutions are tied up in other projects.

Development of three high-level courses

SANWATCE can offer these courses in the future to build capacity and generate some income.

KM 2.4 REPORT AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES ON WRM BETWEEN AFRICA, CHINA, LATIN AMERICA AND EUROPE

i) Exchanging of lessons ii) Establishing international partnerships ii) Identifying topics for possible collaborations iv) Disseminating the specific initiatives

The workshop was organized by the EC JRC in Ispra, Italy from 15 to 18 October 2012 and was attended by network partners from Africa, China, Latin America and Europe

Identify common challenges in water resources management and learn from one another

Not all SANWATCE Consortium members were able to attend

Insightful formal and informal exchange with partners across the world.

We were able to hold a Consortium meeting back to back with the workshop.

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KM 2.5 REPORT AND PROCEEDINGS ON THE E-CONFERENCE ON KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

i) Generation and dissemination of knowledge in developing countries ii) New challenges of information management iii) Sustainable knowledge strategies

Two topics were addressed on AquaKnow: The Knowledge Chain: Generation, dissemination and feedback (26-30 November 2012) and Joint Action for Water Knowledge Management (18-22 March 2013)

Cheap and easy way to hold a discussion on important topics in developing countries

Little participation Policy-makers and researchers have to make a conscious effort to take knowledge and lessons learned on board for the sustainable management of resources.

Familiarized the network with online platforms for discussions and will be used in future by SANWATCE

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4. INTRODUCTION TO THE AU/NEPAD WATER CENTRES OF

EXCELLENCE PROGRAMME In September 2000, African countries and the international community adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at the United Nations (UN) Millennium Summit. African leaders identified water scarcity and related insecurity due to water stress as one of the sources of the continent’s underdevelopment and increasing social and economic decline. The first AMCOST meeting, held in Johannesburg in 2003, decided that water S&T should constitute one of the main flagship programmes of AU/NEPAD. Thus, in the framework of the NEPAD, the leaders have committed themselves to “ensure sustainable access to safe and adequate clean water supply and sanitation, especially for the poor”. They decided that S&T will play an important role in water development, supply and management and that S&T is crucial for assessing, monitoring and ensuring water quality. The flagship programme should strengthen the continent’s capabilities to harness and apply S&T to address challenges of securing adequate clean water as well as managing the continent’s resources to become a basis for national and regional cooperation and development. On 22 November 2006, the AMCOST and African Ministers Council for Water (AMCOW) met in Cairo, Egypt. By resolution, the delegates committed themselves to establishing an African Network of Excellence in Water Sciences and Technology Development. It is important that the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE align activities and thematic areas with continental strategic plans, as well as Southern African Development Community’s (SADC’s) regional policies and strategies. To this end, consultation and alignment of thematic areas have been undertaken; in line with the AU/NEPAD Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA) and the new Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Consortium Research Programmes (CRPs). Regionally, the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Business Plan will also align with the SADC Regional Water Policy and Strategy and also the Regional Strategic Action Plan on Integrated Water Resources Development and Management (RSAP III) through the collaboration with WaterNet. During the 24th SADC Water Resources Technical Committee (WRTC) meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, the following was recommended and subsequently ratified by the SADC Ministers of Water:

That the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE and WaterNet have agreed amicably to focus on the

two areas: capacity building and training (WaterNet) and Research & Technology

Transfer (AU/NEPAD SANWATCE) (Section 4.8.4)

Approve the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Business Plan (Section 5.2.9.7)1

Approved the proposal for AU/NEPAD SANWATCE to be the implementing agent for the Water Research Fund for Southern Africa (WARFSA 2.0), a programme of SADC Water Division (Section 5.2.9.8). Subsequent to this ratification, a detailed project plan with associated costs was developed for WARFSA 2.0.

1 Version 6.2 of this document

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2.1 The Southern Africa Network of Water Centres of Excellence

(SANWATCE) The Ministerial Mandate, as instituted in Cairo (2006), provides the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE with the following executive mandate:

1. Facilitate, and where applicable, conduct selective research on water issues; 2. Serve as a Higher Education (PhD; postdoctoral; staff exchange) soundboard to the

SADC region on regional water matters; 3. Collaborate with other networks and institutions in specialised areas; 4. Set the SADC water research agenda; 5. Establish a continental water research agenda which is based on / derived from the

SADC regional water agenda.

This can be achieved, amongst other means, through one-on-one engagement with AMCOW and AMCOST through the SADC Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), in order to observe political direction and engage so as to provide evidence-based research. Following the 24th SADC WRTC meeting in Lusaka (2013) and subsequent ratification of decisions by the SADC Ministers of Water, the relationship between SADC Water Division and the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE are formalised, which will enable the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE to:

1. Operationalize and regularly report to SADC in its mandate and progress; 2. Establish strategic partnerships outside and beyond the network. The AU/NEPAD

SANWATCE can then play a network brokerage role with like-minded organisations to take information and knowledge beyond the current region to the benefit of the African continent;

3. Leverage resources from the region and 4. In the long term, it is also important to establish the most appropriate legal personnel

of the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat, with collaboration between NEPAD and SU.

The AU/NEPAD SANWATCE is one of the African regional networks. The regional Hub and Secretariat is currently being hosted by SU in South Africa. Membership to the Network is open to all countries in the Southern African sub-region and current members are: Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia.

2.2 Vision The AU/NEPAD SANWATCE will contribute to the improved human and environmental well-being through research and development in water and sanitation.

2.3 Focus Areas By focussing on various strategic areas, the AU/NEPAD Water Centres of Excellence channel

resources and activities specifically to the following areas:

1. Research and Development (R&D) (including infrastructure) through innovation; 2. Human capacity development; 3. Outreach through networking; conferences and workshops; 4. Strategic partnerships; and 5. Financial sustainability.

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5. INTRODUCTION TO THE EC JRC - AU/NEPAD SOUTHERN AFRICAN

WATER CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE CONTRACT Trans-boundary water resources management, integrated water resources management and

conflict prevention have been identified by the European Parliament as issues that the EC should

address in the water sector in Africa as enablers to socio-economic development. In particular, one

of the key limitations to a harmonious development and management of water resources in Africa

is the lack of human and institutional capacity to assimilate the modern advances in S&T necessary

deal with the complex interactions between the hydrological cycle and the societal needs, while

conserving the environment. Through the Commission Decision No C(2009)2374 of 26 March 2009,

the DG EuropeAid of the European Commission has launched the pilot project “Support to the New

Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Water Centres of Excellence”.

At present, research and development in the water resource sector in Africa is highly dependent on

developed countries expertise both in terms of knowledge and human resources. African countries

can, however, innovate for sustainable development if and when they mobilize and direct their

different capacities towards common research and development challenges.

The EC, through its support, aims at recognising these CoEs, currently organized in two networks

being represented by two African institutions, as reference for regional development fostering

south to south cooperation and hence sustainability of technical support actions. These actions are

in line with the overall political framework of the European Union Water Initiative (EUWI) and

develop the successful approach undertaken by the EC with the Joint Learning Programme (JLP) of

the Train4Dev Network also managed by the EC. The MONDE Action of the Global Environmental

Monitoring (GEM) Unit is implementing this project “Support to the New Partnership for Africa's

Development (NEPAD) Water Centres of Excellence” on the EC’s behalf through the Administrative

arrangement No 2009-09-31487 NFP CSP with EuropeAid.

The JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) –GEM Unit aims at improving the

understanding of the interactions between the terrestrial, marine and climate components of the

Earth's system, assess the impact of changes on the long-term sustainability of ecosystem services

and highlight the consequences for EU environment and development policies. The Unit delivers

products and services to directly support European policies in the fields of Space, Environment and

Sustainability, Climate Change and Development Aid.

Overall the intended contract aims at reaching two objectives of the DG EuropeAid support project

with reference to the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE, referred to in annex I of the Commission Decision No

C(2009)2374.

Objective 1: Implementing the second phase of the Joint Learning Programme (JLP Train4dev) on

Sector Wide Approach through the regional networks of Centres of Excellence in the water sector.

Objective 2: Improve knowledge management and development at regional level in the water

sector The NEPAD officially identified the institution responsible of the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE: SU

in the Republic of South Africa.

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3.1 List of activities For the full list of the contract deliverables’ purpose, scope, potential users and applications,

limitations, conclusions and benefits that made up the JLP and Knowledge Management (KM) pilot

project between the EC JRC and AU/NEPAD SANWATCE, see the table on Page 6.

6. PROJECT DIARY

The project diary is attached as Addendum IV to this report.

4.1 Adjusted project work-flow chart The adjusted project workflow is presented in the table below, indicating the tasks as per

deliverables / milestones and adjusted delivery date. Note that the project was concluded within

the contract period.

DELIVERABLE / MILESTONE 1 February 2012

M-1 KICK-OFF MEETING



DELIVERABLE / MILESTONE 2 April 2013

JLP 1.2. STUDY ON HOW THE CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE COULD BETTER ADDRESS SECTOR EXPERTISE FOR CONSULTANCY AND ADVOCACY NEEDS IN THE WATER SECTOR




DELIVERABLE / MILESTONE 3 May 2013



JLP 1.6 SEMINARS PRESENTATIONS, ORGANISATION AND IMPLEMENTATION REPORT

JLP 1.7 PROCEEDINGS AND FEEDBACK MATERIAL FROM THE REGIONAL SEMINARS

JLP 1.8 AMCOW AND SADC REPORTS

KM 2.4 REPORT AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES ON WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT BETWEEN AFRICA, CHINA, LATIN AMERICA AND EUROPE


INTERIM AND FINAL REPORTS AUGUST 2013

7. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES Three Interim Technical Reports (R1, R2 and R3) were handed throughout the project and

summarised most of the JLP and KM activities in the contract between the EC JRC and AU/NEPAD

SANWATCE. These activities are recapitulated below. Merely two of the tasks were not included in

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the previous reports: JLP 1.7 Proceedings and Feedback Materials from the Regional Seminars and

JLP 1.8 AMCOW and SADC Secretariat report. These will be described in more detail later.

5.1 First Interim Technical Report Three tasks made up Deliverable 1 and were reported on in the first interim report (see Addendum

I); Kick-off meeting, survey on requirements in higher education and within trainings for

practitioners in the water sector, and an analysis of the AquaKnow users and policy-makers.

TASK LEAD INSTITUTION

DELIVERABLE 1 to JRC

M-1 KICK OFF MEETING AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat


Stellenbosch University


University of Botswana & University of the Western Cape

The objective of the Kick-off meeting was to explain the EC JRC structure to the Secretariat, to

discuss in detail the activities of the contract between the EC JRC and the Secretariat, to discuss the

methodology of each deliverable, how to present the results of the deliverables in a report, and to

give the Secretariat training on AquaKnow.

As part of an extensive project, the EC JRC requested that the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE network map

out the requirements in higher education and within trainings for practitioners in the water sector

in the SADC region. Once the needs in the Water Sector were identified, the results should be used

to tailor the region’s existing training courses and institutional degrees to match the needs and

gaps in the region. The task also provided information on the training/skills development

opportunities that exist and that are needed to tackle the skills shortage.

The aim of task KM 2.1 was to bring clarity to the SWAP on the role of KM in strengthening a sector

wide approach in the region and specifically for AU/NEPAD SANWATCE. It proposed a working

model of KM that is relevant to the water sector. Considering that the water sector is a knowledge

intensive sector and KM not a ‘nice to have’ but a ‘must have’.

5.2 Second Interim Technical Report Deliverable 2 consisted out of four tasks and were reported on in the second interim report

(Addendum II); Study on how the CoEs could better address sector expertise for consultancy and

advocacy needs in the water sector, developing a list of actions and channels for the dissemination

of materials, produce educational materials linked to AquaKnow, and development of courses,

preparation of mechanisms for dialogue, awareness raising and coaching elements.



JLP 1.2 STUDY ON HOW THE CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE COULD BETTER ADDRESS SECTOR EXPERTISE FOR CONSULTANCY AND ADVOCACY

University of Stellenbosch

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NEEDS IN THE WATER SECTOR


University of Zambia


University of Stellenbosch2


University of the Western Cape

The Study on How the CoEs Could Better Address Sector Expertise for Consultancy and Advocacy

Needs in the Water Sector used secondary data from across the SADC water sector and concluded

that the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE should recognise that water companies, government and non-

governmental organisation (NGOs) have made progress in terms of addressing the skills gap

(Matete, 2010:20). However, many gaps still exist in the consultancy and advocacy sector. With this

in mind, the Centres of Excellence reconsidered how to fill the skills gap and suggested some

concrete steps to better address that gap.

In order to disseminate the existing knowledge in the network effectively, KM 2.2 Developing a List

of Actions and Channels for the Dissemination of Materials attempted exactly that. KM, the art of

using people as a resource, is a hallmark for capacity development, technology transfer and

technical cooperation and technical assistance. Therefore, activities under this task assessed how

knowledge is currently being used in the water sector, identifying needs of stakeholders using

existing knowledge resources, and to formulate strategies to address identified needs of/in the

sector.

The output of task KM 2.3 To Produce Educational Materials Linked with the AquaKnow Platform

and Development of Courses, each 38 teaching hours, were three highly relevant water courses

aimed at MA students and professionals in the water sector: 1) Groundwater Course, 2) Integrated

Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Africa Course, and 3) Water Project Toolkit (WPT) Course

which is closely linked to the AquaKnow platform.

One of the key objectives of the EC JRC’s project working with the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE is to

foster capacity development and implement a JLP on collaborative governance approaches, in

particular a SWAp. The Preparation of Mechanisms for Dialogue, Awareness Raising and Coaching

Elements (JLP 1.3) will help achieve this through building, an appreciation and awareness of the

benefits and effective means of implementing collaborative governance approaches within the

Water CoEs in the region. Therefore, this task presented an analysis framework, which has the

purpose to provide a common language and coherence to the way in which sector wide partners

will co-operate in all tasks and stakeholder interactions during the project.

2 In the original project proposal and contract, the University of Kwa-Zula Natal was indicated as the lead

institution for this task. On commencement of the project, the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, however, withdrew from the project, whereupon Stellenbosch University took the leadership of the task hiring an expert.

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5.3 Third Interim Technical Report Five tasks made up Deliverable 3 and were reported on in the third interim report (see Addendum

III); Planning and final design of regional seminars to deliver capacity across SADC’s regional water

sector, as well as identifying communication mechanisms, a report on seminars presentations,

organisation and implementation, a report on the International Workshop on Exchange of

Experiences on Water Resources Management, and an e-conference on Knowledge Management.




Centre for Scientific Industrial and Research (CSIR)




All nodes and AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat


University of Malawi



Five Regional Seminars with the aim of bringing key representatives and stakeholders of the

national country’s water-sector institutions together, in order to assess and update R&D capacity

gaps with a view to share and improve knowledge on various water development, utilisation and

management issues in the country and the Southern African region. These seminars took place in

Zambia (9-11 April 2013), Botswana (16-19 April 2013), Malawi (23-26 April 2013), South Africa (7-

10 May 2013), and Mozambique (14-17 May 2013).

As the programme was the same across all five seminars, the seminars’ presentations, organisation

and implementation report was split in five, one for each country. As supporting documents, the

Secretariat collected a Session Sheet for each session which highlights the most important points

and results of the presentations and discussions. We also collected all the PowerPoint

presentations where available, in cases where there was no PowerPoint, we recorded the

presenters and copied their notes. We made sure that all the participants registered on a daily

basis. In addition we took photos of the opening ceremonies, as well the field trips to document

the trips and challenges at the sites.

The objective of the Final Design of the Seminars and Trainings - Iidentifying Communication

Mechanisms deliverable was to design a communication strategy for a SWAp in the SADC Region to

mainstream and integrate cross-cutting issues through various channels, such as dialogue,

awareness-raising and coaching. The task was concluded with the premise that a communication

strategy for the CoE needs to be rooted in theoretical frames that are able to capture connectivity

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(social capital), different types of knowledge and differences and diversity of stakeholders

(complexity), and lastly it must deal with adaptation and social learning processes (resilience and

adaptive management).

This International Workshop on Exchange of Experiences on Water Resources Management

between Africa, China, Latin America and Europe was implemented by the EC Joint Research Centre

(JRC) in Ispra, Italy from 15 to 18 October 2012. The workshop was aimed at exchanging and

disseminating good practices in water resources management among experts from Africa (African

Union/NEPAD Networks of Water Centres of Excellence), Latin America (RALCEA), China (EU-China

platform) and Europe (JRC and other experts). The SANWATCE presented numerous tasks and

challenges from Southern Africa and had a back to back Consortium meeting in Italy.

The e-Conference on Knowledge Management in the Southern African Water Sector addressed two

topics: The Knowledge Chain: Generation, dissemination and feedback from the 26-30 November

2012 and Joint Action for Water Knowledge Management from 18-22 March 2013. Participants

were able to sign up to the e-Conference on http://econference.nepadwatercoe.org/ prior to the

conference and in total around 70 people signed up to the open group discussion. The e-

Conference discussion highlighted the importance of policy-makers and knowledge transfer to

them as a priority area.

8. JLP 1.7 PROCEEDINGS AND FEEDBACK MATERIAL FROM THE

REGIONAL SEMINARS From 9 April 2013 to 17 May 2013, the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE organised a series of Regional

seminars in all its current member states; Zambia (9-11 April 2013), Botswana (16-19 April 2013),

Malawi (23-26 April 2013), South Africa (7-10 May 2013), and Mozambique (14-17 May 2013). The

aim of the regional seminars was to bring together key representatives and stakeholders of the

country’s water-sector institutions to assess and update research and development (R&D) capacity

gaps with a view to sharing and improving knowledge on various water development, utilisation

and management issues in the country and the Southern African region. This was in conformity

with the ideals of the Network, which was established to promote cooperation and knowledge

sharing among water research institutions and stakeholders towards securing adequate clean

water and managing the resource for national and regional development.

Organization of the various sessions and daily activities of the workshop involved (i) eight sessions

on day one, whose main purpose was to share and exchange general information and results

around the country’s water resources; (ii) six sessions on day two that identified the country’s

water sector gaps in terms of research and capacity, and a presentation of a representative water

situation at a field site (visited) in Lusaka, and (iii) among its six sessions, day three wrapped up

ideas and thinking arising from the prior two days and brought together that energy and oversight

into concrete suggestions and a way forward.

The meetings observed that intensifying competition for water resources by agricultural, industrial,

and domestic users will continue to put a lot of pressure on water resources. The cause for this

situation was identified as having been; (i) the country not being able to challenge its scientists to

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solve some water-related developmental issues, and (ii) research not receiving adequate attention,

which has led to policy and decision-making remaining uninformed. Further, the meeting identified

some research and development gaps in the water sector of each country.

Incorporation of a field visit was intended to identify actions to be taken within the context of the

six different policy principle areas – social; economic; technical; information, education and

communication; environmental; institutional and management – in order to (i) facilitate a holistic

approach to water resources management, and (ii) enable relevant stakeholders to assist in the

design and implementation of more sustainable solutions for the site’s water challenges.

For each of the Water Centres of Excellence, the participants, based on group discussions, clarified

future pathways, directions and actions of the Centre, taking into account its niche role focussing

on research and high-level educational activities concerned with improving regional, national and

municipal water and its sustainable management.

Based on these outcomes, each Regional seminar produced a Country Water Resources Profile

which represent the Centres of Excellence knowledge and expertise if the respective countries.

These now form one of the flagship outputs of the network (see also 8. SANWATCE Achievements

to date, point m)

6.1 Key Conclusions

Zambia (Host: UNZA)

a) Identification of consequences of current land use behaviour on surface- and ground-water quantity and quality under various global changes (population, climate) conditions.

b) Research must be engaged to identify a range of potential suitable alternatives as solutions to the waste discharge challenges including the use of indigenous knowledge.

c) Formulation of Policy research that integrates current highly variable regulatory and administrative institutions more effectively with their different roles, responsibilities, rules and regulations, which affect land administration to make them consistent and coherent

d) ZEMA, as the primary and key institutional actor, in cooperation with the Ministry of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, to establish a clear rationale in the identification of sources of resources that can be justifiably made available to fill the identified impact of land use and policy research gaps.

e) The Water Resources Management Authority (WRMA) and the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) are key institutional actors. Both of these agencies should be logically engaged to finalize the basis for a clear research rationale and request that resources be made available to carry out this pertinent research.

Botswana (Host: UB)

a) The workshop was able to identify the skills gap in the country. These include contract management and supervision, environmental assessment, groundwater and hydrogeological

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modelling, civil engineering computing and software development, maintenance planning and scheduling, telemetry, Information technology (system development and applications), basic survey techniques, as well as human resources planning and management skills.

b) Botswana should take advantage of the on-going water sector reforms to form partnerships with relevant stakeholders such as NGOs (who can link the government with the communities), research institutes (which can help in the area of research) and private companies to help fundraise some of the programmes of the reforms.

Malawi (Host: UNIMA)

a) Increase the visibility of the centre in terms of specifying services centre may offer to the water and sanitation sector (website, newsletters etc.)

b) Identify the extent of uranium related issues in Malawi (potential risk associated with uranium extraction and processing)

c) Stakeholder assessment of water and sanitation sectors and

facilitate Stakeholder engagement in the six policy principal areas of IWRM

d) Coordinate research activities, compile and publicise water related

research and relevant information

e) Explore or pilot WWTP alternatives.

South Africa (Host: UWC)

a) The Workshop showed the critical importance of stakeholder consultation and participation. Through the interaction, greater clarity could be gained on existing capacity gaps in the water sector in South Africa.

b) The scope of capacity development needs has increased

dramatically in the drive towards improved water sector governance. It ranges, for example, from advanced science (understanding of the risks and impacts relating to climate change), to operational (empowering local communities), to strategic (strengthen the enabling environment for water governance).

c) Specific gap areas that were highlighted, include the ecological,

ethical, and cultural roles of water, the economic value of water for different development sectors, integrated approaches to water source protection, greater focus on trans-boundary water management, appropriate financing of water infrastructure, including improved understanding of investor behaviour, systematic water quality monitoring, and improved water resources information management.

d) UNESCO – Division of Water Sciences, attended some sessions as

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they had a workshop which ran parallel to the South African AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Regional seminar. It was an opportunity to strengthen the relationship between UNESCO and AU/NEPAD SANWATCE and to learn about each other projects. AU/NEPAD SANWATCE is on the Steering Committee of the UNECSO HOPE INITIATIVE which was also shared to participant of the workshop.

Mozambique (Host: UEM)

The centre of excellence was recommended to:

a) Disseminate its activities to the community

b) Advocate integrated water resource management through research

c) Collect and summarize data related to water sector

d) Promote capacity building

e) Promote multidisciplinary in research activities The research lines that were recommended are:

a) Water quantity and quality

b) Economic value of Water

c) Water use efficiency

d) Assess the impact of floods and droughts

e) Integrated water resource management to inform decision makers As a result of this workshop, the CoE should:

a) Promote capacity building in water sector as the country faces a shortage of human resource in water sector.

b) Collect and summarize data related to water sector since the available data is out of date and its content is not well disseminated among different stakeholders.

c) Undertake studies on integrated water resource management because the water sector is fragmented and it has resulted in environmental degradation as well as inefficient use of water resource.

d) Disseminate its activities since the centre is not known by the majority of stakeholders.

6.2 Survey Results The survey garnered data from the five Country Water Workshops at the end of the three days,

respectively.

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The overall results indicate a clear success and overwhelming satisfaction by the attendees of all

five workshops. Of the 78 survey3 participants more than 80% agreed that the workshops were

valuable, appropriate, and relevant, and that new contacts were established. The participants

stated that those who attended were diverse and usually well-informed. According to the

attendees, lessons learned included social aspects, such as the need for shared knowledge and the

exchange of ideas, as well as the importance of the Water Project Toolkit (WPT), the importance of

a holistic and integrated approach to water challenges in Southern Africa, and the need for media

to effectively communicate water issues to the public. Furthermore, most participants also seem to

appreciate the real-life application of these discussions to the local field trip. Especially the fieldtrip

to the Pequenos Lebombos Dam in Mozambique was very well received.

The shortcomings of the workshops, according to those surveyed, included the venues, length of

presentations and group discussions, lack of relevant stakeholder representation and the

effectiveness of mails and invitations sent in advance

Dissatisfaction with the venue (size, noise, catering etc…) was especially prevalent in Mozambique,

Malawi and Zambia.

Some also complained about the length of presentations and group discussions, either being too

long or abruptly shortened to fit the time schedule, although only 20% of those surveyed were

dissatisfied by the time allocation.

Many complaints were levelled at the underrepresentation of valuable and relevant water sector

stakeholders, including politicians, bureaucrats and local chiefs.

Dissatisfaction was also voiced over the communications sent out prior to the workshops, which

either did not provide adequate information to participants (35% agreed) or provide adequate time

to plan for attendance (28% agreed).

Lastly, it should be noted that in Mozambique, many survey participants complained about the lack

of materials translated into Portuguese.

In order to counteract some of these complains, the following recommendations are made for

future workshops of this kind. Many participants requested access to Water Journals, water maps

and the full Water Project Toolkit (WPT). They also requested more detailed and complete

background information on those participating for networking reasons. Content wise, an increased

focus on Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM), water quality and groundwater was

pointed out. Lastly, an increased focus on appropriate venues, more effective workshop

moderation to ensure time constraints for the presentations and group discussions are adhered to.

, and more detailed and earlier communications prior to the workshops could alleviate many of the

complaints pointed out by participants. Also, in the future more diverse water sector stakeholders

should try to be attempted to be organised.

3 This number might differ from the total number of attendees as not all the participants were there at the time

of the survey.

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6.3 Technical Notes on JLP 1.7 The Regional seminar deliverable was divided into several components, each to be executed by a

different network member. JLP 1.5, putting together the content and schedule of the workshop

was the responsibility of the CSIR. JLP 1.6, the organisation of the workshop which included writing

and sending out invitations, booking rooms, etc., was the responsibility of each of the host

institutions. The Secretariat was in charge of paying the nodes during this process, as well as

reporting on the activities afterwards.

One of the difficulties with this arrangement was that although the responsibilities were clearly

divided, this proved much more difficult in reality. This was partly due to time constraints towards

the end of the project, which meant that there was a lot of pressure on the nodes to invite over 25

people in a very short period of time. Part of this process fell on the Secretariat which was difficult

to do as the Secretariat do not know suitable candidates in the host countries to partake in the

workshops.

Furthermore, the CSIR designed the programme and content and the nodes did not feel

comfortable enough to present the content without the support of the CSIR. This resulted in Dr

Keith Kennedy from the CSIR, to travel to all Regional seminars to present the content and to guide

the nodes. This had very positive and affirmative side effects for the network in that the workshops

(except in Mozambique) were attended by four network institutions at the same time; the CSIR, the

Secretariat, the current host and the next host. On the adverse side, this meant that the ownership

of the content depended profoundly on the CSIR and the Secretariat and not by the nodes. This

could be mitigated by involving the nodes from the start in the content design.

In addition, some of the partners had never organised a workshop before and required extensive

assistance from the Secretariat staff. However, the workshops were kicked off with a Train the

Trainers workshop in Johannesburg precisely to mitigate the above mentioned problem. The lack of

communicating the results of the Train the Trainers workshop to the rest of the country’s

organising team was not managed properly. For example, the person who attended the workshop

did not brief his/her organizing team properly at their institutions which resulted in confusion and

extra expectation for the Secretariat to resolve. It is recommended that the Secretariat compile r a

guidebook and make it available on AquaKnow for events of this nature for the nodes access. This

should include invitation templates, programme templates, a list of items that need printing,

catering, AV equipment etc.

Lastly, the South African Reserve Bank took on average two months to transfer funds for the

workshop from the Secretariat’s bank account to the nodes’ bank accounts, which was beyond the

project management control and unforeseen. In some cases this posed a serious challenge to the

host institutions, especially in countries where the universities do not have the funds to bridge the

momentary cash flow problem. This task was undeniably a learning curve for the Secretariat and in

future has to ensure that the transfers are done ahead of time.

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9. JLP 1.8 AMCOW AND SADC SECRETARIAT REPORT Over the past years, the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE has been able to institutionalize the Network at

various levels. Key to this institutionalization is the joint mandate from the AMCOW and the

AMCOST (2006). The AU/NEPAD WCoE was also represented and attended the 9th, 10th and 11th

AMCOW General Assembly meeting in Johannesburg (2011) and Cairo 2012 and 2013. This

culminated in the AU/NEPAD WCoE to be delegated by the AMCOW, “to develop a Human Capacity

Development Programme aimed at addressing junior professional and technician level capacity

challenges in the water sector”. Decision: EXCO/11/2013/CAIRO/17.

At a regional level, the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE has established the institutionalization of the

AU/NEPAD SANWATCE programme together with the SADC Water Division. This institutionalization

culminated in the endorsement from the SADC Water Division (at the SADC Water Resources

Technical Committee meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, 7 May 2013) and subsequent ratification at the

SADC ministers meeting as follows:

i. Approve the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Business Plan (Section 5.2.9.7);

ii. Approve the proposal for AU/NEPAD SANWATCE to be the implementing agent for the

Water Research Fund for Southern Africa (WARFSA 2.0), a programme of SADC Water

Division (Section 5.2.9.8).

This is aligned to the SADC RSAP III through the cooperation agreement with WaterNet and the

identification of the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE as future implementing agent for the WARFSA 2.0.

These processes have been initiated taking into consideration, and building relationships with,

various research and capacity development role-players internationally, on the African continent

and regionally in Southern Africa.

Key achievements to date: The AU/NEPAD SANWATCE is now institutionalized to a level where

major resources need to be mobilized, such as the WARFSA 2.0 programme, in order to have a

substantial impact on the research and capacity development needs of the Southern African water

sector, while contributing towards the African Water Sciences research agenda through the

development of a AMCOW Human Capacity Development Programme.

7.1 Technical Notes on JLP 1.8 The AU/NEPAD SANWTCE Secretariat attended the AMCOW General Assembly meetings from 2011

(Johannesburg, South Africa) and 2012/2013 in Cairo, Egypt.

Initially, representations merely focused on the progress of establishing the networks. This,

however changed over time, where the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE provided more input into the

Programme and direction, which culminated in the AMCOW General Assembly taking a resolution

in 2013, directed “to develop a Human Capacity Development Programme aimed at addressing

junior professional and technician level capacity challenges in the water sector”. Decision:

EXCO/11/2013/CAIRO/17.

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In collaborating with various institutions a programme outline will be developed, indicating the

scope and implementation plan, budgets, to be presented at the next AMCOW General Assembly in

2014.

In addition to the work done at AMCOW, the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat also engaged with

the SADC Water Division. Following a workshop with members of the SADC Water Resources

Technical Committee in Lusaka (5-6 May 2013), the following decision was approved by the SADC

Ministers of Water:

Approve the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Business Plan (Section 5.2.9.7);

Approve the proposal for AU/NEPAD SANWATCE to be the implementing agent for

the Water Research Fund for Southern Africa (WARFSA 2.0), a programme of SADC

Water Division (Section 5.2.9.8).

10. SANWATCE ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE Concluding the EC JRC pilot project was a major milestone for the newly formed AU/NEPAD SANWATCE. As the EC JRC project was unfolding, additional activities and achievements were accomplished (in no particular order):

a) Established an initial network of eight members from five SADC Member States. These members are: CSIR (South Africa), SU (South Africa); UB (Botswana), UEM (Mozambique), UKZN (South Africa), UNIMA (Malawi), UNZA (Zambia), UWC (South Africa).

Note that one of the key activities for the 2013/2014 period is to expand this network to include institutions from all SADC countries. We are currently in the process of contacting Centres of Excellence across Southern Africa, focusing on institutions in SADC Member States that are not currently represented.

b) Obtained endorsement at the fourth Conference of the AMCOST in 2009 to further establish the Networks of Centres of Excellence in Water Sciences and Technology under the AU/NEPAD Office of Science and Technology, with the Stellenbosch University designated as the hub4.

c) Secured a research project with specific deliverables to the value of € 651,279.01

through the AU. This project is being managed by the CSIR, and aims to conclude by

2015.

The project contract and the Consortium members aim at rolling the project out to a

second phase beyond 2015.

d) Completed the development of a Business Plan in 2012, for the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE

for the period 2013-2015. The Business Plan is constantly updated and adjusted.

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e) Obtained endorsement from the SADC Water Division (at the SADC Water Resources

Technical Committee meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, 7 May 2013) and subsequent

ratification at the SADC ministers meeting as follows:

I. Approved the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Business Plan (Section 5.2.9.7);

II. Approved the proposal for AU/NEPAD SANWATCE to be the implementing

agent for the Water Research Fund for Southern Africa (WARFSA 2.0), a

programme of SADC Water Division (Section 5.2.9.8).

f) Completed a positive financial audit by the Department of Science and Technology

(DST) – end 2011.

g) Completed a positive programme evaluation for the DST by external consultants –

2012.

h) Held various workshops with stakeholders to establish the function of the SANWATCE,

some of which were part of the EC JRC contract.

i) Attended the 9th, 10th and 11th AMCOW General Assembly meeting in Johannesburg

(2011) and Cairo 2012 and 2013.

The AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat has been delegated by the AMCOW, “to

develop a Human Capacity Development Programme aimed at addressing junior

professional and technician level capacity challenges in the water sector”. Decision:

EXCO/11/2013/CAIRO/17

j) Assisted in organising the 2013 Southern African Young Water Professionals

conference at the Stellenbosch University. AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat

administrative assistance, Me. Nora Hanke was the Chairperson of the Organising

Committee.

k) Establishment of an operational AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat hosted by the

Stellenbosch University.

l) In order to improve awareness of the programme with partners and stakeholders, a

weekly e-news digest of news form the African water sector is published to more than

620 subscribers. This e-news digest is published via email and has published more

than 2,300 articles. It is also accessible through the website at

www.nepadwatercoe.org.

m) The Secretariat staff attended numerous international conferences to market the

network more effectively, including the Stockholm International Water Institute’s

(SIWI’s) World Water Week, 1-6 September 2013. At the World Water Week we

presented our various flagship programmes (e.g. WARFSA 2.0), including the Country

Water Resources Profiles (CWRPs).

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The CWRPs were developed during the Regional Seminars (see JLP 1.7 Proceedings

and Feedback Material from the Regional Seminars) and represent the Centres of

Excellence knowledge and expertise if the five countries, respectively.

11. CONTACTS ESTABLISHED Various research and capacity development initiatives and institutions can be found within the SADC-region, most notably the SADC Water Division; WaterNet; Global Water Partnership-Southern Africa (GWP-SA); the International Water Management Institute (IWMI); the Water Research Commission (WRC); Cap-Net; Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA); the Water Information Network-South Africa (WIN-SA); Africa Portal; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Framework Programme for Research, Education and Training in Water (FETWater) and the UNESCO initiatives, including Chairs, Category I and II centres. It has been established through the assessment of the Research and Development value-chain, that the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE has an important role to play within the high-end scientific research and capacity sphere (M.Sc.; PhD; postdoctoral and Staff Exchange taking into consideration current Master’s programmes being offered by partners, such as WaterNet).

12. PROJECT CHALLENGES Unfortunately, the SA Water CoE network has not been without challenges. These challenges

include:

Challenge Mitigation

Resources are required in order to fund the activities of the Secretariat. Although funds are provided by the DST to fund administrative activities of the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat (which is also used to assist in the current research projects), these funds fall short of funding the activities envisaged in the Business Plan for the network. For example, a shortfall of approximately R4 million is being experienced to cover costs of the Secretariat per year, as planned for in the Business Plan. This excludes:

Network activities as defined in the Business Plan - approximately R11 million per year,

and specific funding for the WARFSA 2.0, approximately US$ 19.5 million per year for 10 years.

Partners need to be engaged in order to mobilise financial resources.

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The time frame to complete the EC JRC – AU/NEPAD SANWATCE contract was limited. The project started with a delay and until the end the Network had to catch up.

A functioning Secretariat, as coordinator, exists from the beginning so this should not be an issue for future projects.

13. CONCLUSION In May 2011 the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE and EC JRC signed a contract to reach two main objectives

of the DG EuropeAid support project with reference to the AU/NEPAD Southern African network: i)

Implementing the second phase of the Joint Learning Programme (JLP Train4dev) on Sector Wide

Approach through the regional networks of Centres of Excellence in the water sector and ii)

Improve knowledge management and development at regional level in the water sector. This

contract was successfully concluded in August 2013.

Despite some initial challenges, financial and managerial, the Network has made major strides in

the last three years since the contract began. The Network not only established itself as a trust

worthy partner in the region and has thus gained the endorsement of the continental and regional

intergovernmental organisations; it also attracted a major research project and passed a successful

financial audit. The Network is now at the stage of expanding beyond the initial members. In order

to drive all these developments a Business Plan (2013-2015) was put together by the fully staffed

AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat. The next big step for the Network is the SADC WARFSA 2.0

programme and to fulfil its AMCOW mandate “to develop a Human Capacity Development

Programme aimed at addressing junior professional and technician level capacity challenges in the

water sector” (Decision: EXCO/11/2013/CAIRO/17).

In order to make the SANWATCE initiative a success, a partnership needs to be established

between organisations that share the same vision and objectives. To this end, we would like to

thank the EC JRC, not only for their financial support, but also the support received by personnel in

providing strategic input the establishment of the SANWATCE and the project more specifically.

We are very much hoping that a Phase II project strengthening the capacity building strategy in the

water sector in Africa and the collaboration with AMCOW will come to reality to further establish

this network and support the green growth of the SADC region.

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14. ADDENDUM I: FIRST INTERIM REPORT

NEPAD Southern African Water Centres of Excellence



Milestone 1

Interim Technical Report

DOCUMENT STATUS: FINAL

Document prepared by:

NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat &

Stellenbosch University – Task leader

Date: October 2013

EUROPEAN COMMISSION NEPAD SOUTHERN AFRICAN WATER CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE


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LIST OF ACRONYMS


DISS Department of Infrastructure and Support Service

EC JRC European Commission Joint Research Commission

NEPAD SANWATCE Southern African Water Centres of Excellence


SADC RSAP Southern African Development Community Regional Strategic

Action Plan






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CONTENTS

LIST OF ACRONYMS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ii

INTRODUCTION TO THE NEPAD WATER CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE PROGRAMME……………………... iv

The Southern Africa Network of Water Centres of Excellence (SANWATCE)…………………………. iv

Vision……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. v

Focus Areas…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… v INTRODUCTION TO MILESTONE 1 OF THE EC JRC - NEPAD SOUTHERN AFRICAN WATER CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE CONTRACT…………………………………………………………………………………………. v

M-1 KICK-OFF MEETING……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… vi JLP 1.1 SURVEY ON REQUIREMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND WITHIN TRAININGS FOR PRACTITIONERS IN THE WATER SECTOR…………………………………………………………………………………….. vii

Limitations…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. viii

Sample…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… viii

Survey Findings……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… viii KM 2.1 ANALYSIS OF THE AQUAKNOW USERS AND POLICY MAKERS IS DIRECTED AT 2 SUB-ACTIVITIES: SURVEY AND STUDY………………………………………………………………………………………………… ix

TECHNICAL NOTES……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… x

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INTRODUCTION TO THE NEPAD WATER CENTRES OF

EXCELLENCE PROGRAMME

In September 2000, African countries and the international community adopted the Millennium

Development Goals at the United Nations Millennium Summit. African leaders identified water

scarcity and related insecurity due to water stress as one of the sources of the continent’s

underdevelopment and increasing social and economic decline.

The first African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology (AMCOST), held in Johannesburg in

2003, decided on water science and technology (S&T) to constitute one of the main flagship



adequate clean water supply and sanitation, especially for the poor”. They decided that S&T will

play an important role in water development, supply and management and that S&T is crucial for

assessing, monitoring and ensuring water quality. The flagship programme should strengthen the

continent’s capabilities to harness and apply S&T to address challenges of securing adequate clean

water as well as managing the continent’s resources to become a basis for national and regional

cooperation and development.

On 22 November 2006, the African Ministers responsible for science, technology and water

(AMCOST and African Ministerial Conference on Water, AMCOW) met in Cairo, Egypt. By

resolution, the delegates committed themselves to establishing an African Network of Excellence in

Water Sciences and Technology Development.

In developing this Business Plan, it is important that the NEPAD SANWATCE align activities and

thematic areas with Continental Strategic Plans and also SADC Regional Policies and Strategies. To

this end, consultation and alignment of thematic areas have been undertaken, in line with the

AU/NEPAD Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA) and the new CGIAR Consortium Research Programs

(CRPs). Regionally, the NEPAD SANWATCE Business Plan will also align with the SADC Regional

Water Policy and Strategy and also the Regional Strategic Action Plan on Integrated Water

Resources Development and Management (RSAP III) through the collaboration with WaterNet.

The Southern Africa Network of Water Centres of Excellence (SANWATCE) The Ministerial Mandate, as instituted in Cairo (2006), provides the NEPAD SANWATCE with the

following executive mandate:

Facilitate, and where applicable, conduct selective research on water issues;

Serve as a Higher Education (PhD; postdoctoral; staff exchange) soundboard to the Southern

African Development Community (SADC) region on regional water matters;

Collaborate with other networks and institutions in specialised areas;

Set the SADC water research agenda;

Establish a continental water research agenda which is based on / derived from the SADC

regional water agenda.

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This can be achieved, amongst other means, through one-on-one engagement with AMCOW and

AMCOST through the SADC Technical Advisory Committee, in order to observe political direction

and engage so as to provide evidence-based research.

It has been established through the assessment of the Research and Development value-chain,

that the NEPAD SANWATCE has an important role to play within the high-end scientific research

and capacity sphere (M.Sc.; PhD; postdoctoral and Staff Exchange taking into consideration current

Masters Programmes being offered by partners, such as WaterNet).

The NEPAD SANWATCE is one of the African regional networks. The regional Hub and Secretariat is

currently being hosted by Stellenbosch University (SU) in South Africa. Membership to the Network

is open to all countries in the Southern African sub-region and current members are: Botswana,

Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia.

Vision The NEPAD SANWATCE will contribute to the improved human and environmental well-being

through research and development in water and sanitation.

Focus Areas By focussing on various strategic areas, the NEPAD Water Centres of Excellence channel resources

and activities specifically to the following areas:

1. Research and Development (including infrastructure) through innovation;

2. Human capacity development;

3. Outreach through networking; conferences and workshops;

4. Strategic partnerships and

5. Financial sustainability.

INTRODUCTION TO MILESTONE 1 OF THE EC JRC - NEPAD

SOUTHERN AFRICAN WATER CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

CONTRACT

Trans-boundary water resources management, integrated water resources management and

conflict prevention have been identified by the European Parliament as issues that the European

Commission should address in the water sector in Africa as enablers to socio-economic

development. In particular, one of the key limitations to a harmonious development and

management of water resources in Africa is the lack of human and institutional capacity to

assimilate the modern advances in science and technology necessary to deal with the complex

interactions between the hydrological cycle and the societal needs, while conserving the

environment. Through the Commission Decision No C(2009)2374 of 26 March 2009, the DG

EuropeAid of the European Commission has launched the pilot project “Support to the New


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The European Commission, through its support, aims at recognising these Centres of Excellence,

currently organized in two networks being represented by two African institutions, as reference for

regional development fostering south to south cooperation and hence sustainability of technical

support actions. These actions are in line with the overall political framework of the EU Water

Initiative and develop the successful approach undertaken by the EC with the Joint Learning

Programme of the Train4Dev Network also managed by the EC. The Joint Research Centre is

implementing this project “Support to the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)

Water Centres of Excellence” on the European Commission’s behalf through the Administrative

arrangement No 2009-09-31487 NFP CSP with EuropeAid.

The below table displays the Joint Learning Programme (JLP) and Knowledge Management (KM)

deliverables that formed Milestone 1 of the pilot project between the European Commission Joint

Research Centre (EC JRC) and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Southern

African Network of Water Centres of Excellence (SANWATCE).


DELIVERABLE 1 to JRC M-1 KICK OFF MEETING NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat




University of Botswana & University of the Western Cape

M-1 KICK-OFF MEETING

The Kick-Off Meeting took place 22-23 September 2011 between the EU-JRC and the Secretariat.

The objective of the meeting was to explain the EU-JRC structure to the Secretariat, to discuss in

detail the activities of the contract between the EU-JRC and the Secretariat, to discuss the

methodology of each deliverable, how to present the results of the deliverables in a report and to

give the Secretariat training on AQUAKNOW. After the AQUAKNOW training, the Secretariat

became Administrators of the programme in order to train the other members in the network on

how to use it.

Other points of discussion included:

That the NEPAD CoE has to work together with AMCOW as the EU-JRC is also funding

AMCOW.

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NEPAD SANWATCE is encouraged to collaborate with other institutions such as UNESCO-IHE,

Government agencies, SADC etc.

Possible risks and delays which CoE members may have during the execution of the EU-JRC

project such as (1) changes in personnel at member institutions and (2)non-delivery of

partners.

To start developing a business plan for NEPAD SANWATCE was discussed and approved.

To source more donors to support the network.

To expand the network.

To receive payment before executing a deliverable was not granted. The EU-JRC will make

payment after each milestone.

JLP 1.1 SURVEY ON REQUIREMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

AND WITHIN TRAININGS FOR PRACTITIONERS IN THE WATER

SECTOR

This task was led by the Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa, with inputs from consortium

members from various institutions in Southern Africa, referred to as the EU JRC PROJECT

Consortium. These institutions include the International Centre for Water Economics and

Governance in Africa (Mozambique); University of Western Cape (South Africa); University of

Malawi (Malawi); University of Zambia (Zambia); University of Botswana (Botswana); The Council

for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR (South Africa).

As part of an extensive project, the EU JRC requested that the NEPAD SANWATCE network map out

the skills shortages in the water sector in the SADC region. Once the needs in the Water Sector

were identified, the results should be used to tailor the region’s existing training courses and

institutional degrees to match the needs and gaps in the region.

The task also provided information on the training/skills development opportunities that exist and

that are needed to tackle the skills shortage. This task demonstrated that there is an existing skills

gap in the water industry in Southern African Development Community (SADC). Although skills

shortages are not evenly distributed across all disciplines, the shortages do exist in science and

engineering, in management, technical and trade areas. As the report shows, this also does not

mean that there are not skills shortages in other areas because it is possible that the region is

underestimating the importance of skills that are of a less technical nature and that are,

nonetheless, critical shortages in the region in the ‘softer’ skills.

A structured on-line web survey was designed to capture and code responses that are quantifiable

but the survey was also designed to capture qualitative and anecdotal evidence from regional

experts through open ended questions which allowed for narrative texts. The survey was carried

intended to capture data regarding the skills shortage in all SADC countries so that the skills gap

could be analysed to provide information on what the region requires by the water sector.

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Limitations The following limitations were placed in order to produce this report for this study:

Time constraint – In order to extensively determine the water-sector skills gaps for the SADC

region, will require time and resources in access allowed for this project.

Sample size - Due to time constrains as mentioned previously, the sample size for the survey

was limited to 35 respondents5. In order to mitigate and supplement this limitation, water-

related research outputs per SADC country was researched by making use of Scopus, which

provide scientific evidence of research outputs and thus skills gaps within the SADC region

Sample The survey was administered purposively to a sample of targeted experts who were asked to

participate in the on-line survey. The experts were selected because of their experience and

knowledge in the water sector. There is a sample skew towards South Africa and for this reason a

second phase is planned and the input from experts in other SADC countries will be solicited. The

respondents were approached via email. The sample was purposively chosen through existing

networks of key partners in the NEPAD SANWATCE. This ‘personalised’ the email as the emails

requesting participation of experts in the survey and helped motivate the ‘experts’ to take time out

of their busy schedules and to respond to the short survey.

Survey Findings IDENTIFICATION OF SKILLS GAP

The responses captured showed that the skills needs for the water sector in SADC varied. There is

a need for people with engineering skills, for artisans (plumbers, welders, etc.), for people with

management skills, technical management skills, for people with science degrees (aquatic biology,

chemistry, hydrology), but also for people with ‘soft’ skills, such as resource economics, political

sciences, legal studies, conflict mediation, planning and community facilitation (Hochman &

Mahasha, 2009:10).

According to Australian Water Association (AWA, 2010:12), what the organizations, government

and NGO’s experiences the most regarding the skills gap, is that many appointees come directly

from institutions of higher learning into the mainstream without the requisite experience, for

example, operator or artisan experience. This poses serious problems for the sector as young

professionals that enter the job-market directly from Higher Educational Training (HET) institutions

are incapable of doing the work. There is a serious concern expressed by experts that the value and

qualification obtained at these HET institutions needs to be reconsidered. The broad based skills of

the more experienced staff cannot be replicated overnight, and there is a need to retain them

whilst, at the same time fast-tracking training of the new appointees.

5 Note that the survey was sent to experts in die field of water in the SADC region.

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SCOPUS RESEARCH

Scopus is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles.

It covers nearly 18,000 titles from over 5,000 international publishers, including coverage of 16,500

peer reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences (scopus.com, 2012).

A search was done on each SADC country using the keywords “water resources”. Scopus was used

to report who is conducting water-related research and development in SADC and in which focus

areas.

KM 2.1 ANALYSIS OF THE AQUAKNOW USERS AND POLICY

MAKERS IS DIRECTED AT 2 SUB-ACTIVITIES: SURVEY AND

STUDY

This task was compiled by the University of the Western Cape (South Africa) with inputs from

consortium members from various institutions in Southern Africa, referred to as the EU JRC

PROJECT Consortium. These institutions include the International Centre for Water Economics and

Governance in Africa (Mozambique); University of Western Cape (South Africa); University of

Malawi (Malawi); University of Zambia (Zambia); University of Botswana (Botswana); The Council

for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR (South Africa).

The aim of task KM 2.1 is to bring clarity to the Sector-Wide Approaches (SWAPs) on the role of

Knowledge Management (KM) in strengthening a sector wide approach in the region. It proposes a

working model of KM that is relevant to the water sector. A Knowledge Management System (KMS)

needs to be more than just a means of collecting information and establishing technically sound

systems because it must address head-on concerns of water management. What is required is not

simply the dissemination of information but the development of skills to make generate, manage

and use of this information in a practical way.

The water sector is a knowledge intensive sector and KM not a ‘nice to have’ but a ‘must have’.

The shift is away from simply focusing on the end user, but also on ethical issue of knowledge

production that are linked tightly with the way in which knowledge is codified, stored and

managed. The impact of information technology on the water sector is not inherent in the

technology but largely depends on the way society chooses to use the technology. Thus, the

linkages between the technology and society are at the core of a responsible Knowledge

Management System. The development of knowledge is a process of conversion of innovation

ideas into action and goods.

There is an interactive and dynamic relationship between innovation and the ideas that drive this

innovation, and the way that these ideas transform into practical action and goods and services

that improve people’s lives and preserve environmental integrity for future generations. In other

words, a robust KMS balances the quest for science and knowledge and the requirement for

practical solutions and interventions. An interactive engagement in a KM system is key to building

capacity and strengthening the SWAp as sector partners debate, dissent, and discuss how

knowledge is stored, used, exchanged, reconsidered, abandoned and renewed. Individuals have a

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_(publishing)

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remarkable ability to adjust, adapt and learn. This agility and adaptive capacity depends on the

knowledge at their disposal, ranging from simple verbal protocol, stories and lessons handed down

from generation to generation, their own practical learning by doing and the highly technical and

advanced systems in which data is stored and accessed.

The proposed KM adheres to four rules: clarity of objectives and quality of design, long-term

engagement, ownership and participatory diagnostics. The management of such a KMS also

requires a high level of ethical wisdom. The KMS is embedded within theory of change, social

learning and resilience and can 1) see connections, 2) relate functions to one another, 3) make use

of diversity and 4) create synergy. It is within the ecosystemic ethic that we see the true value of

KM, its potential for simplifying complexity and facilitating interconnections. This is unsurprising

because healthy eco-systems are learning systems that adjust and adapt to new stressors or

benefits that enter into that system. The data will be relevant, accurate, reliable, interactive, valid

and simple.

As part of this task, qualitative and quantitative data was used. A review of existing databases was

conducted and further, user-data which was extracted by the EU JRC was used in order to assess

how users are geographically distributed and more specifically in terms of Africa and their use of

the system. This indicated that although almost 20% (144) of registered users are from the African

very little of the active users on the AquaKnow KMS access the system from Africa. In addition,

current functionalities which exist within the AquaKnow KMS (www.aquaknow.net) was also

assessed.

Key questions for sector partners remain: what do we want from the database? how can we get

the sector to use the database and become contributors to KM, how do we link with other systems

and where do we fit in, who will evaluate the KM system and consider its strengths and

weaknesses and finally, how do we manage complexity, ethics, integrity, security and diversity.

TECHNICAL NOTES

During the completion of this Milestone, the following technical notes are worth mentioning:

The project initiated in September 2011 with a kick-off meeting at the EC JRC by delegates from the

University of Stellenbosch, who is the host and Secretariat of the network. The kick-off meeting

was followed by a project meeting by all consortium members in Maputo, Mozambique following

the annual WaterNet symposium. At the meeting, tasks were discussed and deliverables as per

contract, in order for consortium members to prepare. In order to manage time more efficiently

and effectively, it was decided that everybody will give input and contribute to each task

(irrespective of which institute are the leading institute of a particular task). Each member

responsible for their task submitted a methodology to the HUB (SU) which included a description of

the task, the time frame and what is required from the other members to complete the task

successfully.

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At the project meeting, each task was unpacked and a draft methodology was created. Task KM 2.1

was initially allocated to Eduardo Montlane University, Mozambique. Due to unforeseen

circumstances, it was agreed that the University of the Western Cape would collaborate and assist

Eudardo Montlane University in leading and executing the task together with the other members.

With task JLP 1.4 lead by the University of Botswana, it was clear that invited guests and

participants to the seminar needed clarity as to what NEPAD SANWATCE’s role is on the African

continent. Many comments referred to Waternet and that there may be duplication between the 2

networks. At the end of the seminar there were consensus that the 2 networks are not duplicating

and that NEPAD SANWATCE will focus more on Research and Development while strengthening

and collaborating with Waternet.

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15. ADDENDUM II: SECOND INTERIM REPORT

NEPAD Southern African Water Centres of Excellence



Milestone 2




NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat &


Date: October 2013

EUROPEAN COMMISSION NEPAD SOUTHERN AFRICAN WATER CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE


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LIST OF ACRONYMS


DISS Department of Infrastructure and Support Service

EC JRC European Commission Joint Research Commission

NEPAD SANWATCE NEPAD Water Centres of Excellence-

Southern African Water Centres of Excellence


SADC RSAP Southern African Development Community Regional Strategic

Action Plan






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CONTENTS

LIST OF ACRONYMS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. xiii

INTRODUCTION TO THE NEPAD WATER CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE PROGRAMME……………………... xv

The Southern Africa Network of Water Centres of Excellence (SANWATCE)…………………………. xvi

Vision……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. xvii

Focus Areas…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… xvii INTRODUCTION TO MILESTONE 1 OF THE EC JRC - NEPAD SOUTHERN AFRICAN WATER CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE CONTRACT…………………………………………………………………………………………. xvii JLP 1.2 STUDY ON HOW THE CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE COULD BETTER ADDRESS SECTOR EXPERTISE FOR CONSULTANCY AND ADVOCACY NEEDS IN THE WATER SECTOR………………………… xviii KM 2.2 DEVELOPING A LIST OF ACTIONS AND CHANNELS FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF MATERIALS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. xx JLP 1.3 PREPARATION OF AN ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK FOR CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT IN A SECTOR WIDE APPROACH…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… xxii KM 2.3 PRODUCE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL, LINKED WITH AQUAKNOW PLATFORM AND DEVELOPMENT OF COURSES………………………………………………………………………………………………………. xxii

Course 1: Groundwater Course……………………………………………………………………………………………… xxiii

Course 2: IWRM in Africa………………………………………………………………………………………………………. xxiii

Course 3: Water Toolkit Course…………………………………………………………………………………………….. xxiv

TECHNICAL NOTES……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… xxvi

ANNEXURE I: Simplified Dissemination strategy for outputs from Task JLP1.1 and JLP1.2………….. xxvii

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INTRODUCTION TO THE NEPAD WATER CENTRES OF




















It is important that the NEPAD SANWATCE align activities and thematic areas with Continental

Strategic Plans and also SADC Regional Policies and Strategies. To this end, consultation and

alignment of thematic areas have been undertaken, in line with the AU/NEPAD Consolidated Plan

of Action (CPA) and the new CGIAR Consortium Research Programs (CRPs). Regionally, the NEPAD

SANWATCE Business Plan will also align with the SADC Regional Water Policy and Strategy and also

the Regional Strategic Action Plan on Integrated Water Resources Development and Management

(RSAP III) through the collaboration with WaterNet.

During the 24th SADC Water Resource Technical Committee (WRTC) meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, the

following was recommended and subsequently ratified by the SADC Ministers of Water:

That the NEPAD SANWATCE and WaterNet have agreed amicably to focus on the two areas:

capacity building and training (WaterNet) and Research & Technology Transfer (NEPAD

SANWATCE) (Section 4.8.4)

Approve the NEPAD SANWATCE Business Plan (Section 5.2.9.7)6


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Approved the proposal for NEPAD SANWATCE to be the implementing agent for the Water

Research Fund for Southern Africa (WARFSA 2.0), a programme of SADC Water Division

(Section 5.2.9.8)

Subsequent to this ratification, a detailed project plan with associated costs was developed for

WARFSA 2.0.

The Southern Africa Network of Water Centres of Excellence (SANWATCE) The Ministerial Mandate, as instituted in Cairo (2006), provides the NEPAD SANWATCE with the



Serve as a Higher Education (PhD; postdoctoral; staff exchange) soundboard to the Southern

African Development Community (SADC) region on regional water matters;






AMCOST through the SADC Technical Advisory Committee, in order to observe political direction

and engage so as to provide evidence-based research.

Following the 24th SADC WRTC meeting in Lusaka (2013), and subsequent ratification of decisions

by the SADC Ministers of Water, the relationship between SADC Water Division and the NEPAD

SANWATCE are formalised, which will enable the NEPAD SANWATCE to:

Operationalize and regularly report to SADC in its mandate and progress;

Establish strategic partnerships outside and beyond the network. The NEPAD SANWATCE can

then play a network brokerage role with like-minded organisations to take information and

knowledge beyond the current region to the benefit of the African continent;

Leverage resources from the region and

In the long term, it is also important to establish the most appropriate legal personnel of the

NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat, with collaboration between NEPAD and SU.

Various research and capacity development initiatives and institutions can be found within the

SADC-region, most notably the SADC Water Division; WaterNet; Global Water Partnership-

Southern Africa; the International Water Management Institute (IWMI); the Water Research

Commission (WRC); Cap-Net; Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA); the Water Information

Network-South Africa (WIN-SA); Africa Portal; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Organization’s (UNESCO) Framework Programme for Research, Education and Training in Water

(FETWater) and the UNESCO initiatives, including Chairs, Category I and II centres.


that the NEPAD SANWATCE has an important role to play within the high-end scientific research

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and capacity sphere (M.Sc.; PhD; postdoctoral and Staff Exchange taking into consideration current

Masters Programmes being offered by partners, such as WaterNet).

The NEPAD SANWATCE is one of the African regional networks. The regional Hub and Secretariat is

currently being hosted by Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Membership to the Network is

open to all countries in the Southern African sub-region and current members are: Botswana,

Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia.

Vision The NEPAD SANWATCE will contribute to the improved human and environmental well-being


Focus Areas By focussing on various strategic areas, the NEPAD Water Centres of Excellence channel resources

and activities specifically to the following areas:






INTRODUCTION TO MILESTONE 2 OF THE EC JRC - NEPAD


CONTRACT






assimilate the modern advances in science and technology necessary deal with the complex









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The European Commission, through its support, aims at recognising these Centres of Excellence,

currently organized in two networks being represented by two African institutions, as reference for

regional development fostering south to south cooperation and hence sustainability of technical

support actions. These actions are in line with the overall political framework of the EU Water

Initiative and develop the successful approach undertaken by the EC with the Joint Learning

Programme of the Train4Dev Network also managed by the EC. The Joint Research Centres is

implementing this project “Support to the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)

Water Centres of Excellence” on the European Commission’s behalf through the Administrative

arrangement No 2009-09-31487 NFP CSP with EuropeAid. The JRC established the Contract

Number 386793 with the University of Stellenbosch, in the framework of which these deliverables

are submitted.

The below table displays the Joint Learning Programme (JLP) and Knowledge Management (KM)

deliverables that formed Milestone 2 of the pilot project between the European Commission Joint

Research Centre (EC JRC) and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Southern

African Network of Water Centres of Excellence (SANWATCE).



JLP 1.2 STUDY ON HOW THE CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE COULD BETTER ADDRESS SECTOR EXPERTISE FOR CONSULTANCY AND ADVOCACY NEEDS IN THE WATER SECTOR



University of Zambia


University of Stellenbosch7



JLP 1.2 STUDY ON HOW THE CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE COULD

BETTER ADDRESS SECTOR EXPERTISE FOR CONSULTANCY

AND ADVOCACY NEEDS IN THE WATER SECTOR

Based on secondary data from SADC Water sector, the NEPAD SANWATCE recognises that water

companies, government and NGO’s have made progress in terms of addressing the skills gap

(Matete, 2010:20), however NEPAD SANWATCE want to move even further forward the Centres

7 In the original project proposal and contract, the University of Kwa-Zula Natal was indicated as the lead

institution for this task. On commencement of the project, the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, however, withdrew from the project, whereupon Stellenbosch University took the leadership of the task hiring an expert.

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should be able to supply each SADC nations’ water needs in the most efficient and environmentally

appropriate manner.

It is evident that the water sector in Southern African Development Community (SADC) faces gaps

and shortages in certain skill areas. A study was conducted based on the objectives as laid out by

the EC JRC. These are as follows:

JLP 1.1 - Survey on requirements in higher education and within training for practitioners in

the water sector.

JLP 1.2 - A study on how the Centres of Excellence could better address sector expertise

consultancy and advocacy needed for sector development in the region.

Existing studies of skills shortages and gaps were used as baseline data from recent relevant

studies. Survey-questionnaire targeting water experts in the SADC region and research outputs of

SADC countries were executed. This followed by extending the survey-questionnaire to network

communities in the SADC region and complimented by an internet assessment of water-related

vacancies in the SADC region in prominent private- and public institutions.

The study concluded that the skills gap in the SADC-Region is for Water and Sanitation

Scientist/Engineer/Area Managers; Civil Engineers; Hydraulics/Water Resources Engineers; Water

Treatment Specialists; Senior Management (with technical background); Project Managers; Sales

Technologist/ Rep/ Account Manager (Water Treatment); Process Control Engineers; Human

Resources; Electricians; Water and Waste Water Engineers; Social Scientists; Water

Systems/Pipeline Engineers; Environmental Project Manager; Managers (Water Treatment);

Process Design Engineers; Hydro-graphic Surveyors; Fitter and Turners and Irrigation/Drainage

Engineers, Conflict Mediation; Environmental Law; Marketing; Occupational; Climatology; Forestry;

Waste Management; Chemical Engineering; Construction; Coastal Engineering; Plant

maintenance/operations; Artisans; Agronomy (irrigation, soil sciences), Project Managers, Social

Scientists and Ecology were identified.

With this background the Centres of Excellence had to rethink how to fill the skills gap. The

following recommendations and proposals were produced.

Research outputs by Higher Education institutions are an indication of knowledge within a specific

topic-area. Such research driven capacity building should become a major focus of future

investment in SADC in order to address the major backlog in terms of water-sector research output

in the relevant priority areas for specific countries.

It is recommended that private- and public institutions provide the employment opportunities for

individuals within the water-sector. Training institutions (such as Higher Education and Training

institutions; Accredited Service Providers and Further Education and Training institutions) should

align their educational offering to meet this need.

Accredited Service Providers and Further Education and Training institutions) should align their

educational offering to meet the need of industry.

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Funding should also be made available for supporting scholars to attend the appropriate courses

that are already available in the SADC region.

KM 2.2 DEVELOPING A LIST OF ACTIONS AND CHANNELS FOR

THE DISSEMINATION OF MATERIALS

Management of water resources is a concern of the entire humanity as its survival and well-being

of humans are primarily related to their access to water resources in (i) meeting their basic

biological needs, and (ii) fuelling their socio-economic development. According to the 2007 World

Health Organisation (WHO), 88% of the 4 billion annual global cases of diarrhoeal diseases are

attributed to unsafe water, as well as inadequate sanitation and hygiene, while 1.8 billion die from

diarrhoeal diseases each year. The WHO further estimates that 94% of these diarrhoeal cases are

preventable through modifications to the environment, including access to safe water. In Africa,

about 300 million still lack adequate water supplies, while about 313 million have inadequate

sanitation.

Further, consequences of climate variability/change, especially with regard to changes in rainfall

patterns, are shifting the paradigm for water management. The demand for sustainable

development solutions and management of scarce water resources in a climate that is becoming

highly variable will assure continued expansion and significance of the sector.

The sector is intensely knowledge-based, innovative and service-orientated, actively contributing to

the sustainable development of many nations and their people. Therefore, in order to deliver on

the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it is a basic requirement that a country has the

necessary skills base comprising engineering, water infrastructure construction companies; water

distribution entities; educational and research institutions; finance companies and government.

‘Goods and services’ include, among others, consulting and engineering services; construction and

operational services; planning, management, legal, regulatory and institutional advisory services;

research and development services; and education and training services.

Management of scientific and technical information and knowledge is an important feature that

supports effective and efficient human and institutional capacity. Further, knowledge management

– the art of using people as a resource – is a hallmark for capacity development, technology

transfer and technical cooperation and technical assistance. Therefore, activities under this task

assessed how knowledge is currently being used in the water sector, identifying needs of

stakeholders using existing knowledge resources, and to formulate strategies to address identified

needs of/in the sector. This is in fulfilment of the overall objective of the Network’s set up – to

contributing to the development of flagship programmes that focus on water quality, sanitation

and water resources management through realization of the following specific objectives:

To improve conservation and utilisation of the region’s water resources;

To improve the quality and quantity of water available to households in the region’s rural and

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urban areas;

To strengthen national and regional capacities for water resources management and reduce

impacts of water related disasters;

To promote cooperation and knowledge transfer among water research institutions to secure

adequate clean water and manage resources for national and regional development.

To enlarge the range of technologies for water supply and improve access to affordable quality

water.

METHODOLOGY

The study involved a review of existing literature and outputs of JLP 1.1 and JLP 1.2 – survey on

requirements in higher education and within training for practitioners in the water sector, and a

study on how the Centres of Excellence could better address sector expertise consultancy and

advocacy needed for sector development in the region, respectively.

OUTPUT

Science has hitherto been talking to itself by the manner and media through which knowledge

generated from research has been packaged and disseminated:

Even for suggested dissemination channels (Annexure I), the project must re-examine how science

has used them in the past and why their use has not yielded results aspired for; where/how can

things be done differently to attain the results that are sought for – sealing the identified gaps for

the betterment and sustainable development and management of the region’s water resources.

Higher Education and Training institutions, Accredited Service Providers, and Further Education and

Training institutions should align their educational programmes to the private- and public

institutions’ needs as a way of providing employment opportunities for individuals in the water

sector. In other words, training institutions should look through other stakeholders development

programmes so that they align their educational offerings to meet the need of industry.

In SADC, research-driven capacity building should become a major focus for future investment in

order to address the major backlog in its water‐sector research outputs as revealed by the Task

JLP1.1 and JLP1.2 in the relevant priority areas for each country.

For the dissemination strategy on training, funding must be made available to supporting scholars

to attend appropriate courses that are, and/or will become available, at the different SANWATCE in

the region.

Current Higher Education and Training institutions, Accredited Service Providers, and Further

Education and Training institutions appear to have inclined their training programmes towards

degree attainments. However, it is strongly recommended to formulate programmes for artisans,

technicians and professionals, who are also desperately required in order to meet fully the needs of

the water‐sector in region.

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JLP 1.3 PREPARATION OF AN ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK FOR

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT IN A SECTOR WIDE APPROACH

One of the key objectives of the European Commission Joint Research Centre’s (JRC’s) project

working with the NEPAD SANWATCE is to foster capacity development and implement a Joint

Learning Programme on collaborative governance approaches, in particular a SWAP. We will help

achieve this through building, an appreciation and awareness of the benefits and effective means

of implementing collaborative governance approaches within the Water Centres of Excellence

(COEs) in the region. Recognition will be given to the well-established governance processes in the

Southern Africa region, built around its protocol for the management of shared water resources

and an overall IWRM approach.

This task presented an analysis framework, which has the purpose to provide a common language

and coherence to the way in which sector wide partners will co-operate in all tasks and stakeholder

interactions during the project. Interaction will take place through various regional and national

consultation and training initiatives, which are part of the Joint Learning Programme of this project.

The analysis framework should provide systematic understanding of:

the water sector and its functioning

capacity development requirements in a water sector collaborative governance approach

The analysis framework contains the following parts that together can take the COE partners

forward into a sector wide approach. Eight issues are addressed, not ranked in importance, as each

of these issues are cornerstones of the framework.

Challenges of a water sector

Integrated vision

IWRM

Governance

Water sector

Sector-Wide approach

Collaborative water governance in Southern Africa

Capacity development as part of a Sector Wide approach

KM 2.3 PRODUCE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL, LINKED WITH

AQUAKNOW PLATFORM AND DEVELOPMENT OF COURSES

This task undertook the following steps:

Identifying the target group (students and practitioners.)

Identifying the material present and introduced in AquaKnow during the project and to be

included as educational / training material

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Three courses were developed equivalent to 38 teaching hours each. The educational material

produced was in line with the standards of the existing education material of the CoE at Master

Level.

Course 1: Groundwater Course The first course is composed of six main components. The first two sections of the course explain

the occurrence, movement and hydrogeological setting of groundwater. With the importance of

groundwater in Southern Africa, the next two sections focus on groundwater exploration, with an

emphasis on geophysical techniques. The last two sections address management issues;

introducing borehole and well structures, challenges and best management practices followed by a

broader perspective of policy, governance and regulation of groundwater in Southern Africa.

The course objective is to provide entry knowledge into the groundwater sector for Southern

Africa. The content is aimed at Master’s Degree level students who have a minimal background in

earth sciences and acting professionals in the water sector. As such, the course focusses on

providing a relevant background on groundwater occurrence, exploration and management. This is

supplemented by a closing section on management of groundwater and current issues on

groundwater management in the region.

The course outcome will be for Master’s students is to gain an informed overview of groundwater

functioning and issues in the Sub Saharan Africa region, which can allow them to make informed

and relevant choices for future studies in the groundwater sector, and for professionals in the

groundwater sector to obtain the skills and understanding to needed to manage groundwater

resources, including strategies for planning and supervising the implementation of highly technical

activities, with an understanding and overview of what constitutes ground water and what

constitutes best practices in groundwater management.

Course 2: IWRM in Africa The course includes an overview of key Southern African Strategies on Water and Sanitation,

followed by information about general governance in SADC down to municipal level, regarding

water, energy and sanitation. In some instances, the references and examples may only apply to

one of the above-mentioned but it is mostly the current principles and views as defined by human

rights principles, constitutions, and declarations accepted by the SADC countries that are being

discussed. The South African perspective is being placed central in this discussion.

This course will indicate the following important aspects of water policy and strategy for the

southern African continent:

South Africa as a role player in southern Africa regarding the water and energy

South Africa as a possible leader in water and energy matters

South Africa as an example in terms of shared water resources, notably the Limpopo and the

orange rivers.

Shared energy resources: the Cabora-Bassa electricity scheme

The Mozambique gas pipeline to South Africa (SA).

Fracking in SA

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OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES

In this course the importance of the role South Africa plays in the stimulation of the SADC

economies will be examined. The course will focus on the differences, and the importance in

legislature between countries in the region regarding water and energy. These will be highlighted

using case studies on topics mentioned above in this context. Students and participants will look at

legislative, policy and regulatory contexts and how they vary from a regional down to a local scale.

Course 3: Water Toolkit Course The management of freshwater resources and related services is of critical importance to healthy

social, economic and political well-being of a society. Access to clean water is vital for the survival

of people all other the world. Effective water resource management and developments impacting

on water resources are recognised as key components of environmentally sustainable

development.

The European Commission produced in March 2012 a Water Project Toolkit (WPT) to address this

issue. This document develops a strategic approach for the equitable, efficient and sustainable

management of water resources and forms the basis for this training.

This course present a practical and logical framework of activities based on the involvement of

those who use and manage water, which leads towards improved water governance, and to the

development and implementation of integrated water development plans at local, regional and

national level.

The first part of this training introduces challenges and the key concepts behind international

development policies and practices of the water sector. The second part is more focus on useful

tools and materials to develop water activities. Theoretical content and practical sessions

(exercises, case studies, role playing, etc.) are mixed trough the training to allow the participants to

experiment the teachings.

The content of this course has been assembled by Benjamin Noury on behalf of the University of

Stellenbosch.

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LECTURES TABLE OF CONTENTS

AUDIENCE

Master student and Sector professional

COURSES OVERVIEW

This open source course seeks to explore methodologies and tools developed and used by the

European Commission for the development of water activities. It has three main objectives:

To provide a comprehensive framework for all activities relating to water resources

development.

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To facilitate the application of sustainable water management in national and sub-national

policies, programmes and projects.

To formalize skills, tools and methods necessary for water development activities: planning,

identification, formulation, implementation and evaluation

COURSE OUTCOME

After completing this course the students will be able to:

Identify and describe key challenges for the development of water activities

Explain the difference between water management and water governance

Build a European project proposal

Fill a Logical Framework

Realise a Stakeholder Analysis

Facilitate and assist with the planning, coordination and implementation of water activities.

TECHNICAL NOTES

During the completion of this task the following challenges were encountered:

KM 2.3 was originally assigned to the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (UKZN). Since UKZN was no

longer part of the Consortium (but remain members of the network), this task was sub-contracted

to Corporation Blue (Mr. Murray Biedler) with the approval of the EC JRC, a well-experienced

consultancy in the Africa water sector. The consultant had some difficulties sourcing feedback from

the partners and delivery was delayed. This was partly due to the fact that a lot of course material

by the partner institutions is protected by copy right and attached to the universities and research

institutions. Therefore, it was difficult for partners to provide input into the new courses without

prior research.

The NEPAD SANWATCE Consortium mitigated these through the following measures:

Despite initial difficulties to get partners to respond to the consultant’s request for case studies and

course content, eventually and through the collaborative effort of all partners, the courses did

come together and case studies, as well as material was contributed by the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE

nodes.

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ANNEXURE I: Simplified Dissemination Strategy for Outputs

from Task JLP 1.1 and JLP 1.2

What to

disseminate

Issue to be

addressed Target group

Dissemination channel

/ strategy

Success/performance

indicator

Low levels of

water

literacy

Stakeholder

illiteracy in

water issues

Institutions of

higher learning &

research

• Aquaknow website

• Knowledge brokerage

Creation of, and

increased awareness

across the sector of

education, training and

employment

opportunities

Regulators


• Reports

• workshops/

conferences

Commercial

utilities


• Flyers

• Mailing lists

NGOs


• workshops/conferences

• flyers

community

• Personal contacts

• Flyers

• Workshops/conference

s

Inadequate

water

professionals

Gaps in skills

and human

capital in/for

the water

sector

Sector ministries,

govt. departments,

• Policy briefs



s

Increased use by

industry of employment

opportunities to build

skills in the sector.

Increased number of

government

programme places

being taken up by the

water sector

Reduction in skills and

human capital gaps in

the sector

Improved training

strategies within

organisations in the

sector

Increased

understanding of how

training contributes to

increased productivity.

Regulators



s

• Reports

• Mailing lists

Bilateral / multi

lateral partners

• Reports

• Policy briefs


NGOs

• Reports



s

Private sector/

industries


• Mailing lists

• flyers

Commercial

utilities



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s

• Mailing lists

Increase in investment

in training + staff

development by private

sector

Greater volume and

quality of applications

for sector organisations

Strengthened

university/ industry

relationships.

Stronger linkage

between industry and

institutions of higher

learning

Community

• Flyers



s

Higher learning &

research

institutions; natural

& social sciences


• Mailing lists

• Conference

presentations

• Journal papers

• Training

• Knowledge brokerage

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16. ADDENDUM III: THIRD INTERIM REPORT

AU/NEPAD Southern African Water Centres of Excellence



Milestone 3




AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat &


Date: November 2013

EUROPEAN COMMISSION AU/NEPAD SOUTHERN AFRICAN WATER CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE


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LIST OF ACRONYMS

AMCOST African Ministers Council on Science and Technology

AMCOW African Ministers Council on Water

AU African Union

CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CoE Centres of Excellence

CPA Consolidated Plan of Action

CRP Consolidated Research Programmes


CV Curriculum Vitae

EC European Commission

EUWI European Union Water Initiative

FETWater Framework Programme for Research, Education and Training in Water

GWP-SA Global Water Partnership – Southern Africa

IWRM Integrated Water Resources Management

JLP Joint Learning Programme

JRC Joint Research Commission

KM Knowledge Management

NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development

R&D Research and Development

RSAP III Third Regional Strategic Action Plan (SADC)


SANWATCE Southern African Water Centres of Excellence

S&T Science and Technology


SWAp Sector-wide Approach

TAC Technical Advisory Committee



UKZN University of Kwa Zulu-Natal

UN United Nations

UNESCO United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organisation

UNIMA University of Malawi



WARFSA Water Research Fund for Southern Africa

WIN-SA Water Information Network-South Africa

WISA Water Institute of Southern Africa

WRTC Water Resources Technical Committee

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CONTENTS

LIST OF ACRONYMS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. xxx

INTRODUCTION TO THE NEPAD WATER CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE PROGRAMME……………………... xxxii

The Southern Africa Network of Water Centres of Excellence (SANWATCE)…………………………. xxxiii

Vision……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. xxxiv

Focus Areas…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… xxxiv INTRODUCTION TO MILESTONE 1 OF THE EC JRC - NEPAD SOUTHERN AFRICAN WATER CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE CONTRACT…………………………………………………………………………………………. xxxiv JLP 1.4 PLANNING REGIONAL SEMINARS – DELIVERING CAPACITY ACROSS SADC’S REGIONAL WATER SECTOR………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. xxxv JLP 1.5 FINAL DESIGN OF THE SEMINARS AND TRAININGS - IDENTIFYING COMMUNICATION MECHANISMS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…….. xxxviii

JLP 1.6 SEMINARS PRESENTATIONS, ORGANISATION AND IMPLEMENTATION REPORT xxxiv

Technical Notes on JLP 1.6…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. xI

KM 2.4 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP…………………………………………………………………………………………. xI

Technical Notes on KM 2.4……………………………………………………………………………………………………. xIi

KM 2.5 E-CONFERENCE AND THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE E-CONFERENCE………………………………….. xIii

Technical Notes on KM 2.5……………………………………………………………………………………………………. xIii

BIBLIOGRAPHY……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. xIiv

ANNEX I: Consolidated List of Participants at the Regional Seminars………………………………………….. xIv

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INTRODUCTION TO THE AU/NEPAD WATER CENTRES OF




















It is important that the African Union (AU) /NEPAD Southern African Network for Water Centres of

Excellence (SANWATCE) align activities and thematic areas with Continental Strategic Plans and

also Southern African Development Community (SADC) Regional Policies and Strategies. To this

end, consultation and alignment of thematic areas have been undertaken, in line with the

AU/NEPAD Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA) and the new Consultative Group on International

Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Consortium Research Programmes (CRPs). Regionally, the AU/NEPAD

SANWATCE Business Plan will also align with the SADC Regional Water Policy and Strategy and also

the Regional Strategic Action Plan on Integrated Water Resources Development and Management

(RSAP III) through the collaboration with WaterNet.

During the 24th SADC Water Resource Technical Committee (WRTC) meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, the

following was recommended and subsequently ratified by the SADC Ministers of Water:

That the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE and WaterNet have agreed amicably to focus on the two areas:

capacity building and training (WaterNet) and Research & Technology Transfer (AU/NEPAD

SANWATCE) (Section 4.8.4)

Approve the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Business Plan (Section 5.2.9.7)8


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Approved the proposal for AU/NEPAD SANWATCE to be the implementing agent for the Water

Research Fund for Southern Africa (WARFSA 2.0), a programme of SADC Water Division

(Section 5.2.9.8). Subsequent to this ratification, a detailed project plan with associated costs

were developed for WARFSA 2.0.

The Southern Africa Network of Water Centres of Excellence (SANWATCE) The Ministerial Mandate, as instituted in Cairo (2006), provides the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE with the



Serve as a Higher Education (PhD; postdoctoral; staff exchange) soundboard to the SADC

region on regional water matters;






AMCOST through the SADC Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) , in order to observe political

direction and engage so as to provide evidence-based research.

Following the 24th SADC WRTC meeting in Lusaka (2013), and subsequent ratification of decisions

by the SADC Ministers of Water, the relationship between SADC Water Division and the AU/NEPAD

SANWATCE are formalised, which will enable the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE to:

Operationalize and regularly report to SADC in its mandate and progress;

Establish strategic partnerships outside and beyond the network. The AU/NEPAD SANWATCE can

then play a network brokerage role with like-minded organisations to take information and

knowledge beyond the current region to the benefit of the African continent;

Leverage resources from the region and

In the long term, it is also important to establish the most appropriate legal personnel of the

AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat, with collaboration between NEPAD and Stellenbosch University

(SU).

Various research and capacity development initiatives and institutions can be found within the

SADC-region, most notably the SADC Water Division; WaterNet; Global Water Partnership-

Southern Africa (GWP-SA); the International Water Management Institute (IWMI); the Water

Research Commission (WRC); Cap-Net; Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA); the Water

Information Network-South Africa (WIN-SA); Africa Portal; United Nations Educational, Scientific

and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Framework Programme for Research, Education and Training

in Water (FETWater) and the UNESCO initiatives, including Chairs, Category I and II Centres.


that the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE has an important role to play within the high-end scientific

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research and capacity sphere (M.Sc.; PhD; postdoctoral and Staff Exchange taking into

consideration current Master’s Programmes being offered by partners, such as WaterNet).

The AU/NEPAD SANWATCE is one of the African regional networks. The regional Hub and

Secretariat is currently being hosted by Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Membership to the

Network is open to all countries in the Southern African sub-region and current members are:

University of Botswana (UB), University of Malawi (UNIMA), University of Eduardo Mondlane

(UEM) in Mozambique, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), University of the

Western Cape (UWC), Stellenbosch University (SU) and University of the Western Cape (UKZN) in

South Africa, and University of Zambia (UNZA).

Vision The AU/NEPAD SANWATCE will contribute to the improved human and environmental well-being


Focus Areas By focussing on various strategic areas, the AU/NEPAD Water Centres of Excellence channel

resources and activities specifically to the following areas:






INTRODUCTION TO MILESTONE 3 OF THE EC JRC - AU/NEPAD


CONTRACT






assimilate the modern advances in science and technology necessary deal with the complex




Partnership for Africa's Development Water Centres of Excellence”.



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The European Commission (EC), through its support, aims at recognising these Centres of

Excellence (CoE), currently organized in two networks being represented by two African

institutions, as reference for regional development fostering south to south cooperation and hence

sustainability of technical support actions. These actions are in line with the overall political

framework of the European Union Water Initiative (EUWI) and develop the successful approach

undertaken by the EC with the Joint Learning Programme (JLP) of the Train4Dev Network also

managed by the EC. The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is implementing this project “Support to the

NEPAD Water CoE” on the EC’s behalf through the Administrative arrangement No 2009-09-31487

NFP CSP with EuropeAid. The JRC established the Contract Number 386793 with the SU, in the

framework of which these deliverables are submitted.

The below table displays the JLP and Knowledge Management (KM) deliverables that formed

Milestone 3 of the pilot project between the EC JRC and the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE.


DELIVERABLE 3 to JRC JLP 1.4 PLANNING REGIONAL SEMINARS – DELIVERING CAPACITY ACROSS SADC’S REGIONAL WATER SECTOR

Centre for Scientific Industrial and Research




All nodes and AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat


University of Malawi



JLP 1.4 PLANNING REGIONAL SEMINARS – DELIVERING

CAPACITY ACROSS SADC’S REGIONAL WATER SECTOR

Part of the contract between AU/NEPAD SANWATCE and the JRC were Regional Seminars with the

aim to bring together key representatives and stakeholders of the country’s water-sector

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institutions to assess and update research and development (R&D) capacity gaps with a view to

sharing and improving knowledge on various water development, utilisation and management

issues in the country and the Southern African region.

The CSIR was responsible for planning and setting out a programme for each of the regional

seminars. Please see the table below for a detailed programme which the CSIR consolidated. This

programme was approved prior to the seminars by the JRC and was also sent to all the network

members for input. The dates of the regional seminars were as follows: Zambia (9-11 April 2013),

Botswana (16-19 April 2013), Malawi (23-26 April 2013), South Africa (7-10 May 2013), and

Mozambique (14-17 May 2013).

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JLP 1.5 FINAL DESIGN OF THE SEMINARS AND TRAININGS -

IDENTIFYING COMMUNICATION MECHANISMS

The objective of this deliverable was to design a communication strategy for a Sector-wide

Approach (SWAp) in the SADC region is to mainstream and integrate of cross-cutting issues through

appropriate communication mechanisms such as dialogue, awareness-raising and coaching. Such a

strategy will strengthen the working relationship between water sector stakeholders based on a

sector-wide approach. The aim in presenting this Strategy is to get the message to sector wide

partners that AU/NEPAD SANWATCE deliberately support the communication of ideas within and

between institutions, groups and individuals across and within disciplines. Only in this way will

AU/NEPAD SANWATCE achieve the goals of integrated water resources management, underpinned

by the ideas of social equity, financial viability and environmental sustainability.

The communication strategy draws on two key theoretical ideas, 1) social capital, 2) complexity

theory, resilience and adaptive management. The first concept of social capital draws on the work

of Coleman (1998), Putnam (1993), Putnam and Pharr (2000), Luhmann (1979), Ostrom et al (1994)

and Ostrom (2000), as well as Goldin (2003, 2010). The second idea is that of complexity that is

linked to theories of resilience and vulnerability. Here this task referred to the work of Snowden

and Boone (2007) on managing complex systems and the work of Gunderson and Devereux (2001)

Holling (2002), Kingsford, Biggs and Pollard (2010) and Folke et al (2005) on systems thinking,

resilience and vulnerability.

The second section isolated three selected communication tools, namely 1) coaching 2) dialogue

and 3) awareness raising and considers how these can be used to strengthen a sector wide

approach for boundary partners.

As part of this process, some key cross-cutting issues are to be mainstreamed into the planning of

all activities at the very early stage of the project, as partners begin to engage with one another.

The cross-cutting issues that have been identified by the project writers are: dialogue, awareness

raising/coaching, environment, health, gender, governance and transparency, human rights,

conflict prevention and others that are yet to be identified as the partners engage with one

another. These are all part of a sector wide approach that is underpinned by a commitment to

good governance, the backbone of the analysis framework.

The final section proposed a communication model for a sector wide communication strategy. The

report was concluded with the premise that a communication strategy for the CoE needs to be

rooted in theoretical frames that are able to capture connectivity (social capital), different types of

knowledge and differences and diversity of stakeholders (complexity), and lastly it must deal with

adaptation and social learning processes (resilience and adaptive management).

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JLP 1.6 SEMINARS PRESENTATIONS, ORGANISATION AND

IMPLEMENTATION REPORT

From 9 April 2013 to 17 May 2013, the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE organised a series of Regional

seminars in all its current member states; Zambia (9-11 April 2013), Botswana (16-19 April 2013),

Malawi (23-26 April 2013), South Africa (7-10 May 2013), and Mozambique (14-17 May 2013). The

aim of the regional seminars was to bring together key representatives and stakeholders of the

country’s water-sector institutions to assess and update research and development (R&D) capacity

gaps with a view to sharing and improving knowledge on various water development, utilisation

and management issues in the country and the Southern African region.

The Regional Seminars were designed and planned to be comparable and followed a similar

schedule. Therefore, the output produced across the five seminars was similar. The workshops

were opened by a high-level government representative and presentations by the media, other

researchers, NGOs, and water utilities followed.

Together with the CoE representatives these participants, through group discussions, clarified

future pathways, directions and actions for the Centres, taking into account its niche role, i.e. high-

end research to improve regional, national and municipal water and its sustainable management

through, among others:

Determination of impacts of land use changes in areas of rapidly growing populations on

water resources (both surface and ground water)

Assessment of the amount of available water resources in the country, especially

groundwater.

Assessment of capacities of wastewater treatment plants in the country’s major cities

(environmental audit of the treatment plants).

Assessment of effects of climate change scenarios and drivers on the country’s surface water

and groundwater resources.

Seeking for solutions to some existing societal challenges, including those that utilize

indigenous knowledge.

The workshops observed that intensifying competition for water resources by agricultural,

industrial, and domestic users will continue to put a lot of pressure on water resources. The cause

for this situation was identified as having been; (i) the country not being able to challenge its

scientists to solve some water-related developmental issues, and (ii) research not receiving

adequate attention, which has led to policy and decision-making remaining uninformed. Further,

the meeting identified some research and development gaps in the water sector of each country.

Incorporation of a field visit was intended to identify actions to be taken within the context of the

six different policy principle areas – social; economic; technical; information, education and

communication; environmental; institutional and management – in order to (i) facilitate a holistic

approach to water resources management, and (ii) enable relevant stakeholders to assist in the

design and implementation of more sustainable solutions for the site’s water challenges.

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Technical Notes on JLP 1.6 Timing: Participants from many Southern African countries, especially those working in the public

sector, work until 15:30. Consequently, it was very difficult to keep participants interested,

captivated and involved after 15:30. In some cases people simply left. Taken as a whole, a three

day seminar was considered very long, especially since it was not the kind of workshop where

participants would receive something tangible such as a certificate. This serves as a

recommendation in future workshops where participants can receive a certificate to increase their

participation and attendance till the end of the workshop, but furthermore, the certificate can

complement their Curricullum Vitaes (CVs).

Record keeping: The seminar summaries were prepared by local rapporteurs, often PhD and MA

students from the host institution. This type of minute taking was unfamiliar to most of them and

consequently the entire final day of the conference was spent patching together the missing

documents, discussions and conclusions. A briefing package containing template documents and

examples was sent out by the Secretariat after the first seminar in Zambia, however, it seems that

it was not detailed enough. In some cases, the Rapporteurs were only identified at the beginning of

the workshop and were not made aware that this would be a full-time, four day commitment. In

future workshops, it is recommended to utilize the opportunity to capacitate PhD and MA students

by transferring skills to be able to rapport and take decent good quality minutes.

KM 2.4 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP

This workshop was organised in the framework of the EC support project to the AU/NEPAD

SANWATCE implemented by the EC JRC. Through its global network of CoE in Water Science and

Technology, the workshop on exchanging and disseminating of good practices in water resources

management was held in Ispra, Italy from 15 to 18 October 2012. The workshop was aimed at

exchanging and disseminating good practices in water resources management among experts from

Africa (African Union/NEPAD Networks of Water Centres of Excellence), Latin America (RALCEA),

China (EU-China platform) and Europe (JRC and other experts).

The workshop was very valuable to the consortium members in many ways. Firstly, the workshop

provided a forum where members shared their research experiences and expertise amongst

themselves and those from Europe, China and Latin America. Members also learnt how the other

similar networks are being run including the challenges they are facing.

Secondly, the presentations from SANWATCE showed that there is a region wide human capacity

need for specialists in water resources management, both from engineering and social dimensions.

In addition, the talks highlighted that currently, there are minimal monitoring activities of both

groundwater and surface water resources in the region and this is impeding their sustainable

development and utilization. The region’s water 16 resources are further being negatively affected

by climate change as the case study from Botswana demonstrated. It was hence observed that

deliberate efforts and new innovations are required for the better management of the region’s

water resources. The workshop however learnt that there are significant efforts being made

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towards better water and sanitation service provision in South Africa through the WSF programme.

This is expected lead to the improvement in the management of water resources and may

therefore serve as a learning platform region wide.

Key lessons on water resources management were also learnt from the other regions that

participated in the workshop. For China, experiences on stakeholder participation and analysis

under the largely successful World Bank funded Loess Plateau Rehabilitation project would be

beneficial to southern Africa. The Danube basin also provided an applicable stakeholder

engagement strategy. It was learnt that the Danube region has moved from confrontation to

cooperation and this is leading to better results by making best use of experiences in place from a

variety of interest groups. Other applicable stakeholder participation approaches include the

conflict resolution efforts in West Africa in the Hadejia-Jaamare Komadugu Yobe Basin in North

East Nigerian basin.

Another key lesson is a need for proper accounting procedures especially in the water stressed

regions. To this end, the West Africa region and China demonstrated the importance of full cost

recovery as a more sustainable way in water service provision. The case of China recommended

that water pricing should cover three components namely: the value of water itself; the

infrastructure used to manage water resources; and cost of damage (or preventing damage) to the

environment. The recently developed multi-criteria tool that has been built to optimize

combinations of water efficiency measures, as presented in the European Commission’s Blueprint,

may therefore be adopted for this purpose, in addition to hydrological models

The region may also benefit from using recent innovations in Environmental Management Tools (as

those presented for the Andean region) and remote sensing technology is the assessment of water

resources. The presentations on the Danube River Basin (Raimund Mair), China’s strictest water

policy presented (Guozhi Du) and on harmonising water quality objectives among EU member

states (Sandra Poikane) stimulated a lot of interest and debate among participants. These provide

potential areas for joint collaborative research including broad areas that were identified by

SANWATCE consortium members on climate change impacts on water resources, groundwater

assessments and sanitation. Furthermore, the workshop provided a bonding platform for the

consortium members as some were meeting for the first time and friendships were built.

Technical Notes on KM 2.4 After all logistical arrangements, three participants from Malawi, South Africa and Mozambique

could not attend the workshop. This meant that flight tickets had been paid for and were not used.

In addition, to claim money back from the hotel was difficult and with the large international

transaction costs and exchange rate losses, the Secretariat lost a substantial amount of money.

Based on this experience, the Secretariat has compiled and created a Voyage Policy to minimize

financial losses. In addition, the Voyage Policy will include rules and regulations in terms of day

allowances in order to communicated clear expectations to the network members.

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KM 2.5 E-CONFERENCE AND THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE E-

CONFERENCE

The AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat organised an e-Conference on Knowledge Management in

the Southern African Water Sector with the aim of

Generating and disseminating knowledge in developing countries,

Identifying joint action for the water knowledge management,

Confronting new challenges of information management in the internet age,

Designing sustainable knowledge strategies in beneficiary countries.

Two topics were addressed: The Knowledge Chain: Generation, dissemination and feedback from

the 26-30 November 2012 and Joint Action for Water Knowledge Management from 18-22 March

2013. Participants were able to sign up to the e-Conference on

http://econference.nepadwatercoe.org/ prior to the conference and in total approximately 70

people signed up to the open group discussion.

The first e-Conference was opened by Mr. Nico Elema, the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE Programme

Manager, and Prof. Jacqueline Goldin, UWC, in an online video discussing KM in general and thus

providing the backdrop to the discussions that followed. The discussion was divided into two parts:

What is KM? Who are the stakeholders in the water sector?

A new direction?

Do researchers in the water sector have to change their perspective and become more policy-

tuning, rather than policy-shaping?

The second e-Conference was introduced by a PowerPoint slide by Dr Inga Jacobs from the Water

Research Commission in South Africa.

Technical Notes on KM 2.5

The main shortcoming of the first, and more specifically in the second AU/NEPAD SANWATCE

e-Conference was that, it received unfortunately too little input from participants.

With the first e-Conference only a few individuals, closely linked to the network, provided

comments. Although these seemed to have been read by many people, it did not lead to a

vivid discussion.

After the first e-Conference, the Secretariat had decided to change its tactic to attract more

participants and increase participation through the following mechanisms:

Focusing on a more solution-oriented topic as some of the problems and challenges have

already been pointed out.

http://econference.nepadwatercoe.org/

http://www.aquaknow.net/es/glossary/term/343

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Linking the e-Conference to the United Nation (UN) Water Day in March to bring it into a

wider context of water challenges. This strategic link could also mean that the e-Conference

might attract more participants.

Contact key stakeholders in the sector prior to the e-Conference directly and make sure they

are aware of the e-Conference and prepared to participate.

Despite all three mechanisms being taken into account, the second e-Conference failed to

attract the desired participation. More on each of the mechanism:

In order to create a more engaging discussion environment, the Secretariat decided to focus

on a solution-oriented topic – Joint Action for Water Knowledge Management.

In hindsight this might have been the wrong timing for the e-Conference; instead of

strategically linking the UN Water Week, it appears as though participants were too busy at

other events to pay serious attention to the e-Conference.

Emails were sent directly to key stakeholders in the region on KM. The GIZ Water Division,

UNESCO and the Secretariat’s network. Despite initially promising emails by some

stakeholders and repeated follow-up emails, none of the stakeholders took part in the actual

discussion.

In addition to the challenges in marketing the conference adequately, the AquaKnow platform

proved to be very challenging as a discussion forum. Both e-Conferences were started with a

delay because the communication between the organisers and the IT team at the JRC did not

work effectively. The fact that people first signed up on one site and then had to re-register on

AquaKnow might have deterred people as well. However, as the Secretariat wanted to make

sure people sign up, it had to use our own web platform. For future e-Conferences, the

communication between organisers and IT team has to be established well in advance so that

people can sign up on AquaKnow directly and the organisers can test and retest the group

beforehand.

In conclusion, the Secretariat had initially planned to hold three e-Conferences:

Topic 1: Knowledge Chain: Generation, dissemination and feedback

26 - 30 November 2012

Topic 2: Joint action for Water KM

17 – 22 March 2013

Topic 3: Challenges and Problems of KM 17 – 22 March 2013

However, due to the low participation and partial coverage of Topic 3 in the first topic, it was

decided to discard the workshop. However, AU/NEPAD SANWATCE is principally interested in this

format of engagement and knowledge dissemination and the Secretariat is planning on holding e-

Conferences in the future on topics that are fundamental to the Southern African water sector.

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ANNEX I: Consolidated List of Participants at the Regional

Seminars NAME ORGANISATION MOBILE E-MAIL COUNTRY

Imasiku A. Nyambe UNZA IWRM CENTRE 955793600 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Jonathan Phiri WASAZA 977846246 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Benedict K. Tembo ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL 0966750451/0955750451

[email protected]/,

[email protected] ZAMBIA

Chitaku G. Muchelenganga NISIR 966295573 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Inyambo Nyumbu GFA 966452174 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Mwandira Wilson UNZA IWRM CENTRE 976348726 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Mailesi Ndhlovu Nkandu LUSAKA CITYCOUNCIL 976702155 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Levy Museteka MMWEWD/DWA 972299932 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Kieth Kennedy CSR SOUTH AFRICA

[email protected] ZAMBIA

Nora Hanke SU SOUTH AFRICA 0728436133 [email protected] ZAMBIA

George W. Sikuleka MAL/DOE 977777573 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Chiwanga Maseka

SNV Netherlands

Development Org/

Zambia Water

partnership 955860260 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Simon Kangomba DWA/MMED 977623398 [email protected] ZAMBIA

William Sam Phiri SEEDS OF HOPE 966777350 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Mpale Nkonkomalimba - 977368403 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Daniel C.W. Nkhuwa UNZA 979315465 [email protected]/[email protected] ZAMBIA

N.M Elema

AU/NEPAD

SANWATCE 27762278373 [email protected] ZAMBIA

A.Chompolola UNZA 977430872 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Kawawa Banda UNZA-IWRM 977533041 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Claude Mwale UNZA-IWRM 979304302 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Rodwell Chandipo ZEMA 966878593 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Ndila Hamalambo SWSC 955915419 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Justine Liyali WWSC 977878451 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Macphersson Mutale UNZA 977596219 [email protected] ZAMBIA

B.P. Parida UNIV of Botswana 26772619548 [email protected] ZAMBIA

P.K Kenabatho UNIV of Botswana -74599050 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Robert Chimambo CRCCT/ZCCN 955880111 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Joel Kabika UNZA 977880126 [email protected] ZAMBIA

Maurice Monjerezi University of Malawi +265991865585 [email protected] BOTSWANA

Modiri Garenamotse

Botswana Meat

Commission +26771335048/5331265 [email protected] BOTSWANA

Gofaone Maswabi

Botswana Meat

Commission +2672414499/2462005 [email protected] BOTSWANA

Cosmo Ngongondo University of Malawi +26588222083/994780470 [email protected] BOTSWANA

Kobamelo Dikgola Dept of Water Affairs +26772662780 [email protected] BOTSWANA

mailto:[email protected]





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Anna Johnell

Swedish

Meteorological and

Hydrological Institute 0119958320 [email protected] BOTSWANA

Onalekutlo Kenabatho Dept of Water Affairs

[email protected]/[email protected] BOTSWANA

Judith Olofsson

Swedish

Meteorological and

Hydrological Institute 0114958343 [email protected] BOTSWANA

Felix Monggae

Kalahari Conservation

Society

3974557; Plot 398, Ext 4,

Kgasa close,Gaborone ceo.kcs.orh.bw BOTSWANA

Portia Keetile BOPA 3653518 [email protected] BOTSWANA

Jobe Manga

Dept of

Environmental Affairs 3902050 [email protected]/mangajz@gmail BOTSWANA

B.P. Parida FET, UB

[email protected] BOTSWANA

M Lenkopane

Environmental

Science, UB


Bothepha Mosetlhi

Environmental

Science, UB


Nora Hanke

AU/0NEPAD

SANWATCE +27(0)728436133 [email protected] BOTSWANA

Ogopoleng Kgomoethata BOPA 76263232/3653575 BOTSWANA

Lesego Raditsebe

Water Utilities

Corporation 72751398/71449640 BOTSWANA

Kutlwano Mukokomani

IWRM

Project/Kalahari

conservation society 71588544 [email protected]/[email protected] BOTSWANA

Piet Kenabatho

Environmental

Science, UB


Keith Kennedy CSIR-South Africa

[email protected]/[email protected] BOTSWANA

Raban Chanda

Dept of

Environmental

Science


Buyani Zongwani MISA –Botswana 73216096 [email protected] BOTSWANA

Tsalano Kedikilwe

Department of

Environmental Affairs


Nomazile Chicho

Environmental

Science, UB 71667065 [email protected] BOTSWANA

Cynthia Gwisai

Environmental


Nomazile Chicho

Environmental


Cynthia Gwisai

Environmental


Reginald Gwisai

Environmental

Science, UB



mailto:[email protected]/[email protected]



mailto:[email protected]/mangajz@gmail














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Amedeo N. Gobede

Southern Region

Water Board +265 (0)888361520 [email protected]

MALAWI

Annie Sigere Chancellor College +265 (0)999570023 [email protected]

MALAWI

Charles Mkoka Sunday Times [email protected] MALAWI

Cosmo Ngongondo Chancellor College

265 (0) 882223083/ +265

(0)994780470 [email protected]

MALAWI

Deborah Muheka

World Vision

International

265 (0) 999363224/ 265 (0)

8841315226/ [email protected]

MALAWI

Dr. Isaac R Fandika

Kasinthula Research

Station Irrigation and

Drainage Research

Team

+265 (0)882925512 /+265

(0)999336212 [email protected]

MALAWI

Elijah Wanda

Water and Sanitation

Centre Mzuzu

University

+265 (0) 881277452 [email protected]

MALAWI

Evelyn Nkhonjera CEPA, Blantyre +265 (0) 999274411 [email protected] MALAWI

Gertrude Jeremiah Chancellor College +265 (0)888567064 [email protected] MALAWI

Gift Wanagwa

Regional water

development Office,

South (Blantyre)

265 (0) 993869205

+265 (0) 888783091 [email protected]

MALAWI

Keith Kennedy

OboCSIR and as

IWRM.org 27820530850/27218882441 [email protected]/[email protected]

MALAWI

Maurice Monjerezi Chancellor College +265 (0)991865586 [email protected] MALAWI

Nora Hanke NEPAD SANWATCE +27(0)728436133 [email protected] MALAWI

Patrick Chintengo

Ministry of Water

Development and

Irrigation

+265 (0)992236958 [email protected]

MALAWI

Petros Zuzani

WASHTED-

POLYTECHNIC

+265 (0)888337550/ +265

(0) 111989855

[email protected]/ [email protected]/

[email protected]

MALAWI

Samson Sajidu Chancellor College +265 (0) 888891714 [email protected] MALAWI

Sandram Maweru

Ministry of Water

Development and

Irrigation

265 (0) 888763575/ 265 (0)

999922015/265 (0)

111773182

[email protected]

MALAWI

Sylvester Mitini Nkhoma

Blantyre City

Assembly 265 (0)995550532 [email protected]

MALAWI

Thoko Kaitane Blantyre water Board 265 (0) 888590497 [email protected] MALAWI

Toney Nyasulu

Ministry of Irrigation

and Water

Development

+265 (0)99 3837950 [email protected]

MALAWI











mailto:[email protected]/%[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]/%[email protected]





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Aliness Mumba FANRPAN 79 706 9216 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Joao Mutondo

UEM – FAEF,

Mozambique +258 82 661 7857 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

[email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Abel Lumbela

UEM – FAEF

Mozambique +258 82 965 0560 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Siboniso Mdlovn Dept of Water Affairs 012 336 7391 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Lucilla Minelli UNESCO – IHP +33 64 929 9790 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Eberhard Braune UWC 082 310 8183 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Edmund Pool UWC 021 959 3535 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Mish Hamid

GEF - IW LEARN -

CUNOPS +43 676 415 0281 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Clement Cupido UWC – ISD 082 449 4494 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Willem de Clercq SU 083 2919 9368 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Adelaide Cupido Pegasys 083 440 5453 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Y. Filali-meknassi UNESCO


Peter Nthathakane ORASECOM 266 58531711 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Ncamiso Mhlanga UNDP +268 78023557 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Osman Mustafa Ahmed

Mohamed

NSAS Nubian

SandsStone Aquifer

System - GEF Project +24 9912910034 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Yasmina Rais El Fenn CAP-NET/UNDP +27 84 9529485 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Eliot Taylor IUCN

+254786784180;

+277272033344 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Ahmad Wagdy Abdelayem Cairo University +201227669002 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Kirstin Conti IEGRAC +31612759638 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Abdulwarim Seid NBI +256 757 396804 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Mthokozisu Ncube JHB Water +27 71 3636350 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Stephen Muller

Overstrand

Municipality +27 82 495 1924 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Jessica Wilson EMG +27 21 448 2881 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Jo Barnes

University os

Fellenbosch 021 938 9480 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Yongxin Xu UWC 082 776 9612 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Keith Kennedy CSIR 082 053 0852 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Dominic Mazvimavi UWC


Tony Brutus DWA - Western Cape 941 6204; 076 709 6969 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Ranogale Sekwele DWA – WRIP 012 336 8867; 082 940 2643 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Christine Colvin WWF 083 462 2919 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Zama Masondo Dir. Water Affairs 012 336 8129; 083 795 1947 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Olomouda Ibraheem

Niger Basin Authority

- Nigeria +227 9629 2263 [email protected]; SOUTH AFRICA

E. Makandze UWC (ECON) 073 425 4434 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA

Xiaobin Sun UWC

SOUTH AFRICA

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Tebogo Madlala UWC


Rozwi Magoba UWC


Jacqueline Goldin UWC


Dominique Mannel SU


Thokozani Kanyerere UWC


Antony Taylor UFS

SOUTH AFRICA

Nora Hanke SU


Cynthia Laar UWC


Abel Lumbela UEM-FAEF 829650560 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Agostinho Marta Maria ADEGAZA 823931240 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Albano Leite INIR-MINAG 825095340 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Alminda Maria Afonso MPD 828716780 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Anacleta Botao MINAG-DNSA-DCAP 824940880 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Antonio Jone OMR 829343850 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Belarmino Zimba ARA-SUL 828190840 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Botelho Ferro DMI-DAS 842921912 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Castilho Amilai UEM-FAEF 844680062 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Eduardo Neves Joao Feconomia UEM 825363792 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Faruk Mamugi UEM-FAEF 824146540 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Fernando Congolo INAM 824155703

[email protected];

[email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Fernando da Gloria Tamelesa UEM-FAEF 823293294 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Fernando Mucachua

Moamba ASSociation

of AGRiculture 827479956

MOZAMBIQUE

Filipe Mabutana RM 825216140 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Florinda Pires DNA/DRH 824281150 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Helder Antonio Mangate UEM-FAEF 828035941 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Jenisse Luis ARA-SUL 824808220 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Joao Mutondo UEM-FAEF 826617857 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Jose Alvaro Malang DNA/MOPH 827680023 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

José Sequeira INATA 842545093 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Judith Chiuhuma RM 828631550 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Keith Kennedy

Centre for Scientific

Industrial Research 0027 (0)820530852 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Laurondo Macomo Lefonios MCT-IIA 843802110 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Lucas Matola

Moamba ASSociation

of AGRiculture 820017417

MOZAMBIQUE

Nelson Virgilio Rafael UEM-FAEF 823466250 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Nora Hanke NEPAD SANWATCE 0027 (0)8436133 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Paula Viola UEM-FAEF 827580139 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Pedro Joao Mavume ARPONE 829578100 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Scola J.G. Guibunda MINAG_DE 842093669 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

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Sebastiao Famba UEM-FAEF 823961320 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Senisse Luis ARA-SUL 824808220 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Simao Niquisse UEM-FAEF 823831300 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Stefano Farolfi UEM-IWEGA 845343538 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Tomás Maculuve IIAM-DASN 826825953 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

Veloseo Malunfane INGE 846576694 [email protected] MOZAMBIQUE

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17. ADDENDUM IV: PROJECT DIARY

From: Elizabeth Touomguo [mailto:[email protected]]

Sent: 22 September 2011 11:41

To: Nico Elema [email protected], Cloete, TE, Prof <[email protected]>

Cc: 'AMCOW'

Subject: AMCOW EXCO Meeting - October 2011

Sir,

I hereby forward to you an invitation letter for the AMCOW’s EXCO Meeting scheduled to hold in

South Africa from the 20th to the 22nd October 2011.

Kindly acknowledge receipt.

Best regards.

Elizabeth Touomguo

AMCOW Secretariat

======================================

From: Nico Elema <[email protected]>

Date: Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 8:28 AM

Subject: Re: JRC NEPAD Water Centres of Excellence Project - WORKSHOP - VENUE

To: Graham Jewitt <[email protected]>, [email protected], Harrison Pienaar

<[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],

[email protected], "DL Mej <[email protected]> Mannel" <[email protected]>, TE Prof

Cloete <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], Rob

Slotow <[email protected]>, Eberhard Braune <[email protected]>, Andrea Leone

<[email protected]>

Good morning Colleagues

We have now confirmed our venue for our workshop, taking place on 29 and 30 October 2011 in

Maputo, Mozambique.

The venue will be at the Hotel Cardoso in Maputo. In order to make the logistics easier, we have

booked a package with the hotel. You do not need to make your own accommodation arrangements,

as we will all be staying at the hotel. If you are at the Waternet Conference, we kindly ask that you

book into the Hotel Cardoso on Friday (28th) October, afternoon/evening.

Most have confirmed attendance attendance of the workshop, but those who have not confirmed yet,

please do so as soon as possible, as we would like to finalize arrangements with the hotel.

Our package with the hotel include the following (and a bit more about the venue):

2 Night’s Accommodation at the 4* Hotel Cardoso in Maputo

§ Bed and Breakfast

The Hotel Cardoso offers an ideal venue for both business and leisuretravellers. The hotel is 5 minutes

by car to the business centre of Maputo and just 15 minutes from Mavalane Airport (Maputo

International Airport). The hotel offers 130 guest rooms, which are equipped with air-conditioning,

satellite television, international direct dial telephone, hairdryer and


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wireless internet access. The restaurant and bar provide a wide variety of food from which you can

choose. Enjoy a fine a la carte dinner, a more informal buffet for lunch or dinner, a quick snack, or just

a relaxing drink in the bar. Facilities include a swimming pool, fitness centre, parking, currency

exchange, 4 meeting rooms and a business centre. Certain services,recreational facilities, and activities

may be at an additional fee.

2 x Full Day Conference Packages inclusive of the of the following:

Hire of conference room

Morning and afternoon coffee and tea breaks

Buffet lunch in restaurant

Normal audio visual equipment – Overhead projector, flipchart, TV, screen, pads and pens

Mineral Water during conference included in the package

The package price excludes:

Non-Alcoholic drinks during lunch – R35 per delegate

Meals and drinks not mentioned above

Optional sightseeing tours

Visas and passport costs

Medical & Travel Insurance

Tipping

All items of a personal nature, e.g. mini-bar, telephone calls, laundry, drink, etc...

Sincerely

Nico

============================================

From: Nico Elema [mailto:[email protected]]

Sent: venerdì 9 settembre 2011 10:32

To: Andrea Leone

Cc: Mannel, DL, Mej <[email protected]>

Subject: Re: JRC Kick-off meeting - Letter of invitation and skype name

Hi Andrea.

When I contacted you earlier, I did not have all the info yet, but I have it

now :-) We are 2 people traveling. So here it goes:

Person 1.

Name and surname: Nico Michiel Elema

Nationality: South African

Date of birth: 10 September 1971

Residence: Somerset West; South Africa

Passport number: A01827937

Passport place and date of issue : Place - DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS

(PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA; Date: 4 July 2011

Passport expiring date: 3 July 2021

Government releasing the passport: South African

Institution you are coming from: University of Stellenbosch



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Flight number and date of arrival and departure:

Arrival: Flight QR33; Time- 14:00

Departure: Flight QR34; Time- 15:55

Person 2.

Name and surname: DOMINIQUE LEONORE MANNEL

Nationality: SOUTH AFRICAN

Date of birth: 8 MARCH 1983

Residence: CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

Passport number: 410124046

Passport place and date of issue : DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS, 23 DECEMBER 2008

Passport expiring date: 22 DECEMBER 2018

Government releasing the passport: SOUTH AFRICA

Institution you are coming from: UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH

Flight number and date of arrival and departure:

Arrival: Flight QR33; Time- 14:00

Departure: Flight QR34; Time- 15:55

Thanks you very much for the assistance. Just let me know if you need more

info.

Best

Nico

===============================

From: Idrissa Doucoure <[email protected]>

Date: 22 October 2011

Subject: Invitation letter for December dialogue to Development Partners

To: [email protected]

Dear Nico Elema,

Please find attached your invitation letter for the CREPA dialogue to Development Partners that will

be take place Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from 05 to 08 December 2011.

Sincerely yours

______________________

Idrissa DOUCOURE

Directeur Général

CREPA (Centre Régional pour l'Eau Potable

et l'Assainissement)

03 BP : 7112

Ouagadougou 03 Burkina Faso

Tel : 00 226 50 36 62 10 /11

fax : 00 226 50 36 62 08

Site web : www.reseaucrepa.org


http://www.reseaucrepa.org/

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Date: Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:03 AM

Subject: NEPAD SANWATCE - EU JRC Project: project status report - FEB 2012

To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], kenab

[email protected],[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

a, [email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Cc: Andrea Leone <[email protected]>

Dear colleagues

As we move closer to our first delivery (end Feb 2012), and as we move into the next milestones of on

the EU JRC project, I though it would be a good time to report on the status of our project, in order to

keep momentum.

As always, I first and foremost want to thank all of you who have contributed in trying to make this

project a success. In future I want to increase the communication though various channels (i.e. email;

skype; Aquanknow etc), in order for all of us to keep the momentum.

Herewith the progress report - apologies for it being quite extensive, but we have a few topics to

cover, so please take some time to absorb the content of this report.

1. Project Progress - Deliverable 1

Based on feedback I received, we had a very good worksession in Stellenbosch on 14-15 Feb 2012 with

the Institutions that are leading tasks JLP1.1 and JLP1.2 (Stellenbosch University) and KM2.1 (UWC;

UMozambique and Hub) on the deliverables due end of Feb 2012 to the EU JRC. During this time, Keith

Kennedy (CSIR) also joined us on 15th Feb 2012. We still aim to submit the report and are pushing

hard to finalise the draft reports.

As mentioned earlier, once we have compiled a report that is at a decent level, we would like to

circulate it among consortium members - please expect some correspondence either from me or the

lead institutions in the coming week 20-24 Feb 2012.

2. Overall Project Progress

During the aforementioned worksession, we also discussed JLP1.3 PREPARATION OF MECHANISMS

FOR DIALOGUE, AWARENESS RAISING AND COACHING ELEMENTS (UWC) which is the following task,

and also discussed logistics and required outputs of JLP1.4 CONSULTATIVE PLANNING SEMINAR with

UBotswana. I am in the process of compiling the minutes of the worksession, which I will circulate in

next week, which will report on the discussions.

3. Project monitoring and evaluation

In order to monitor and evaluate the progress of the project, I have extended the original project

Gantt chart with the feedback from our Maputo workshop, as provided by the different consortium

members. I attach the updated chart to this mail. Within the Gantt Chart, I have allocated the steps

due date as per detail tasks, and are then able to monitor the task by ‐

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ACTIVITY: IMPLEMENT PLAN B (ACTUAL)

To date I have received such detail feedback from all institutions on their specific tasks, except for

JLP 1.5 FINAL DESIGN OF THE SEMINARS AND TRAININGS (CSIR)

JLP 1.6(a) TRAINING/SEMINARS, ORGANIZATION (ALL)

JLP 1.6(b) TRAINING/SEMINARS, IMPLEMENTATION REPORT (SU)

KM2.3 PRODUCE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL, LINKED WITH AQUAKNOW PLATFORM AND

DEVELOPMENT OF COURSES (UKZN - to be reassigned)

KM2.5 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP (UMalawi)

I will commit to prepare the detail steps and requirements for JLP 1.6, but if all other institutions could

please provide their steps and expected dates to me as soon as possible, then I can monitor the

project. If by any change you prepared and sent the information though and I missed it, please just

forward it again.

4. Important dates

Please keep the following important dates as we move through the project. I have organised the tasks

chronologically in the table by due date, in order for us to plan better: (I also attach the table as a

document)

Communication and Collaboration

As per my emails in the week. A CLOSED and PRIVATE group has been created on the Aquaknow.net

KMS platform for us to communicate and distribute private information, discussions and documents

amongst ourselves. I urge you to please register on Aquaknow.net (if you have not done so yet), and

become members of the "NEPAD SANWATCE - EU JRC Project" group. If you are unsure how to

proceed with this, just let me know, as I want to use that platform in future for all our

communications.

6. So what to expect in the next few weeks

1. Finalise report and deliver on Deliverable 1 to EU JRC - expect correspondence and input into the

report in the week 20-24 Feb 2012

2. Focus on Deliverable 2 due end April 2012 (refer to above table)

3. Start Planning for Consultative workshop in Botswana

4. Resolve and realocate the UKZN task

5. Refer to 3. Project monitoring and evaluation - if all other institutions could please provide their

steps and expected dtates to me as soon as possible, then I can monitor the project.

6 . Refer to 5. Communication and Collaboration - Register and joint the NEPAD SANWATCE - EU JRC

PROJECT group

7. EU JRC Issues

1. Get clarification of the expected date for the International workshop

2. Assist in resolving the reallocation of task KM2.3 PRODUCE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL, LINKED WITH

AQUAKNOW PLATFORM AND DEVELOPMENT OF COURSES

If there are anything you require clarification on, or that you think I might have left out, just let me

know.

All the best

Nico

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Mr. Nico Elema, MBA

NEPAD Water Centres of Excellence

Regional Program Manager:

SANWATCE - Southern African Water Centres of Excellence

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Date: Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 8:23 PM

Subject: NEPAD SANWATCE: EU JRC Project - UKZN involvement



a, [email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected], Laurie Barwell

<[email protected]>

Cc: Andrea Leone <[email protected]>, Cornelia Malherbe <[email protected]>

Dear colleagues

I have had the unfortunate reply from Graham Jewitt in the last day or

so, that UKZN has decided to not be part of the EU JRC project

anymore. They will however still partake as a WCoE at a NEPAD SANWATCE

Level.

Having said that, and as unfortunate as it is, I am still confident

that we as a existing consortium will be able to fulfill the

requirements of the EU JRC contract. The members as of date, will

thus be:

• Stellenbosch University (South Africa)

• International Centre for Water Economics and Governance in Africa (Mozambique)

• University of Western Cape (South Africa)

• University of Malawi (Malawi)

• University of Zambia (Zambia)

• University of Botswana (Botswana)

• The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR (South Africa)

The task UKZN was responsible for leading was: KM2.3 PRODUCE

EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL, LINKED WITH AQUAKNOW PLATFORM AND DEVELOPMENT OF

COURSES due as a final deliverable by early May 2012.

This leads us to take a few decisions in terms of how to proceed with

their task allocation and associated budget allocation of EUR 31,000.

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and request your input, for us to communicate with the EU JRC. I have

further decided to make this process open and transparent to our

funding partner, and include Andrea Leone even at this stage. I also

include Me. Cornelia Malherbe of the legal dept to keep her informed.

The options as I see it (in no particular order and purely as options

- I have not given them thought on how feasible or practical they are

- open for discussion ). Keep in mind that we all would in any case

partake in the task as per the original agreement.

1. One of our organizations commit towards leading the task, with

funding of a percentage of the EUR31,000 (maybe 30% or whatever) be

allocated towards the new task-leading organization and the balance

equally distributed among all existing members.

2. We find a new external partner and bring the organization in as a

full consortium member

3. We outsource the task to a subcontractor for a fee, with input from

all members, and distribute the balance of funds to all partners.

4. One organization commit towards leading the task and all partake to

complete it. We then keep the EUR31,000 as a reserve and use it for

activities out of the current scope of the project. This can

potentially include a additional seminar with SADC members, or be able

to invite more organizations to the consultative seminar, or

international workshop etc.

Any other options?

If I may have your comments and feedback as a matter of urgency, for

us to finalize how we are going to proceed and try and let it not

effect our contractual deliverables on the project.

All the best

Nico

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Date: Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 4:45 PM

Subject: NEPAD WCoE - Online group for discussion and communication



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Dear colleagues

















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As discussed recently during the Deliverable 1 worksession, it was agreed that in order to improve

communication, we will create a group in the Aquaknow Knowledge Management System.

I have now created a PRIVATE (thus closed) working group for us (EU JRC consorium members) on the

Aquaknow KMS which will assist us to communicate centrally.Note that as this croup is private, no

one can access the group or content except us - this is how I understand it from the JRC

By using this platform, we can (among other things):

Upload documents, foto's and videos

Mark dates for events

Send emails from a central point

get notifications as content is added

I urge you to please join, in order to receive updates as we share in this group. The group name is:

NEPAD SANWATCE - EU JRC PROJECT

What to do:

If you are not registered yet, register on AquaKnow.net by going to www.aquaknow.net (just follow

the link "create new account" and steps from the homepage)

If you have registered before, log into Aquaknow.net

Let me know that you have registered, and I can add you to this private group

Once I've added you to the group, you will be able to see the group under My groups - Please refer to

the attached screenshot. You log in, go the Groups (Step 1); My groups (step 2) and NEPAD

SANWATCE - EU JRC PROJECT (Step 3)

You will then access the group and view some content I have added

You will now also be able to add content by going to "Create Content" just under the log-in box in the

top right of the screen

I have added the following members which I could find on AquaKnow:

Nico Elema

Eberhard Braune

Jaqui Goldin

Dominiqui Mannel

Keith Kenedy

If you are registered, just let me know what your usernames are is and and I can add you

If you are having trouble, please let me know

All the best

Nico

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Mr. Nico Elema (MBA)



http://www.aquaknow.net/

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SANWATCE - Southern African Water Centres of Excellence

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On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 1:21 PM,

Zia Tomes <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello Nico

Apologies for the delay in getting the contract to you but it is a bit hectic her at the moment. Please

find attached the contract for your stand E13 at WISA 2012. Would you arrange for the contract to

be completed and signed and then either scanned and e-mailed back to me or Faxed on 086 505 1888,

I will then confirm your booking in writing.

Hans, please note that my directors require both the contract and Terms and Conditions of Contract

(both documents attached) to be signed as they both form part of the same document, they will not

accept one without the other.

Please let me know if you have any further queries.

Kind regards

Zia

ZIA TOMES

Exhibition Manager

WISA 2012

Specialised Exhibitions

Tel: 021 790 1337

Fax: 086 505 1888

Cell: 082 881 2174

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From: Michelle Iweka <[email protected]>

Date: Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:49 AM

Subject: Welcome on board Millennium Development Goals Summit

To: [email protected]

Cc: Nico Elema <[email protected]>

Dear Nico,

Just a quick note to confirm receipt of your registration form. To save time and move things along I

wonder if you can confirm a few details for me.

1: The correct contact for stand and branding information

2: The correct contact for invoice purposes

3:The correct address for invoice purposes

I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible and meeting you in Cape Town

Best regards

Michelle Iweka

Account Manager

VRS Media





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Tel +44(0) 203 427 3993 ext 4145

Tel: +44 (0)208 816 8790

Mob: +44 (0) 7736 521973

Fax: +44 (0) 203 427 3994

Email: [email protected]

web:www.mdgsummit.org, www.vrs-media.com

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Date: Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:01 AM

Subject: Notes of meeting held on 5 April 2012 beween SADC WATER and NEPAD Southern African

Water Centres of Excellence (SANWATCE)

To: [email protected], Joy Phiri <[email protected]>

Cc: "Cloete, TE, Prof" <[email protected]>, "Mannel, DL, Mej <[email protected]>"

<[email protected]>

Dear Mr. Phera Ramoeli

Once again I would like to thank you for your time and the constructive meeting between ourselves on

5 April 2012 in Gaborone, Botswana.

During the meeting various aspects were discussed in order to seek common ground for collaboration

and support. Please find herewith a few notes of the meeting, and please feel free to comment

and elaborate.

In order to ensure that the NEPAD SANWATCE is sustainable over the long-term, it is essential that

support is established for the NEPAD SANWATCE at National level from the various SADC countries.

To this effect, SADC WATER will assist the NEPAD SANWATCE to present and workshop National needs

at the next SADC Water Resources Technical Committee meeting, scheduled for 4-8 June 2012 in

Harare. This is part of a process to obtain adoption at the SADC ministers meeting later in the year.

As WATERNET is already a strategic program of SADC WATER, the NEPAD SANWATCE, with its

endorsement from AMCOW and AMCOST, will actively seek ways in which the two initiatives can

collaborate, in order to ensure that resources are used to the maximum benefit of the SADC region.

In principle, the NEPAD SANWATCE is supported by SADC WATER, and once the NEPAD SANWATCE

has demonstrated that it adds value to SADC water-sector, the two parties can explore the

mobilization of resources, in order to support the activities of the NEPAD SANWATCE.

The NEPAD SANWATCE is current undertaking a research project through the European Commissions

Joint Research Centre. Part of the project is an online survey, to identify water-sector skills gaps within

the SADC Region. It was indicated that SADC WATER would assist in distributing the internet link to

Water Affairs Departments and other stakeholders in the different SADC countries, in order to obtain a

SADC Regional input.

The NEPAD SANWATCE Programme Manager will provide SADC WATER with a brief document

highlighting the objectives of the NEPAD SANWATCE, in order to assist discussions with various

stakeholders.

I hope this is a true reflection of the key points of our discussions. Please feel free to comment and

add if you deem it necessary.

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I further look forward to working closer with you in future. Please do not hesitate to contact me

should you require additional information.

Sincerely

Nico

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Date 5 March 2012

To Oseloka, Bai-Mass, Andrea, TE,, Heidi, bcc me

Dear Oseloka

As requested in the previous email, please find attached a statement

which will be presented to the AMCOW TAC in Cairo by the NEPAD Water

Centres of Excellence. The statement is in English and also translated

in French

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely

Nico

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Mr. Nico Elema, MBA



SANWATCE - Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence

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On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 4:55 PM,

Oseloka Zikora

<[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Nicole,

>

> What you requested is still in draft. However, NEPAD can go ahead and report

> for TAC which can be presented by the NEPAD representative of SANWATCE on

> the May 11-12 2012 before the General Assembly on May 14th 2012. We will

> appreciate it if we get the report possibly in both English and French at

> least a week before the TAC meeting.

>

>Best,

>Oseloka Zikora

> Communications

>AMCOW Secretariat

> 11 TY Danjuma Street,

>Asokoro, Abuja

>Nigeria


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>Tel: (O) +23498703749 (M) +2348056000563

>E-mail: [email protected]

>

> Participate in Africa’s biggest water and sanitation event – 4th Africa

> Water Week, CityStars – Cairo, Egypt 14th – 18th May 2012. Click

> www.africawaterweek.com to register online

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From: "KENABATHO, P. (Dr.)" <[email protected]>

Date: May 14, 2012 3:57 PM

Subject: Invitation to attend NEPAD Water Centres of Excellence Workshop in Gaborone_June 13-14

2012 (JLP 1.4)

To: "Nico Elema" <[email protected]>

Cc: "Nico Elema" <[email protected]>

Dear Mr Nico Elema

Please receive the attached package inviting you to a regional workshop to be held in Gaborone, 13-14

June 2012

Kindly confirm your attendance to the undersigned address.

Thanking you in advance,

Piet

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Dr. Piet Kebuang Kenabatho (PhD, DIC London)

Workshop Coordinator

Department of Environmental Science

University of Botswana

P/Bag UB 00704

Gaborone, Botswana

Tel: +267-3552509 Cell: +267-74599317

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Date: Wed, May 30, 2012 at 12:26 PM

Subject: Invitation and Agenda to the NEPAD SANWATCE Interim Steering Committee meeting - 15

June 2012 in Gaborone, Botswana

To: Nico Elema <[email protected]>

Dear Colleagues

I hope you are all well?

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As mentioned earlier in the week. Please find attached the formal invitation and Agenda to the NEPAD

SANWATCE Interim steering Committee meeting to take place in Gaborone, Botswana on 15 June

2012.

If I may ask if you please reply to me with your availability to the meeting, for us to arrange travel and

accommodation.

Sincerely

Nico

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Date: Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:05 AM

Subject: NEPAD SANWATCE - Important information.

To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], nicoelema@

nepadwatercoe.org,[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], jnam

[email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected], yxu@uw

c.ac.za, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],[email protected], and

[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], anneline.morgan

@dst.gov.za,[email protected], Graham Jewitt <[email protected]>

Dear colleagues

I hope all are well?

During the week I had extremely productive discussions with the SA-DST and NEPAD, where Prof

Aggrey Ambali is now firmly part of the initiative from NEPAD-side. For me, the meetings cemented

the importance, level of support and way forward that we should proceed, in order to make the

NEPAD WCoE initiative a success, and which will, among others provide the basis for future funding (a

question many of you have been asking)

Of importance thus for us now, which I would like to communicate.

The main priority is finalising the Business Plan. With the support of NEPAD and SA-DST, a three day

workshop will be organised in the next month or 2, which will include various stakeholders in the SADC

water-sector. The outcome of the workshop will be an agreed Draft BP.

In the light of the above, I was instructed that the "Waternet-Sub-Committee" activities, as discussed

at the Interim Steering Committee meeting in Gaborone on 15 June 2012 should be halted

(fortunately activity was still at defining the ToR), as discussions with Waternet, and also other

networks and stakeholders will form part of the 3 day workshop.

To thus align our activities.

1. We must finalise the draft Business Plan for the NEPAD SANWATCE by mid to end August 2012.

2. During the Interim Steering Committee meeting of 15 June 2012, we allocated certain sections of

the Draft Business Plan for review to members. If I may ask for you to please proceed with that, and

further forward feedback to me by 16 July 2012 - this will be much appreciated.






























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3. For the EC JRC Project Consortium: We have quite a bit of momentum and are delivering well on the

project. We should be able to manage the remaining deliverables and see where our activities could

compliment the Business Plan.

Sincerely and all the best

Nico

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Date: Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 3:46 PM

Subject: NEPAD SANWATCE: JRC Project - KM2.5 E-conference: topic suggestion

To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], n

[email protected],[email protected], [email protected], baraujomz@gmail

.com, [email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected]

m, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],Niekerk@dwa.

gov.za

Dear Colleagues

Now that you have worked so hard to get the business plan to where it is, there is no time to sit back

(unfortunately). But as you know, from my side I always try to steer us through the EC-JRC project,

with as little pain as possible, but still maintaining momentum.

To this effect, a task which is also waiting for us down the pipeline, is the KM2.5: E-CONFERENCE AND

PROCEEDINGS, planned for November 2012 and assigned to Stellenbosch University as the lead - so all

of you can "just" contribute.

Now, in order to get the ball rolling on the e-conference, we need to build up some steam and

momentum. To achieve this, Stellenbosch University has solicited the assistance of Me. Nora Hanke to

assist the Secretariat in logistics and also the EC JRC task 2.5: E-CONFERENCE of the EC JRC Project. You

will hear a lot more from her as she and Dominique work together in order for Stellenbosch University

to deliver.

So may I "hand it over" to Nora then...

-----------------------------------

I would like to briefly introduce myself to you as I work in the office of the NEPAD SANWATCE Hub in

Stellenbosch together with Dominique Mannel and Nico Elema.

My name is Nora Hanke, I am currently completing my Master's at the University of Stellenbosch.

Through my research in water governance in East Africa I came across the Water Institute and am now

involved in the Joint Research Commission project. As such, I am driving the e-conference in

November on the JRC's AQUAKNOW.net communication platform.

It is concerning the e-conference, that I am contacting you today and hope to excite some feedback.

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We are currently developing topics and themes with the aim of identifying issues, defining needs,

suggesting solutions, sharing lessons, producing knowledge, identifying joint action and challenges,

developing knowledge management strategies.

FORMAT:

A similar conference hosted by the JRC in 2008, serves as guideline for the 2012 e-conference. In order

to incorporate the various stakeholders’ time constraints, emails were sent around to the participants.

In their own time the participants had the chance to respond, add, etc. to the documents sent

around. It appears as an interesting alternative to the traditional seminars and workshops because

it saves mission costs and offers the participants more flexibility. In general, an e-conference

lasts around 3 weeks, with distinct themes/questions/goals to be achieved/discussed in each week.

PROPOSED TOPICS:

Water Knowledge Management

SUB-THEMES:

1) Knowledge Chain: Generation, dissemination, feedback

2) Joint Action: Information to implementation

3) Information Management: Online and user-shaped

These are just prelimenary thougths and I kindly ask for your feedback and input in the next 2 weeks.

What is it you would like to talk about concerning Water Knowledge Management?

Sincerely,

Nora Hanke

NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat

Tel: +27 21 808 9453


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Date: Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 11:01 AM

Subject: NEPAD Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence - as we move forward

To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], nicoele

[email protected],[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],

[email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected], [email protected].

za, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],bongani.maseko@dst

.gov.za, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], Heidi Snyman

<[email protected]>,[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Dear Colleagues

Following our 3-day workshop at OR Tambo -airport, Johannesburg last week, may I once again thank

all of you for the extremely valuable input and time dedicated towards the finalisation of the NEPAD

Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence (SANWATCE). I also hope you had safe

journeys back to your families.

After all the "Thank-you's" to and from Me. Anneline Morgan (SA-DST); Prof Alaphia Wright (Facilitator

- UNESCO) and myself on Friday, I walked into my office this morning, focussed and excited to do my

bit to move the NEPAD SANWATCE forward.

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So, may I confirm the way forward, in order to finalise the NEPAD SANWATCE Business Plan, now that

we have have all the content required to finalise the documentation. To use Alaphia's words: "To get

us on the same page"

1. The NEPAD SANWATCE secretariat will finalise the documentation, before 14 September 2012 (2

weeks max)

2. The Consortium members and relevant stakeholders will have the opportunity to review the final

Business Plan, and comment (2 weeks max)

3. The NEPAD SANWATCE Programme Manager will incorporate the feedback into the Final NEPAD

SANWATCE Business Plan for 2013-2015 (1-week max)

4. The NEPAD SANWATCE Consortium members will sign-off on the NEPAD SANWATCE Business Plan.

5. The NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat will present the Business Plan to SA-DST, in order to fulfil the

contractual requirements as per agreeement (DST/CON 0210/2009)


Nico

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Mr. Nico Elema, MBA


to HPienaar, dmannel, norahanke, paridab, kenabatho, baraujomz, jnamangale, jjnamangale, eugenecl

oete, dcnkhuwa, yxu, ebraune, jgoldin, sajidu, murray.biedler, Niekerk, Keith, andrea.leone, bcc: me

Dear Colleagues

Just a update on this specific task.

Following discussions between Mr. Murray Biedler; the NEPAD SANWATCE EC JRC Consortium

members and the EC JRC, I would like to formally welcome Murray to the project, where he is going to

assist in task KM2.3 PRODUCE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL, LINKED WITH AQUAKNOW PLATFORM AND

DEVELOPMENT OF COURSES (previously assigned to UKZN)

As Murray is no stranger to some of the members, I was not surprised by the support expressed when

I proposed we use his expertise in this task, and I would like to thank all for it.

Murray and I have been communicating a bit on TOR (essentially the contract requirements), and he

has been in contact with the EC JRC to ensure that we adhere to there contractual expectations.

May I now request Murray to also actively engage with the NEPAD SANWATCE - EC JRC Consortium

members as some members have specifically requested such, as valuable input can be provided based

on previous tasks completed as part of the project (In essence, Murray, the communication channel is

open, and visa-versa). Note that Muraay is also going to be in Italy in a months time, where we can

face-to-face give input into the draft content of the task.

Sincerely

Nico

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Mr. Nico Elema, MBA


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From: "Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema" <[email protected]>

Date: Oct 22, 2012 2:04 PM


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Subject: RE: Waternet Symposium <> NEPAD Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence

To: "Nico Elema" <[email protected]>

Cc: "David Love" <[email protected]>

Dear Nico,

Thanks for the feedback and update on NEPAD support to students for the upcoming WaterNet

symposium, I shall keep you informed on the relevant people that will join us for the meeting.

Thanks and regards

Jean-Marie

Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema (PhD)

Research Coordinator/ Acting Manager

WaterNet

PO Box MP600, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe

Tel.: +263 4 336725/333248

Fax.: +263 4 336740

Cell:+263777464805/+27721107173

Skype: imaninaneema

http://www.waternetonline.org

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Nico Elema <[email protected]

11 August 2012

Subject: Momentum on the JRC Project.

to LBarwell, HPienaar, dmannel, norahanke, paridab, kenabatho, baraujomz, jnamangale, jjnamangale,

eugenecloete, dcnkhuwa, yxu, ebraune, jgoldin, sajidu, cngongondo, Niekerk, murray.biedler, Keith,

bcc: me

Dear Colleagues

So many things are happening, but most important, I am glad that all who attended the JRC

International Workshop in Ispra, arrived home safely. I am not going to delve into news, as we are

preparing a newsletter, highlighting the important things. I will also communicate specific news as

they unfold, in order to keep this mail as short as possible..

The main aim of this mail is just to assist all of us on a few pointers, in order to keep momentum on

the JRC Project.

GENERAL

1. First of all, we have received confirmation from the EC JRC that the contract has been extended,

giving us time until May 2013 to complete the remaining tasks, and submit all reports. This

will involve updates to your sub-contracts as addenda. The Stellenbosch University contract

department will liase with you on this matter.

2. Could I please request your skype addresses, as we are planning skype meeting sessions. eMail it to

me, or you can just invite me as contact. My skype address is nicoelema . Just invite me to become a

contact through skype, and we can take it from there. If you are not yet registered on skype, just go

to www.skype.com download the software, register and add me as contact.

3. As you know we have received payment for milestone 1, which is being processed as we speak

(maybe some of you even received confirmations of such payments). Anyway, in order to move

towards our next completion of milestone 2, 3 and ultimately 4,



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Herewith a few points for you to focus on in the next 4 weeks.TASK SPECIFIC POINTERS

1. on task KM2.3 PRODUCE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL. (Murray Biedler's task). As discussed in Ispra, we

are required to present 3 themes. Groundwater is one them, and we need to identify at least one

more, as the third theme will be based on the AquaKnow water Toolkit. Murray proposed we sort this

out through skype, so if we can all link up with skype, a date and time can be arraigned to finalise

this. If we can finalise this task, we have completed all tasks of milestone 2, and we can once again

submit invoices to the JRC :-)

2. I would like to remind all of Eberhards' email from 25 October 2012, on "Coaching: Understanding

our Interaction with the Water Sector" I respectfully request you review the request and to please

respond.

3. We need to move towards the Regional Workshops, which will probably take place from February

2013. The CSIR is preparing the outline for the workshop (TASK JLP1.5), and should start circulating it

soon. Please keep your eyes open for the communications, as this will assist in framing the format of

the workshops.

4. TASK KM2.5 e-CONFERENCE. This is a Stellenbosch University task, being driven by Nora with input

from the Stellenbosch University, Murray and the EC JRC. The first discussion is taking place from 26-

30 November 2012. If I may request you to please go to the website and signup

at http://econference.nepadwatercoe.org/?page_id=6

May I also ask you to please tap into your networks to promote the e-Conference. In order to

promote the e-Conference, you can use the following link: http://econference.nepadwatercoe.org

5. Remember to assist Cosmo (from U Malawi who is leading the task) in the drafting of the report for

the recent International Workshop. If I may prompt Cosmo again, to please communicate with

consortium members if you need anything in terms of content.

That is it for now. I tried to keep it as short and to the point as possible.

Should you feel you want to add something, as always, you are more than welcome.

Sincerely and all the best as we speed towards the end of the year!

Nico

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Mr. Nico Elema, MBA


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Date: Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 2:09 PM

Subject: OECD Workshop at Stellenbosch University for non-SA partners of NEPAD SANWATCE 8-9 May

2013.

To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], cngongon

[email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected], joao.muto

[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],[email protected], dcnkhuwa@u

nza.zm, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],[email protected]

, Paul GINIES <[email protected]>, Amadou Hama MAIGA <[email protected]>,

http://econference.nepadwatercoe.org/?page_id=6

http://econference.nepadwatercoe.org/?page_id=2
























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"Swanepoel, FJC, Prof" <[email protected]>, [email protected]

Dear colleagues

The NEPAD Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence secretariat was contacted by the

African Doctoral Academy (ADA), also based here at the Stellenbosch University in South Africa to seek

support and availability of our members and partners for an OECD international workshop

being hosted here in Stellenbosch, South Africa from 8-9 May 2013. Since they already have quite a

few South African nominations from South African institutions, this invite is aimed at our colleagues in

Mozambique; Botswana; Malawi; Zambia; Senegal and Burkina Faso. I also include the

African Network of River Basin Organization (ANBO).

Please note that this is just a nomination. If you are available, please notify me at your earliest

convenience, for me to include your name on the list. Based on available funding, attendees will be

notified by the ADA.

I attach detail information on the workshop to this mail.


Nico-

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Nico Elema <[email protected]

5 March 2013

to andrea.leone, cesar, bcc: me

Dear Andrea & Cesar

For your info....

Very positive development, linking with GEF coming from one of the NEPAD SANWATCE members

best

Nico

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Date: Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:39 PM

Subject: Re: Possible Back to Back event: SANWATCE SA Country Workshop and Regional GEF IW Learn

Dialogue

To: "Minelli, Lucilla" <[email protected]>, "Treidel, Holger" <[email protected]>

Cc: Eberhard Braune <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,

"[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,

Yongxin Xu <[email protected]>, Jacqueline Goldin <[email protected]>, "Filali-Meknassi, Youssef"

<[email protected]>, Nora Hanke <[email protected]>, Keith Kennedy

<[email protected]>

Dear Lucilla; Holger and fellow colleagues

Thank you for linking our workshop and activities with the UN Year of Water Cooperation 2013 and

further with the UNESCO HOPE project, as it all builds and support the same objectives.


















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Then further, I had a brief discussion with Laurie Barwell at the CSIR - he has been copied in the emails

and the CSIR being our co-partner in organizing the South African workshop of the EC JRC-project. The

common feedback is that having the GEF IW Learn Dialogue during and after the current workshop, is

a very good idea, as it will be mutually beneficial and complimentary to both initiatives.

Should we then proceed to make arrangements?

Lucilla and Holger: maybe you can possibly give us an indication of

the number of people you might expect;

any logistical arrangements we can assist you with

Anything you might want to propose that we can assist you with

Looking forward to a very good workshop in Cape Town between 7-10 May 2013


Nico

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Mr. Nico Elema, MBA



SANWATCE - Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence.

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On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Minelli, Lucilla <[email protected]> wrote:

Dear Nico,

Thanks so much for the call and for sharing with us the draft programme – it looks really good!

On this basis we will make our suggestions on how to complement each other’s work.

We are very grateful to you and Eberhard for having responded so enthusiastically to the idea, there

are indeed lots of synergies in the air and we will bring them all in Cape Town!

On this, I would like to mention again the linkages with the HOPE initiative (and I copy its coordinator,

Mr Youssef Filali-Meknassi) as well as with the International Year of Water Cooperation 2013 – we

could flag our joint meeting as a contributing event to the Year and therefore use its logo and

messages to broaden the scope of our presentations.

Thank you again, I look forward to further exchanging with you soon - from our side we will send you

more information in the coming days.

All the best,

Lucilla

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Lucilla Minelli

UNESCO - Division of Water Sciences

International Hydrological Programme (IHP)


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Groundwater Systems Section

1, rue Miollis - 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France

Tel: +33 (0) 1 45 68 40 29

Fax: +33 (0) 1 45 68 58 11


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Date: Mon, May 13, 2013 at 5:30 PM

Subject: NEPAD SANWATCE: Good news! Feedback from WRTC meeting in Lusaka, 7 May 2013

To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], n

[email protected],[email protected], [email protected], joao.mutondos@

gmail.com, [email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected],

[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],[email protected], jgoldi

[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], anneline.morgan

@dst.gov.za, [email protected]

Dear Colleagues

As you might be aware, we had a workshop with the Water Resource Technical Committee (WRTC) in

Lusaka last week. The WRTC members consist of the Director Generals (or equivalent) of SADC

member states, and 13 of the 15 members were in attendance.

SADC Water Division (Phera Ramoeli; Ken Msibi and Alfred Masedi); WaterNet (Jean-Marie Kileshye

Onema) and NEPAD OST (Chimwemwe Chamdimba) were also present.

In essence, the workshop focussed on institutionalising the NEPAD SANWATCE at a SADC level.

I am please to update you that our objectives were all met -and in a sense, exceeded.

Please refer to the attached documentation to see the items as pertinent to the NEPAD SANWATCE

1. The collaboration between WaterNet and NEPAD SANWATCE

2. Our Business Plan was conditionally approved - the conditions are in any case part of the business

plan.

3. NEPAD SANWATCE and the future management and implementation of the Water Research Fund of

Southern Africa (WARFSA-II)

There are certain activities which I am planning, in order to move the process further, which will be

communicated as we move along

So in conclusion, I would like to thank all members, partners and stakeholders in getting us to where

we are now - I guess the hard work can now begin

Feedback, comments and suggesions are always welcome


Nico

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Mr. Nico Elema, MBA


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SANWATCE - Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence.

Scientific research to achieve Policy Impact in the African water sector

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On 25 April 2013 16:59, Mannel, DL, Mej <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote:

Dear Jaqui

It is up to USD 7000. (but your invoice should be in RANDS, not USD)

Please see template attached for information that’s required when creating an invoice to us.

Thanks,

Dominique

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From: Jacqueline Goldin [mailto:[email protected]]

Sent: 25 April 2013 04:40 PM

To: Mannel, DL, Mej <[email protected]>

Cc: Nico Elema; [email protected]; Unesco Chair; Yongxin Xu

Subject: Workshop funds from SUDear Dominique

What is the exact amount that we are given for the workshop. We want to send an invoice so that we

can be paid as soon as possible.

Please also specify how the invoice should be addressed and how the task on the invoice should be

stated

We need to claim down payment urgently as we will be dispensing funds upfront for our expenses

Thank you

With regards

Jaqui

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From: [email protected]

Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 11:25 AM

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[email protected]

Subject: EUWI MSF in Stockholm

Dear colleagues (contacts of the EUWI Coordination Group)

I would like to inform you about the preparations for the next EUWI multi-stakeholder forum taking

place on 4 September 2013 in Stockholm.

Following on the discussions during the last EUWI CG, we have proposed to all Working Groups to

focus the next EUWI MSF on the opportunity to develop a ʽnexus approachʼ in the activities of the

different components. This responds to a recommendation from the earlier study on a new thematic

strategy for EUWI, to focus its catalytic role on new challenges and opportunities. Addressing the

water-energy-food security nexus, with a particular attention on cooperation in transboundary waters,

is consistent with the new orientations of the EU development policy (Agenda for Change) and is

linked with the Council Conclusions on EU water diplomacy recently adopted.

We have asked each Working Group to indicate its intention to develop activities based on a ʽnexus

approachʼ, and to use the multi-stakeholder EUWI platform in Stockholm to present and discuss this

development.

Following on the presentation of the different regional inputs, we will have a final panel with one

representative from each group, with opening remarks from representatives from civil society and

from business.

Looking forward to your active participation in this meeting.

I would like to ask all Working Groups to forward this announcement to their members who will be

attending World Water Week.

Best regards,

André Liebaert

European Commission - Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation - EuropeAid

Unit DEVCO C2 - Climate Change, Environment, Natural Resources, Water

tél.: +32 2 29 92753

rue de la Loi, 41, 1049, Bruxelles

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Tue 8 October 2013 23:13

Mannel, DL, Mej <[email protected]>

Greetings Dominique Mannel,

A Image has been created in group "NEPAD Southern CoE Network": AU/NEPAD

African Centres of Excellence on Water - Seminar in Dakar October 2013

The AU/NEPAD Centres of Excellence on Water held their meeting in Senegal on

30th September to 2nd October 2013 in Dakar (Senegal).

Read more:

http://www.aquaknow.net/es/nepad-southern-coe-network/node/18914

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