Development and Adoption of a Strategic Action Program for Balancing Water Uses and Sustainable Natural Resource Management in the Orange-Senqu River Transboundary Basin

"The overall goal of the Project is to improve the management of the Orange Basin’s trans-boundary water resources through Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) approaches that remediate threats and root causes. The Project will develop mechanisms to ensure the cooperative and sustainable use of the land and water resources of the Orange River Basin; develop regionally based and agreed upon short, medium, and long term management objectives and strategies for the river basin; build capacity for adaptive management approaches to river basin management; develop and implement measures to sustain and enhance overall environmental health within the basin; create a comprehensive stakeholder involvement program; and strengthen regionally based institutions, particularly the Orange-Senqu River Basin Commission (ORASECOM), to ensure the long term sustainability of interventions. The Project will create synergies with and build upon a range of initiatives being undertaken in the Basin by the four countries and those of donor bodies. The focus of GEF involvement will be on addressing transboundary water management issues, as identified in priority sequence through a transboundary diagnostic analysis (TDA) process, and addressed in a Strategic Action Program (SAP). GEF funding will be drawn upon for preparation of the comprehensive TDA and SAP, and the implementation of select interventions identified in the SAP as regional priorities."

• Mr. Rapule Jacob Pule
  Water Resource Specialist,
• Mr. Peter Van Niekerk
  Water Resources Engineering Expert & ORASECOM Commissioner, South Africa, Guangdong Pearl River Delta Urban Environment Project,
• Ms. Akiko Yamamoto
  Regional Technical Advisor for International Waters/Strategies & Adaptation, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
• Lenka Thamae
  Executive Secretary, Orange-Senqu River Commission, Orange-Senqu River Commission,
• Mr. Christoph Mor
  Project manager, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS),
• Ms. Constance Masalila-Dodo
  Scientific Officer, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS),

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• Outreach materials
  • Orasecom Newsletter for January to December 2009
  • Orange-Senqu River Awareness Kit
  • Orasecom Newsletter for January to June 2010
  • Orange-Senqu Achievements, Best Practices and Challenges
• Evaluations Reports
  • 2011 Results Notes - Development and Adoption of a Strategic Action Program for Balancing Water Uses and Sustainable Natural Resource Management in the Orange-Senqu River Transboundary Basin
• Maps/Graphics
  • Orange-Senque River Basin
• Project Documents
  • Orange-Sengu River - Project Concept Paper & PDF-B
  • Orange-Senqu River: UNDP-GEF Project Document
• Technical Reports
  • Orange-Senqu River Basin: Preliminary Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis Executive Summary
  • Orange-Senqu Preliminary TDA 1
  • Orange-Senqu River Basin: Preliminary Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis
  • Capacity Building Programme Report
  • Feasibility Study for the Development of a Mechanism to Mobilize Funds for Catchment Conservation
  • Groundwater Review of the Molopo-Nossob Basin for Rural Communities
  • Feasibility Study of the Potential for Sustainable Water Resources Development in the Molopo-Nossob Watercourse
  • Assessment and Potential for the Development July 2009 and Use of “Marginal Waters”
  • Review of Surface Hydrology in the Orange River Catchment Report
  • Water Quality in the Orange River Report
  • Legislation and Legal Issues Surrounding the Orange River Catchment Report
  • Institutional Structures in the four Orange Basin States Report
  • Review of Existing Infrastructure in the Orange River Catchment
  • Review of Groundwater Resources in the Orange River Catchment Report
  • Flood Management Evaluation of the Orange River
  • Environmental Considerations Pertaining to the Orange River Report
  • Summary of Water Requirements from the Orange River Report
  • Current Analytical Methods and Technical Capacity of the four Orange Basin States Report
  • Orange-senqu River Basin TDA