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1. Review of the Regional Water Resources Situation
2. Review of the Programme
3. Current Status of Projects
4. The Objective of the Programme
5. The Expected Output of the Programme

 

 

 

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BOOT Build-Own-Operate-Transfer
CBO Community Based Organisation
CIDA Canadian International Development Agency
DANIDA Denmark International Development Agency
DFID Department of International Development
ECA  Economic Commision for Africa
EIA Environment Impact Assessment
ELMS Environment and land management sector (of SADC)
EMINWA Environmentally sound Management of Inland Waters programme
EU European Union
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation (of the United Nations)
FRIEND Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GEF Global Environment Facility
GEMS Global Environment Management System
GWP Global Water Partnership
ha hectare
HYCOS Hydrological Cycle Observing System
ICWE International Conference on Water and Environment, Dublin, 1992
IDGIS  Netherlands International Development Agency
IHE International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering
IUCN International Union for the Conservation  of Nature
Km Kilometres
M3 Cubic Metres
MW Megawatts
NGO Non governmental Organisation
NORAD Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation
OKACOM Okavango River Basin Commission
PROWWESS  Promotion of Women in Water and Environmental Sanitation Services
RBO River Basin Organisation
RSA  Republic of South Africa
RSAP Regional Strategic Action Plan
RT Round Table
RTC Round Table Conference
SADC Southern African Development Community
SARWMP Southern Africa Regional Water Resources Programme
SIDA Swedish International Development Co-operation
SNL Swazi National Land
TANESCO Tanzanian National Electricity Authority
TDL Title Deed Land
UCL University College, London
UN United Nations
UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio, 1992
UNCSD United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNECA United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO United Nations  Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNICEF  United Nations Children's Fund
US United States
USAID United States Agency for International Development
WHO World Health  Organisation
WMO World Meterological Organization
WSCU Water Sector Co-ordinating Unit (of SADC)
ZACPLAN Zambezi Action Plan
ZACPRO Zambezi Action Project
ZAMCOM Zambezi River Commission
WRTC Water Resources Technical Committee

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