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Institutional Focal Point:

SADC Water Sector Coordination Unit

Dr. CHIRAMBA
Private Bag 0095
Gaborone, Botswana
Tel: (267) 3951 863
Fax: (267) 3972848
E-mail: sadcrsap@botsnet.bw

Workers extracting salt from "Lac Rose (Pink Lake)" in Yoff, a suburb of Dakar, Senegal. It is a phenomenon of inland water salinization in a dry zone © UNCCD


State of Activities:

Priority activities as recommended by the launching meeting of this Thematic Programme Network (TPN 1) held in Accra, Ghana, on 29 November -1 December 2000 are as follows:

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To facilitate and co-ordinate the exchange of information, experiences and local know-how among existing institutions involved in water resources management and the implementation of the UNCCD process in Africa;

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To build a strong link with the African Land and Water Management Initiative (ALWMI) supported by the GEF and its Implementing Agencies;

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To set up integrated information systems, strengthen their use in the existing documentation centres and create data banks on the thematic area concerned for use by the interested actors implementing the RAP.




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