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Annual Reports


SADC-GMI Annual Report 2019-2020

Downloadable Languages: English, French, Portuguese


Book Publications


Success Stories Book

Downloadable Languages: English, French, Portuguese


Business Strategy and Financial Sustainability Plans


Financial Sustainability Report - May 2018

Downloadable Languages: English, French
Financial Sustainability Report - May 2018

Downloadable Languages: English, French
Financial Sustainability Report - May 2018

Downloadable Languages: English, Portuguese
Financial Sustainability Report - May 2018

Downloadable Languages: English, Portuguese
Strategic Business Plan 2018 - 2013

Downloadable Languages: English, French


Capacity Building for Groundwater Data Collection and Data Management in SADC Member States (SADC GW DataCoM) Project


Implementing the Capacity Building for Groundwater Data Collection and Data Management in SADC Member States (SADC-GW DataCoM) Project

Downloadable Languages: English, French
SADC Framework for Groundwater Data Collection & Management

Downloadable Languages: English, French, Portuguese
State of Groundwater Data Collection and Data Management in SADC Member States

Downloadable Languages: English, French, Portuguese


Capacity Needs Assessment


Capacity Needs Assessment

Downloadable Languages: English, French


Conjunctive Water Resources Management Research in the Shire River Aquifer System (Shire ConWat)


Shire Conjunctive Water Project Overview - July 2018

Downloadable Languages: English
Strategic Action Plan for the Shire River-Aquifer System, April 2019

Downloadable Languages: English, Portuguese


Developing a new SADC Groundwater Management Programme 2021 -2031


Final Lessons Learned and Emerging Issues Report

Downloadable Languages: English, French, Portuguese
Programme Proposal Document

Downloadable Languages: English, French, Portuguese
Proceedings from Lessons Learned and Emerging Issues Disclosure Workshop

Downloadable Languages: English


Establishment of National Focal Groups


Establishment of National Focal Groups in the SADC Member States

Downloadable Languages: English


GEF Sustainable Groundwater Management in SADC Member States Project – Phase 2 (P176607, GE)


P176607 GE – Final Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP) (Negotiated)

Downloadable Languages: English


Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem and Biodiversity Khakea/Bray Transboundary Aquifer


JRS Newsletter – September 2021

Downloadable Languages: English
First Virtual Workshop Presentations

English: Presentation: Biodiversity of Pans – byTatenda Dalu
English: Presentation: Plankton diversity in Pans in the Khakhea Bray Transboundary Aquifer – by Chipo Mungenge, Ryan Wasserman and Tatenda Dalu
English: Presentation: JRS Project Progress Update
English: Presentation: JRS Biodiversity Progress: GIS and Remote Sensing – by Farai Dondofema
English: Presentation: Microbial dynamics in freshwater pans of Khakea Bray TBA using metagenomics techniques – by Tafara Frank Bute
English: Presentation: Remotely Sensed Delineation of Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems in Khakhea Bray Transboundary Aquifer – by Mangana Berel Rampheri
English: Presentation: Investigation of Groundwater Discharge processes in GDEs in the Khakea Bray Transboundary Aquifer – by Thandeka Ngobe
English: Presentation: Spatial characterization of plant species diversity in the Khakea Bray Transboundary Aquifer – by Kudzai Shaun Mpakairi
JRS Newsletter – December 2022

Downloadable Languages: English


Groundwater Drought Risk Interventions (GMI-GDRI)


Assessment of Surface Water Availability - August 2020

Downloadable Languages: English, French, Portuguese
Domestic Water Supply Interventions Report - November 2020

Downloadable Languages: French, Portuguese
Revised Groundwater Drought Risk Map - July 2020

Downloadable Languages: English, French, Portuguese


Groundwater Management


Groundwater Assessment Position Paper

Downloadable Languages: English
Information Booklet for Potential Partners

Downloadable Languages: English
Background to Groundwater in the SADC Region 2022

Downloadable Languages: English


Operation and Maintenance of Groundwater Infrastructure in SADC


Training Manual for Operation and Maintenance of Groundwater Infrastructure in SADC

Downloadable Languages: English


Policy Briefs


2nd SADC Groundwater Conference Outcomes

Downloadable Languages: English
3rd SADC Groundwater Conference Outcomes

Downloadable Languages: English
Lessons learned through the Stampriet and Ramotswa Projects

Downloadable Languages: English


Policy, Legal and Institutional Development (GMI-PLI)


Regional Gap Analysis and Action Plan Report, February 2019 - Report Number 2

Downloadable Languages: English
Guidance Document: Development of a Groundwater Policy, Legal & Institutional Roadmap, September 2019 - Report Number 3.1

Downloadable Languages: English
Guidance Document: Operation and Maintenance of Groundwater Schemes, October 2019 - Report Number 3.2

Downloadable Languages: English
Guidance Document: Building Groundwater Resilience, September 2019 - Report Number 3.3

Downloadable Languages: English
Policy, Legal and Institutional Development for Groundwater Management in the SADC Member States (GMI-PLI) Framework for Institutionalising Groundwater Management in the SADC Region, October 2019 - Report Number 3.4

Downloadable Languages: English


Policy, Legal and Institutional Development (GMI-PLI) - National Gap Analysis Reports


Angola - Gap Analysis and Action Plan – Scoping Report, February 2019, Report Number 1.1

Downloadable Languages: English, Portuguese
Botswana - Gap Analysis and Action Plan – Scoping Report, February 2019, Report Number 1.2

Downloadable Languages: English
Democratic Republic of Congo - Gap Analysis and Action Plan – Scoping Report, February 2019, Report Number 1.3

Downloadable Languages: English, French
Kingdom of Eswatini - Gap Analysis and Action Plan - Scoping Report, February 2019, Report Number 1.4

Downloadable Languages: English
Lesotho - Gap Analysis and Action Plan - Scoping Report, February 2019, Report Number 1.5

Downloadable Languages: English
Madagascar - Gap Analysis and Action Plan – Scoping Report, February 2019, Report Number 1.6

Downloadable Languages: English, French
Malawi - Gap Analysis and Action Plan – Scoping Report, February 2019, Report Number 1.7

Downloadable Languages: English
Mauritius - Gap Analysis and Action Plan – Scoping Report, April 2019, Report Number 1.8

Downloadable Languages: English
Mozambique - Gap Analysis and Action Plan – Scoping Report, February 2019, Report Number 1.9

Downloadable Languages: English, Portuguese
Namibia - Gap Analysis and Action Plan – Scoping Report, February 2019, Report Number 1.10

Downloadable Languages: English
Seychelles - Gap Analysis and Action Plan – Scoping Report, February 2019, Report Number 1.11

Downloadable Languages: English
South Africa - Gap Analysis and Action Plan – Scoping Report, February 2019, Report Number 1.12

Downloadable Languages: English
Tanzania - Gap Analysis and Action Plan – Scoping Report, February 2019, Report Number 1.13

Downloadable Languages: English
Zambia - Gap Analysis and Action Plan – Scoping Report, February 2019, Report Number 1.14

Downloadable Languages: English
Zimbabwe - Gap Analysis and Action Plan – Scoping Report, February 2019, Report Number 1.15

Downloadable Languages: English


Preparing Proposals to Access Funding for Groundwater Project


Preparing Funding Proposals for Groundwater Projects: Facilitators Guide

Downloadable Languages: English, French, Portuguese
Preparing Funding Proposals for Groundwater Projects: Training Manual

Downloadable Languages: English, French, Portuguese


SADC Grey Literature Archive (SADC-GLA)


Updating the SADC Grey Literature Archive Report

Downloadable Languages: English, English, French


SADC-GMI - The Well Newsletters


The Well Newsletter - September 2018

Downloadable Languages: English
The Well Newsletter - May 2019

Downloadable Languages: Multilingual
The Well Newsletter - September 2019

Downloadable Languages: English
The Well Newsletter - March 2020

Downloadable Languages: Multilingual
The Well Newsletter - November 2022

Downloadable Languages: Multilingual


Sustainable Groundwater Management in SADC Member States Project - Phase 1


Sustainable Groundwater Management in SADC Member States - Project Brief

Downloadable Languages: English
SADC Groundwater and Drought Management Project (SADC-GDMP) - Mission Report Overview, February 2017

Downloadable Languages: English
Lessons Learned Report 2022 - Sustainable Groundwater Management in SADC Member States Phase 1 Project

Downloadable Languages: English


Sustainable Groundwater Management in SADC Member States Project - Phase 2


Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) - P175355

Downloadable Languages: English, French, Portuguese
Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) - P175355 and P176607

Downloadable Languages: English
Environmental And Social Commitment Plan (ESCP), February 2021 - P175355

Downloadable Languages: English, French, Portuguese
Environmental And Social Commitment Plan (ESCP), March 2022 - P176607

Downloadable Languages: English
ANNEX: SEA/SH Prevention and Response Plan - Project P175355 & P1766067

Downloadable Languages: English
Labor Management Procedures (LMP), September 2018

Downloadable Languages: English
Non-Technical Summary Environmental And Social Management Framework For The SADC Groundwater Management Programme 2021 – 2026

Downloadable Languages: English


Water Resources Management Research in Eastern Kalahari (EKK-TBA)


Water Resources Management Research in Eastern Kalahari

Downloadable Languages: English
Deliverable 9: Knowledge Dissemination Research Output Paper 1

Downloadable Languages: English
Hydrogeology of the Eastern Kalahari Karoo Basin Aquifer System – Final Report

Downloadable Languages: English
Strategic Action Plan of the Eastern Kalahari Karoo Basin Aquifer System

Downloadable Languages: English
Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis of the Eastern Kalahari Karoo Basin Aquifer System

Downloadable Languages: English
Deliverable 9: Knowledge Dissemination Research Output Paper 2

Downloadable Languages: English