Call for Abstracts: 4th SADC Groundwater Conference

The 4th SADC Groundwater Conference will be held on November 10–12, 2021. This virtual conference is organized by the Southern African Development Community – Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI) and supported by several partners of the Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP). Details of the first, second and third…

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New policy brief: Lessons learned from transboundary aquifer cooperation and management in Southern Africa

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (UNESCO-IHP) has been implementing the project titled ‘Governance of Groundwater Resources in Transboundary Aquifers’ (GGRETA). There were STAS and RAMOTSWA Lessons Learnedthree phases of the project – Phase 1 (2013–2015), Phase 2 (2016–2019), and the current Phase 3…

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Putting groundwater on the agenda in SADC

SADC-GMI and IWMI sign Memorandum of Understanding The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Southern African  Development Community – Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI), two organizations at the forefront of groundwater management in southern Africa, recently increased their impact through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This strategic…

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First SADC-GMI Groundwater conference held in Johannesburg

“Adapting to climate change in the SADC region through water security – A focus on groundwater” Groundwater experts agree that: Groundwater is key to navigating climate change in the SADC region. The Southern African Development Community – Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI) held a first-of-its-kind, three-day conference at the Birchwood Hotel…

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SADC – GMI Hosts First Annual Groundwater Conference with GRIPP Support

26-28 September 2018, Johannesburg The Southern African Development Community Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI) announces its 1st Annual Groundwater Conference, to be held in Johannesburg, 26-28 Sep 2018 under the theme Adapting to Climate Change in the SADC Region through Water Security – A Focus on Groundwater. View the Conference Pre-announcement flyer…

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