Priorities

• Data quality control guidelines
• Maintenance of Hydrometric networks
• Water Resources assessment
• Flood and drought monitoring and forecasting
• Strengthening water quality monitoring

Challenges

• Prioritization of hydrological activities as captured by SADC RSAP
• Expansion and Capitalization and Maintenance of the existing observation networks
• Standardization in operational hydrology for ease of sharing
• Increased National budgets to support hydrological activities
• Alignment of International Cooperating partner’s priorities with Regional (SADC) priorities
• Gender mainstreaming

Needs

• Support in the management of hydrological risks and extremes (flood and drought monitoring and forecasting)
• Institutional capacity building
• Maintenance of hydrometric networks
• Water resources assessment
• Strengthening water quality monitoring

Activities

• Water resource assessments
• Maintenance of hydrometric networks
• Data quality control guidelines Flood and drought monitoring and forecasting
• Establishment of quality control stations
• Capacity building

Opportunities

• Regional Cooperation at higher level (SADC Council of Ministers agreed that Sector ministers should meet every year to review and assess the progress of the implementation of programmes and intervene where necessary, etc)
• Institutional Arrangement in SADC water sector
• Establishment of a Programme Management Support Unit (PMSU) in the SADC Water Division with the main aim of developing the RSAP Monitoring & Evaluation. (Learning and Communication System that keeps track of the RSAP implementation together with synthesizing and communicating the lessons learned).