This training module aimed to enhance the capacity of stakeholders to address Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) challenges faced by displaced populations and host communities in transboundary basins. The objectives were to: 1.) Develop understanding of transboundary WASH challenges 2.) Enhance knowledge on best practices and innovations in WASH 3.) Strengthen capacity for WASH governance and coordination and 4.) Promote inclusivity and community engagement approach.
The secretariat for AUDA-NEPAD SANWATCE was invited by the SADC Water Division and GWP-SA (Global Water Partners – Southern Africa) to represent the AUDA-NEPAD Water CoEs and to present on the progress of the SADC Water Research Agenda II review.
In support of the Regional Strategic Action Plan on Integrated Water Resources Management and Development (RSAP V: 2021- 2025), the SADC Water Division, with technical and financial backing from GIZ through the Transboundary Water Management (TWM) programme, is developing a draft RSAP Resource Mobilisation Plan. This consultative workshop brought together member states, RBOs (River Basin Organisations), and international cooperating partners. The Government of Zambia hosted the workshop through the Ministry of Water Development and Sanitation. Prof Kawawa Banda at the University of Zambia, a partner of AUDA-NEPAD SANWATCE, was also in attendance.
With the support of the ACEWATER III project, funded by the European Union, the secretariat attended this workshop.
Prof Bamutaze attended and participated at the 50th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, held 13-16 July 2025 in Broomfield, Colorado. The workshop attracted nearly 750 leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who are concerned with reducing disaster losses. Apart from presenting a paper on Evaluation of Nature based Solutions in Geohazards Mitigation on Mountain Elgon, he also used the opportunity to promote the AUDA-NEPAD Water CoEs and the ACEWATER III project, beyond Africa. The workshop was followed by the National Science Foundation-supported Researchers Meeting, 16-17 July. The ACEWATER III project co-funded this year’s workshop with the theme: The Next 50 Years: Charting a Course for the Hazards and Disaster Field.
12 delegates from four different AUDA-NEPAD Water Centres of Excellence are attending the Africa Doctoral Academy (ADA) Winter School. The Centres of Excellence include the University of Malawi, the University of Eduardo Mondlane in Mozambique, the University of Mauritius, and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana. The course durations were all one week, and taught online, hybrid, in-person, and taught by world-class experts in their respective fields. All courses include certification. Courses include:
Mr. Muumbe Lweendo at NUST Namibia during a recent short-term exchange mobility to IGAD ICPAC (Climate Prediction & Applications Centre) in Nairobi. The mobility was intended to broaden Mr Lweendo and NUST Namibia’s understanding of Bayesian Networks and e-Nexus modelling and how it can be adapted for mitigation measures against Climate Change.
Between 27 November 2024 – 6 December 2024, partners in the ACEWATER III project participated in three events, as part of the GORILLA (Geographical Science for Resilient Communities, Ecosystems and Livelihoods under Global Environmental Change) conference in Kampala, Uganda. The events were hosted by Makerere University.
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