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v Expand and build the capacity of 2020 to discuss the activities to be
experts on climate knowledge base implemented. The SADC Secretariat and
and applications within the sub- WMO held an initial collaborative meeting
region in order to facilitate informed virtually in July 2020 to discuss the activities
decision-making on climate risk under the five different outputs that will be
related issues; and
implemented together.
v Maintain quality controlled access to
The WMO has started implementing
databases and information systems
two activities virtually with SADC, which
required for products and climate
services generation and are: Activity 2.4 (Establish and improve
dissemination, risk/vulnerability Climate Data Management Systems
assessment, mapping and general (CDMS); and Activity 3.5 (Provide methods
support to the national/regional and tools for observational datasets and
Climate Risk Reduction strategies. model inter-comparison at the regional
The main Outputs and Activities of
scale to SADC CSC to assess which datasets
the programme are:
are fit-for-purpose in the SADC region).
• Interaction between the user,
researchers, and climate services
providers in the SADC region is
structured: – Coordination and WATER SECTOR
development of User Interface
Platforms at regional and national level; Enhancing Water Security in SADC
• Provision of climate services at through Groundwater
regional and national level is The Directorate has achieved the following
effectively guaranteed and secured: – milestones with respect to Groundwater
Facilitation and implementation of Provision in the SADC Region.
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(CSIS) at regional and national level; Groundwater Development and
• Access to Climate Information is Sustainable Institutions
improved: – Enhancing climate It has been five years since SADC launched
monitoring systems and conducting the regional groundwater programme that
Research, Climate Modelling and enabled the start of the SADC Groundwater
Climate Forecasting; Management Institute (SADC-GMI)
• Capacity of SADC Member States is operations as the Centre of Excellence to
enhanced: – Build capacity to generate promote equitable and sustainable
and apply climate information and groundwater management and serve as an
products relevant to their particular interlocutor with national, regional and
concerns; and international groundwater initiatives and
• Climate-informed decision-making is institutions.
improved: – Climate services are Since its inception, the SADC-GMI has
mainstreamed into policy processes at been implementing the Sustainable
regional and national levels. Groundwater Management Project in
The SADC Secretariat has started SADC Member States, funded by the Global
working with project implementation Environmental Facility (GEF) and the
partners -- EUMETSAT, EU Joint Research Cooperation in International Waters in
Centre (JRC), ACP Secretariat, and World Africa (CIWA) through the World Bank
Meteorological Organization (WMO). Since Group. The project has been implemented
February 2020, JRC and SADC Secretariat under the strategic guidance of the SADC
have held regular meetings on the project to Secretariat Directorate of Infrastructure.
agree on technical modalities. The objective of the project was to
EUMETSAT convened the first virtual use groundwater resources to improve
meeting with the SADC Secretariat in April human wellbeing, livelihoods, food security,