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Annexes

FY25 Actual: The knowledge products in Table A2.4 were in October-November 2025. Sustainable Groundwater
in use or in the process of production in FY25, however, Management in SADC Member States—Phase II will
previous reports may also have noted them (e.g., they complete the detailed groundwater assessment study in
were supported in FY25 but not necessarily new). the Shire Transboundary Aquifer (shared between Malawi
and Mozambique) and the three groundwater strategic
FY26 Target: The Lake Chad Sustainable Irrigation action plans for BuPuSa, OKACOM, and ZAMCOM. The
Development Plan is scheduled to be finalized in early FY26. South Sudan Transboundary Waters Support Program will
The final report, which will include scenario evaluations finalize stakeholder mapping and climate vulnerability
using a validated toolset, is expected in September 2025. assessment, incorporate field-based interviews, and a
The findings will be discussed and validated during a baseline assessment to inform targeted interventions.
final workshop with LCBC (Lake Chad Basin Commission)

TABLE A2.4. Knowledge products and how they are used by institutions

CIWA Operation Institution(s) How it is strengthened

• Community Engagement Guidelines (inclusive design/mitigations);
• IGAD • Rangeland Guideline (align GW with pastoralist resilience, safeguards);
• Community • Salinity Guideline (site selection via pilot);
water councils • Conflict-Sensitivity Analysis tool (applied at GW4R sites in Kenya);
Untapping Resilience
• Kenya PIU • Policy Brief–Groundwater Management in HoA;
• Somalia PIU • Climate-Resilient Rural Groundwater Supply Investments checklist (applied to 114 sites);
• Ethiopia PIU • Drilling market landscape analysis;
• Operational research on rural water supply operation and maintenance models

South Sudan • South Sudan PIU • Mapping report (to improve coordination/synergies);
Transboundary Waters • ENTRO
Support Program • Holistic climate risk assessment in refugee/host areas;

• Country benefit booklets;
• Water-smart irrigation study and guidelines;
• Dashboard for Water Smart Irrigation;
• ENTRO • DEWS dashboard;
• NileSEC • Water-quality database, sourcebook, e-learning, documentary;
NCCR • NELSAP-CU
• NBD • Water-quality risk map;
• LVBC • Water-quality MCA;
• LVBC policy/strategy drafts;
• Regional dam inventory;
• Dam Reference Regulatory Framework

Improving Water • National Water
Resources Management Ministries in • Sahel Irrigation Strategy (assessment; levers for acceleration);
in West and Central Sahel • SMAB project concept (foundational reference)
Sahel • OMVS

• Groundwater Legislation Comparative Assessment (five countries; best practices/guidance
note);
Lake Chad Water • LCBC • Gains4Gains tool (platform);
Security
• Irrigation Development Assessment/Sustainable Irrigation Development Plan (findings on
scheme sustainability)
• Revised SADC Water Policy (to mainstream climate/groundwater and gender/inclusion);
• SADC-GMI • TBA research;
Sustainable Groundwater • Multiple • Tools across TBAs;
Management in SADC subbasin
Member States—Phase II • TDA in Save Alluvial TBA;
institutions • Hydro-census (Songwe; Inco-Maputo);
• Zimbabwe study (Manika Land–Middle Sabi aquifer)

Strengthening • Institutional diagnostic (to GEF-financed operation);
Transboundary Basin • OKACOM • Livelihoods program in Okavango (biodiversity accounting; Citizen engagement guidelines);
Organizations through • ZAMCOM • Zambezi strategic study (“Navigating the Future”) updating MSIOA including Lake Kariba;
Program Development and • NBS analyses (South Sudan, Mozambique;
Capacity Building in Africa
• Under consideration Comoros)
• VBA
Water Data Revolution • INMACOM • Tailored WA Dashboards (transparent, standardized assessments of use/availability)
• ZAMCOM

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