Integrated Transboundary River Basin Management for the Sustainable Development of the Limpopo River Basin

The objective of the project is to promote sustainable development in the Limpopo River basin through the basin-wide cooperation and the evidence-based joint management and planning by basin countries, coordinated by the LIMCOM with strong stakeholder engagement throughout the implementation of its Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Plan and the development of the Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for the Limpopo River Basin (LRB)

The objective of the GEF PPG is to develop the project concept into a full-size project: Integrated Transboundary River Basin Management for the sustainable development of the Limpopo River Basin.  This project aims to promote sustainable development in the Limpopo River Basin through the application of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) at the transboundary, national, and local scales to balance environmental, social and economic benefits.

The project, therefore, is designed to have 5 components:

• Component 1: Capacity Building of LIMCOM and its Member States for joint planning and the basin-wide SAP and IWRM implementation
• Component 2: Filling critical knowledge gaps to support joint planning and future development scenario analysis
• Component 3: Informed Strategic Planning and Decision Making to implement the basin-wide IWRM (Science-to-Governance)
• Component 4: The IWRM Plan implementation pilots (demonstration of IWRM practices to address transboundary issues)
• Component 5: Knowledge exchange and information sharing for replication and upscaling