Enhancing Sustainability: Upscaling Innovations and Best Practices in Integrated Catchment and Water Resources Management in Eastern and Southern Africa - Leaving No One Behind

The 25^th WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA Symposium will be a hybrid event to be held in Maseru, Kindgdom of Lesotho at the Maseru Avani Hotel and online, from the 30^th October - 1 November 2024 under the theme Enhancing Sustainability: Upscaling Innovations and Best Practices in Integrated Catchment and  Water Resources Management in East and Southern Africa Leaving No One Behind.

The Symposia have been held annually in the Eastern and Southern African regions for the past 24 years to promote interaction among policymakers, academics, practitioners from water and related sectors, and cooperating partners. Together, they identify regional issues, gaps and priorities that require further research and support. Great emphasis will be placed on integration of knowledge, particularly involving scholars from the natural and social sciences. 

The sub-themes of the symposium have been aligned to the themes of the SADC Water Research Agenda under the Regional Strategic Action Plan on Integrated Water Resources Development and Management Phase IV, whose main objective is:

• Promoting evidence-based implementation of SADC water programmes and projects through multi- and inter-disciplinary research, and synthesis of existing and new information, which will lead to a realisation of SADC developmental goals.

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