Botswana
- Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Affairs
 Portfolio
responsibility to coordinate development and operational activities
in the energy, water and minerals sector. |
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Burkina
Faso
- Direction de la Météorologie Nationale
Addresses meteorology and its applications in Burkina Faso.
Liases with the World Meteorological Organisation and national
meteorological services in other countries.
Burkina
Faso
- Ministre de l'Environnemenet et de l'Eau
Responsible for environment protection, fight against desertification,
water related policy making, water legislation and sanitation,
hydraulic infrastructures development and management.
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Chad
-
Directorate of Water Resources and Meteorology (DREM)
Mission is to create and manage networks of meteorological,
hydrological, and agrometeorological measures, as well as to
evaluate the impacts of these factors on the socio-economic
situation of the country. |
Kenya
-
Institute for Meteorological Training and Research (IMTR)
The vision of the institute is to be the leading education and
training provider in the fields of weather and climate in the
region. To this end, it focuses on meteorology, agro-meteorology,
aeronautical meteorology, hydrology, remote sensing, computer
application, computer aided learning, Web site development,
and research in various meteorological fields.
Kenya -
National Directorate of Water (DNA)
Responsible for water policy making and its implementation,
strategic and integrated planning on the management of water
resources as well as the provision of water supply and sanitation
services. |
South
Africa - Lesotho
Highlands Water Project
Bi-national project between the Kingdom of Lesotho (KOL) and
the Republic of South Africa (RSA) aimed at harnessing the water
resources of the highlands of Lesotho to the mutual advantage
of South Africa and Lesotho.
South Africa -
Southern Waters
Independent
company associated with the University of Cape Town. It provides
a specialist consulting service to public and private organizations
on the sustainable management of coastal and inland aquatic
systems.
South
Africa - The Contact Trust
Not-for-profit
independent organisation that strives to increase the knowledge
and capacity of ordinary people to influence government policy
and legislation. Contact's focus is on natural resource policy
and legislation.
South Africa
- The Mvula Trust
Works
to improve the health and welfare of poor and disadvantaged
South Africans in rural and peri-urban communities by increasing
their access to safe and sustainable water and sanitation services.
South Africa
- Water
Research Commission
Statutory
organisation instituted according to the Water Research Act.
The mandate of the WRC includes (1) Promoting co-ordination,
co-operation and communication in the area of water research
and development , (2) Establishing water research needs and
priorities (3) Stimulating and funding water research according
to priority (4) Promoting effective transfer of information
and technology (5) Enhancing knowledge and capacity-building
within the water sector. |
Tanzania
- Ministry
of Water
Mandate
includes the Development, review and further improvement of
water and sanitation policy; also mandated to facilitate, coordinate,
monitor and regulate provision of water and sanitation services
to the public with a gender perspective. |
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Uganda
-Ministry
of Water, Land and Environment
Promotes
and ensures the rational and sustainable utilization and development
and safeguard of Land and water resources and environment,
for social and economic welfare and development as well as
for regional and international peace.
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Zimbabwe
- Institute for Water and Sanitation Development (IWSD)
Non-profit
non-governmental organisation which aims to assist in the achievement
of sustainable development of water resources and waste management
through the provision of support to development agencies in
Zimbabwe and the Southern Africa region. |
