Nepad Water Initiative
The first African Ministerial conference on Science and Technology (AMCOST), held in Johannesburg in 2003, decided on water S&T to constitute one of the main flagship programmes of NEPAD. Thus, in the framework of the NEPAD, the leaders have committed themselves to “ensure sustainable access to safe and adequate clean water supply and sanitation, especially for the poor” and they adopted that S&T play important roles in water development, supply and management; that S&T are crucial for assessing, monitoring and ensuring water quality. The flagship programme should strengthen the continent’s capabilities to harness and apply S&T to address challenges of securing adequate clean water as well as managing the continent’s resources to become a basis for national and regional cooperation and development.
Africa’s Science and Technology Consolidate Plan of Action (CPA) puts emphasis on developing an African system of or network for scientific research and technological innovation to address challenges of securing and sustaining water. The plan contains the water flagship programme that focuses on water quality, sanitation, water resources management. Its specific goals are to:
- Improve conservation and utilization of the continent’s water resources;
- Improve the quality and the quantity of water available to rural and urban households;
- Strengthen national and regional capacities for water resources management and reduce impacts of water related disasters; and
- Enlarge the range of technologies for water supply and improve access to affordable quality water.
At a meeting of the Southern African role players and the European Commission and other role players, facilitated by the DST and the Water Research Commission, it was decided that Stellenbosch University would host this NEPAD initiative
Contact Person: Prof Eugene Cloete
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Website link: https://www.nepadwatercoe.org/
