1. NEPAD SOUTHERN AFRICAN NETWORK OF WATER CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE Mr. Nico Elema Programme Manager for the South Africa Network for Water Centers of Excellence Date: 11 Feb 2013 To: WANWATCE

2. Steering Committee Meeting – Gaborone, Botswana 2012

3. Background and Objectives www.nepadwatercoe.org

4. Our Mandate The African Ministry Council on Science and Technology (AMCOST) and - Water AMCOW has taken forward this initiative through the NEPAD Office of Science and Technology (OST) – Cairo Resolution, 2006) AMCOW www.nepadwatercoe.org

5. Five regions are defined by the African Union Southern Africa North Africa East Africa Central Africa West Africa www.nepadwatercoe.org

6. The NEPAD Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence (SANWATCE) www.nepadwatercoe.org

7. OUR VISION The NEPAD SANWATCE will contribute to the improved human and environmental well-being through research and development in water and related sanitation. www.nepadwatercoe.org

8. OBJECTIVES 1.Research and Development through innovation; 2.Human capacity development; 3.Outreach through networking; conferences and workshops; 4.Strategic partnerships and 5.Financial sustainability. www.nepadwatercoe.org

9. OUR FOCUS AREA High end research (PhD, Post Doc, Staff exchange) Entry level research (MSc, Hons, B&Mtech) Post graduate courses Higher education FET Primary education Knowledge brokering Networking Strategic advise The knowledge value chain www.nepadwatercoe.org

10. Achievements

11. MANAGEMENT Functional Secretariat Appointment of Programme Manager – Sept 2011 Stellenbosch University is the hub Business Plan 2013-2015 Financial Audit of SA-DST funds – end 2012 www.nepadwatercoe.org

12. CURRENT NETWORK Current members: Stellenbosch University (South Africa) – as the hub International Centre for Water Economics and Governance in Africa (Mozambique) - Node University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) - Node University of Western Cape (South Africa) - Node University of Malawi (Malawi) - Node University of Zambia (Zambia) - Node University of Botswana (Botswana) - Node The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR (South Africa) – Node www.nepadwatercoe.org

13. DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT EC JRC PROJECT – €460,000.00 (2011-2013) AU 2012 - €750,000.00 (2013-2014) SA-Dept Science and Technology – €530,000.00 (2009-2015) TOTAL €1,74 mil www.nepadwatercoe.org

14. Policy Impact Sub- Committee Established end 2012 as sub- committee of network Consists of 5 (volunteering) individuals from network institutions Purpose: Provide guidance ito policy impact i.e. Policy briefs www.nepadwatercoe.org Policy Impact Sub-Committe (PISC)

15. MARKETING Updated website at www.nepadwatercoe.org Resource for 1,500+ News Articles on Water in Africa Regular Newsletter – 360+ subscribers Daily African News Diary – 500+ subscribers Active twitter; Facebook and LinkedIn Conferences – MDG (May 2012); WISA (May 2012); AWW (May 2012); WWF Brochure www.nepadwatercoe.org

16. WEBSITE

18. Twitter @NEPADWater

19. EXTERNAL RELATIONS Meetings and discussions with: AfWA; 2iE; AWS (Formally CREPA); EU- Africa Water Focus Group; SADC Water; SADC Water Resources Technical meeting; Waternet; AMCOW; CAP-NET; WRC. www.nepadwatercoe.org

20. Way forward www.nepadwatercoe.org

21. MOVING AHEAD: BUSINESS PLAN Timeframe: 2013-2015 Various activities Secure resources Projected budget requirement : R50mil; €4.2mil; US$ 5 mil) www.nepadwatercoe.org

22. MOVING AHEAD BUSINESS PLAN (2) Bid on project calls: ACP 2013 (€1 Mil) FP7 (in future) Royal Society/DFID Unsolicited project development – work close with NEPAD www.nepadwatercoe.org

23. EXPANDING THE NETWORK Expand to include at least one institution per SADC Country (15 Countries) – end 2014 SADC-wide DG- level workshop April 2013 www.nepadwatercoe.org

24. Policy Impact Sub-Committe (PISC) Policy Impact Sub- Committee Executing objectives of PISC: Create policy briefs from resent research undertaken in 8 member-institutions www.nepadwatercoe.org

25. CHALLENGES Network of Individuals vs. Network of Institutions www.nepadwatercoe.org

26. KEY SUCCESS FACTORS Clear vision and objectives as defined in the Business Plan Members-institutions that have bought into the initiative and are active Support from Governments (even need to be expanded) NEPAD Support (even need to be utilised more) Dedicated Programme Management (programme manager and support staff) Effective communication and marketing (email; newsletters; daily African water news diary; website; twitter; facebook) www.nepadwatercoe.org

27. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION