Botswana Integrated Water Resources Management & Water Efficiency Plan.

The Botswana Integrated Water Resources Management & Water Efficiency Plan (IWRM-WE Plan) seeks to implement in Botswana IWRM principles as defined in the Global Water Partnership (GWP) by covering the three core components: developing comprehensive policies and laws are developed with clarity on entitlement to water, allocation of water, as well as roles and responsibilities of water users and providers; creating appropriate and effective institutional and organisation framework, as well as institutional capacity building for skilled and informed human resources at all levels, are essential for the implementation of IWRM; establishing an appropriate and effective institutional and organisation framework, as well as institutional capacity building for skilled and informed human resources at all levels, are essential for the implementation of IWRM. The Vision of the IWRM-WE Plan that all people and the environment have adequate access to sufficient water of adequate quality and economic production and growth is not curtailed by water shortages. The overall goal of the IWRM Plan is therefore to improve people’s livelihoods and welfare, as well as contribute to sustained economic growth, economic diversification, social justice and poverty eradication through efficient, equitable and sustainable water resources development and management. The Plan, among other things, analyses the current state of the water resources and sector of Botswana, describes conclusions and Lessons from Southern Africa, gives an outline of the current legal, institutional and policy framework, specifies cross-cutting water resource management issues (such as public and environmental health, climate variability and water resources, poverty and gender), deals with water resources demand and supply forecasts, sets out basic issues of the Plan, defines ten strategic areas of the Plan, lays down the institutional structure for plan implementation and deals with monitoring & evaluation system and funding and costs of the implementation plan. It also provides a roadmap for implementation.