NEPAD SANWATCE Meeting with Prof. Cloete
21.09.2012
Present:
Dominique Mannel (DM) – dmannel@sun.ac.za
Nico Elema (NE) – nicoelema@nepadwatercoe.org
Nora Hanke (NH) – norahanke@ nepadwatercoe.org
Prof. Eugene Cloete (EC) – eugenecloete@sun.ac.za
1. SANWATCE Secretariat
· NE to send reminder about the Business Plan feedback
· EC would like SANWATCE to be represented at the upcoming SADC meeting in Johannesburg end of October
· NH to find out more about the SADC meeting (overlap with or same as WaterNet?)
· NE proposed the Regional Resource Alliance (RRA) for future SANWATCE membership (RRA member organizations: CSIR, University of Botswana, University of Zimbabwe)
· NE to inquire if and how SANWATCE can assist with the WaterNet chair assessment
2. Financial Matters
· NE will push the funding strategy as soon as the Business Plan has been approved
· NE to inquire if the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation money is gone with A. Ambali (WRC)
· NE to find out how much surplus there is in the accounts
· EC proposed that the surplus is used for PhD / academic funding. The aim are publications and an academic footprint
3. JRC Project update
· DM is on the University of Botswana for them to deliver the report
· Harrison Pienaar and Laurie Barwell have taken on the CSIR task
· NH will deliver an e-conference proposal at the next meeting
o EC proposed open plenary video sessions before every talk
· NE to inquire for incoming money at Stellenbosch as the communication of incoming money doesn’t always work.
· NE to ask the JRC for a proof of payment