In 2021 and 2022, the Global Water Partnership (GWP) Tanzania supported the Ministry of Water in Tanzania to develop an IWRM Action Plan. The Ministry identified the Wami-Ruvu basin as a priority basin for the development of an Action Plan. Specifically, work packages including strategic actions were formulated in collaboration with the Wami-Ruvu Basin Water Board as part of appropriate IWRM responses to some of the prevailing challenges in water resources management in Wami-Ruvu Basin. The result is an Action Plan consisting of four work packages.
This strategic action is part of the work package on capacity building at basin organisation level. This strategic action will contain different steps, including: development of standard, specification and guidelines for acquiring and installation of monitoring systems; enhancement of water resources assessment capabilities and measurement networks; strengthening of water resources assessment and monitoring system; establishment of water resources databases and development of mechanisms for acquiring water use and water demand information from water users; device an efficient system for information storing, processing, management and sharing; training of technicians to operate, organise and maintain the system appropriately; promotion of the use of data for decision-making; definition of broad goals and long-, medium- and short-term objectives for the basin.
