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The Zambezi Water Commission (ZAMCOM), in collaboration with the Go-Nexus Project, held their first workshop for stakeholders in the Zambezi Watercourse, from 12-13 October 2022, to analyze critical issues in the development and management of the shared water resources.
Delegates drawn from the eight Riparian States attended the one and half day dialogue in Harare, Zimbabwe. ZAMCOM Executive Secretary (ES) Felix Ngamlagosi in his welcome remarks said the aim of the meeting was to introduce the Go-Nexus project to key water, energy, food and ecosystems (WEFE) stakeholders in the watercourse, and to establish a basis for co-operation between the parties.
In pursuit of this goal, the dialogue sought to examine the interconnection or nexus challenges that the project shall tackle using the Go-Nexus methodology.
The Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM) in October held an internal workshop to assess its readiness to access climate finance. The workshop was sponsored by the Climate Resilient Infrastructure Development Facility (CRIDF), a ZAMCOM strategic partner organisation.
In his opening remarks ZAMCOM Executive Secretary (ES) Felix Ngamlagosi described the workshop as an important first step towards identifying and addressing the institution’s limitations in successfully attracting global climate finance to fund programs aimed at mitigating climate change risks in the Zambezi watercourse.
“The global climate finance structure is complex and varied, involving different financial instruments, multitude of actors, and highly competitive. ZAMCOM, like many other organisations and even countries, .........”
ZAMCOM Executive Secretary, Felix M. Ngamlagosi has now moved to Harare to take up his position as the Head of the Institution. Ngamlagosi was appointed Executive Secretary effective from 1 March, 2022.
Among his first tasks, has been paying courtesy calls to all Embassies of the Riparian States in the Republic of Zimbabwe to introduce himself as well as tell them more about ZAMCOM.
Today, Friday 29th July 2022, Ngamlagosi had the honour to meet and address Heads of Mission from SADC countries in Zimbabwe.
In his address to the SADC Ambassadors, he pledged ZAMCOM’s commitment to working with them in achieving SADC and ZAMCOM aspirations of regional integration and cooperation in .....