{"id":3833,"date":"2021-08-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/southern-africa\/news\/open-for-abstracts-4th-sadc-groundwater-conference-10-12-november-2021\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:12:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:12:26","slug":"open-for-abstracts-4th-sadc-groundwater-conference-10-12-november-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/southern-africa\/news\/open-for-abstracts-4th-sadc-groundwater-conference-10-12-november-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Open for abstracts: 4th SADC Groundwater Conference 10-12 November 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As in previous years, GWPSA is supporting the SADC Groundwater Management Institute and mobilising its partners to participate in the event.<\/p>\n

Authors are invited to submit abstracts for both oral and poster presentation by 27 August, targeting the following sub-themes:
\u2022 Groundwater as an integral part of the hydrological system;
\u2022 Communities, institutions, capacity and local-level governance; and
\u2022 Deriving benefits from the groundwater system: Innovative groundwater infrastructure interventions.<\/p>\n

Partners and Stakeholders wishing to run special sessions and panel discussions under the sponsorship program are requested to submit an expression of interest by 20 August 2021 and concept notes in line with the conference’s theme by 9 October 2021.<\/p>\n

The conference will discuss how the systems thinking approach will contribute to a water-secure SADC region. Outputs from the conference will include:
i) Multi-stakeholders’ Declaration;
ii) Conference proceedings;
iii) Side-session reports; and
iv) Press and media releases.<\/p>\n

The conference outcomes will inform the Africa Water and Sanitation week and the Groundwater Summit to be held in 2022.<\/p>\n

For more information on the submission of abstracts kindly refer to the Call for Abstracts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More information on the event can be found on the SADC GMI website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Abstracts can now be submitted to the 4th SADC Groundwater Conference, to be held 10\u2013 12 November 2021, under the theme “Towards a Water Resilient SADC-Groundwater Systems Thinking”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,4],"tags":[11,47,82,22,21,48,23],"class_list":["post-3833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","category-news","tag-climate","tag-energy","tag-english","tag-finance","tag-iwrm","tag-nexus","tag-southern-africa"],"acf":[],"spectra_custom_meta":{"_sidebar_content":["field_69d4d421acab1"],"sidebar_content":["

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