Multinational - Songwe River Basin Development Programme (SRBDP)

Governments of Tanzania and Malawi received a €4 million grant to support the investment preparation for the development of Songwe River Basin. The goal of the project is to contribute to improved living conditions of basin population and socio-economic development in the two countries. The specific objectives are to prepare designs and joint investment projects for implementation and create an effective enabling environment for transboundary water resources management (TWRM) in the Songwe River Basin.The Project also provides detailed designs and other preparations for capital investments including a multi-purpose dams, and associated hydropower schemes, irrigated agriculture, river stabilization, flood control, fisheries development, water supply and roads. Two other dams in the river basin will be designed to feasibility level under this study and their detailed designs will be undertaken later on, under the implementation of the Songwe River Basin Development Programme (SRBDP).