WDM - A brief introduction
 
The Water Demand Management (WDM) Programme, hosted by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), and supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), is a Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region Programme.
 
The WDM Programme aims "to entrench a WDM culture in Southern Africa that contributes to the SADC goals of regional integration and poverty alleviation through pro-poor, efficient and sustainable utilisation of water in the SADC region."
 
 
 
The principle objectives of the Programme include: garnering greater acceptance and consolidation of pro-poor WDM practices in Southern Africa; implementing WDM activities and creating confidence among credit institutions to finance WDM projects.
 
All activities the Programme will undertake can be categorised into one, or a combination of three different types of services: namely, Support services, Project Development services and Finance Facilitation services.