| Overview : A regional project proposal/concept has been prepared to support 4 countries (Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe) with a project title “Integrated Transboundary River Basin Management for the Sustainable Development of the Limpopo River Basin”. The objective of the project is to promote sustainable development in the Limpopo River basin through the basin-wide cooperation and the evidence-based joint management and planning by basin countries, coordinated by the LIMCOM with strong stakeholder engagement throughout the implementation of its Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Plan and the development of the Strategic Action Programme for the Limpopo River Basin (LRB). This project is designed to have 5 components which are listed below; Component 1: Capacity Building of LIMCOM and its Member States for Joint Planning and The Basin-Wide SAP and IWRM Implementation; Component 2: Filling Critical Knowledge Gaps to Support Joint Planning and Future Development Scenario Analysis; Component 3: Informed Strategic Planning and Decision Making to Implement the Basin-Wide IWRM (Science-To-Governance); Component 4: The IWRM Plan Implementation Pilots; and
Component 5: Knowledge Exchange and Information Sharing for Replication and Upscaling. The Stakeholder Engagement and Gender Specialist will prepare for the Stakeholder Engagement Plan, the Gender Analysis and the Gender Action Plan, support the stakeholder analysis and consultations, contribute to the SESP update, as well as ensure necessary actions are taken during the PPG phase for the timely completion of the project development under the guidance by the PPG lead consultant. He/she will work under the coordination and guidance of the Team Leader and work closely with other consultants/experts in the PPG team. | 
