SADC Multi-stakeholder Water Dialogue on 27 - 28 May 2009,at Birchwood Conference Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The theme is Watering Development in SADC: Surfacing of the Hidden Resource - Groundwater. The SADC Multi-stakeholder Water Dialogue  is an activity under the Intergrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Awareness component of the SADC-DANIDA Regional Water Sector Programme which is a programme in the SADC Regional Strategic Action Plan of the SADC Water Division. The 2009 Dialogue is the third to be held under the SADC-DANIDA Regional Water programme. This years Dialogue will focus on raising awareness and initiating dialogue on the "hidden" resource, groundwater. The Dialogue specifically aims to highlight the threats, challenges and demands on groundwater by other sectors and the importance of IWRM in managing this precious resource.