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Stakeholder consultation is mainly focusing on the key stakeholders including
Water User Associations, Eastern Cape Coordinating Committee on Agricultural
Water (CCAW) and Eastern Cape Provincial Government.
The stakeholder engagement team working on the Feasibility Study has worked
extensively in the Eastern Cape and, specifically, with organised agriculture
within this section of the province. Existing information will be used to
develop a clear understanding of existing institutional arrangements to ensure
inclusion of any other relevant stakeholders during the consultation process.
Meetings will be arranged with stakeholders in order to obtain their inputs into
the process. This will also be instrumental in providing a solid foundation for
consultation during the EIA phase which will be undertaken separately to the
Feasibility Study. One of the key aims of the Stakeholder engagement process
will be to provide as much relevant information including a stakeholder database
and, if possible, a comments and responses report to the appointed EIA
consultants in order to reduce possible duplication and to ensure a smoother EIA
process.
Project newsletters will be published throughout the Feasibility Study.
Newsletter 2 (April 2014)
Stakeholder Forum Meetings
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