Innovative Approaches in Water Education
The session focuses on how capacity building frameworks contribute to solving the lack of skills in the water sector for the implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and how these learning frameworks can facilitate a paradigm shift in relation to water knowledge. Examples of capacity building programmes will be presented and discussed to share ongoing practices from different settings, to identify how water management principles are considered and how water education approaches are designed for different target groups and at various levels. The session aims to show how the recognition of an integrated approach to water management creates an opportunity for innovative education practices which facilitate multi-disciplinary views and entry points for various recipients. The expected outcome is the identification of specific ideas, methodologies, and programmes which can be scaled up, adapted, and replicated elsewhere.
Convening organisations
Cap-Net UNDP & IHE Delft
Co-Chairs
Damián Indij (LA-WETnet) & Carlos Lopez (IHE Delft)
Presentations
Capacity building programmes in the South African water sector: Are they complementing each other or getting in each other’s way?
Lewis Jonker (University of the Western Cape) and V. Meyer (Department of Water Affairs, SA)Water education in schools: a holistic approach based on Integrated Water Resources Management to meet educational goals
Damasia Ezcurra (Universidad de San Andrés) and Damián Indij (LA-WETnet)A framework for strengthening capacity development in climate change adaptation: connecting science with practice
Catharien Terwisscha van Scheltinga (Wageningen University), Fons Jaspers (Wageningen University), Caroline van Bers (seeconsult GmbH), Peter van der Keur (GEUS), Humaira Daniel (UNU-EHS), MattHare (seeconsult GmbH)The need for recognising and revisiting management, policy and governance in water services education
Tapio S. Katko, Pekka E. Pietilä and JoniVihanta (all Tampere University of Technology)