Integrated Water Resources Management for decision makers in the Middle East and North Africa
A training programme
The region Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is a region under serious water stress.
A new training programme on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) addresses decision makers from the MENA region. Three eight-day pilot courses will be organized from October until December 2009, in Cairo, Egypt.
Organizers of this new training programme are the German Commission for UNESCO, the UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development and the German National Committee for the International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO and the Hydrology and Water Resources Programme of WMO.
The training programme is funded by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany.
Nile in Cairo– Egypt; © Flickr
The training programme offers a multi-perspective approach on practical aspects of IWRM policy making. Topics such as network management, teamrole management, project management or multi-stakeholder cooperation on water resources are covered. Good practice examples are shared and discussed. The training will be provided by professional trainers with long-standing experience in this field.
The training programme is a contribution to two parallel UN Decades: the Decade “Water for Life” (2005–2015) and the Decade “Education for Sustainable Development” (2005–2014), as well as to UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme.
