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Groundwater Capacity Building Initiative (GWCB) in Africa.

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:44:55 +0200

Start: 2008/07/21 - 8:30am

End: 2008/07/22 - 5:00pm

In the past few years a number of water sector organizations, supported by bilateral and multilateral donors, have targeted management and development of the groundwater sector, particularly with regard to aligning these with integrated water resources management (IWRM) practices and capacity building.

IWRM Planning, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:54:35 +0200

Start: 2008/07/28 - 8:00am

End: 2008/08/01 - 5:00pm

Background

Many countries in the Eastern Africa region are appreciating and going into new paradigm of water resources management, namely IWRM. Tanzania, for example, is to prepare the IWRM plans in all her nine (9) basins, but one of the drawbacks is inadequate of skilled and trained (inadequate of capacity) people to carry out the IWRM plans.

IWRM as Tool for Adaptation to Climate Change. Panama City.

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:33:20 +0200

Start: 2008/08/04 - 8:30am

End: 2008/08/08 - 5:30pm

This training of trainers' course is a collaboration between Cap-Net, APFM/WMO and REDICA to capacitate water professionals, capacity builders, local authorities and other stakeholders to adapt to changing climatic conditions. It follows on from a consultation between Cap-Net network p[artners on how to address climate change within water resources management capacity building.

Regional training course on Economic and Financial Instruments for IWRM - Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia

Wed, 21 May 2008 17:06:02 +0200

Start: 2008/08/12 - 12:00am

End: 2008/08/15 - 6:00pm

Presentación El curso continua las acciones de desarrollo de capacidades que la Universidad Externado realice en conjunto con LA-WETnet a fin de apoyar la gestión integrada de los recursos hídricos (GIRH). En esta oportunidad, se trata de acercarse a los instrumentos económicos y financieros que puedan apoyar procesos de mejorar el acceso al agua potable y al saneamiento para miles de personas, en un marco de gestión sustentable del agua.