Cap-Net UNDP has been elected to the Steering Committee 2023-2026 for the Action Platform for Source-to-Sea Management. The Platform is a network of organizations committed to promoting, building commitment for, and implementing source-to-sea action to address key development challenges. The platform secretariat is hosted and coordinated by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). Cap-Net will be …
“We don’t want to create yet another network or platform that goes on top of anyone else or do things in parallel. We should, as much as possible, leverage from all the networks, platforms and other mechanisms that are already doing a lot of good work on capacity development.” Abou Amani – Director of …
Launching a gamechanger global network for water education Read More »
Dr. Ronald Roopnarine has been announced as a member of the international organizing body for a water meeting focused on island communities. Dr. Roopnarine is a seasoned water professional who heads Caribbean WaterNet, one of 23 affiliated networks of Cap-Net UNDP. This network aims to improve attitudes, awareness, knowledge and competency in the implementation of …
Water knowledge seekers now have access to three more courses on the Cap-Net Virtual Campus. Topics range from securing rights to water in informal settlements, integrating a human rights-based approach to water resources management and water education. “We are pleased to strengthen and expand our partnerships to bring new perspectives on the water challenges we …
Water, Sanitation and Human Rights Courses Now Open on Virtual Campus Read More »
A new UN-Water report outlining opportunities for alignment between WASH activities and WRM will be launched online
Capacity development can bring transformational change but it needs to be innovative, systemic and forward-looking.
On Monday, October 24, the Office of the President of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly is hosting a one-day stakeholder consultation to discuss potential transformative game changers that can feed into the Water Action Agenda. The consultation, and a preparatory meeting which follows on Tuesday, October 25, are preliminary events for the UN 2023 …
On September 19, persons interested in learning ecosystem restoration solutions can access a free online course offered by The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and other partners. The two-part Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) will enable government representatives to create a blueprint towards preventing, halting, and reversing the degradation of ecosystems at the …
UNDP and partners launch Online Course on Ecosystem Restoration Read More »
Following a successful run, two online courses covering gender-inclusive and human rights-based approaches to Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) are set to re-open on the Cap-Net Virtual Campus on August 1. Both courses are free of cost and can be completed at the participants’ own pace. Gender and IWRM In 2021, 900+ water professionals signed …
IWRM: Gender, Human Rights-Based Approach Courses to Reopen on August 1 Read More »
“We say that both man and water are part of nature. We need to respect nature. When we try to control nature and water, it ends sadly.” Chief Viacheslav Shadrin closed the first Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Forum on the Water Action Decade with this saying in the Yukhagir language from Western Siberia. Shadrin …
