After completing its 15th successful year, as the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) delivery mechanism within the Water and Ocean Governance Programme (WOGP), Cap-Net, the global network for capacity development in sustainable water management, effectively delivered once again in 2017. Impact can be linked to changes in policy and mindset, from shaping the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda with a dedicated water goal, …
The UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force of the Charter of the United Nations in 1945. With the ratification of the document by the signatory countries, including the five permanent members of the Security Council and Brazil, the Organization came into existence formally. This date was celebrated in Rio de Janeiro, …
United Nations (UN) Day – 24 October 2017, Rio de Janeiro. Read More »
Water resources management is at the very core of sustainable development, critical to the survival of people and the planet. The Sustainable Development Goal for water, SDG 6, does not only address drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, but also the quality and sustainability of water resources worldwide. To successfully meet this goal, there is a …
UN Environment and Cap-Net UNDP launch training manuals to support SDG implementation Read More »
Cap-Net’s Annual Network Managers Meeting is this year organised together with UNEP, GEMS Water, and IW:LEARN. The focus for the meeting is “Towards implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal on Water (SDG 6)”. The meeting is arranged in the UNEP facilities in Nairobi, Kenya, between 8th and 11th November.
Marianne Kjellén (PhD), Asesora de Agua Senior, trabaja para el Programa de Gobernabilidad del Agua y los Océanos dentro de la Dirección de Políticas y Apoyo. Ella tiene más de veinte años de experiencia en el área de agua y el desarrollo. Trabaja en temas transversales de integridad(anticorrupción), género y derechos humanos, con un enfoque …
Cap-Net UNDP welcomes Marianne Kjellén to the Cap-Net family, and congratulate her on her capacity as the UNDP Senior Water Advisor. Marianne Kjellén (PhD), Senior Water Advisor, works with the Water & Ocean Governance Programme within the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support. She has over twenty years of experience of water and development work. …
Cap-Net UNDP welcomes Marianne Kjellén as the new UNDP Senior Water Advisor Read More »
Since its launch in 2014, Cap-Net’s virtual campus continues its increasing level of activities and variety of subject coverage. Operational in English and Spanish, and with the capacity to add more languages in the near future, 5 online courses are taking place in these first half of the year:
Cap-Net UNDP is developing a training manual on integrating indigenous peoples’ rights and traditional knowledge into water resources management. The content includes rights-based and gender perspectives; indigenous knowledge and technologies in water management; indigenous peoples’ access to water; indigenous peoples in water conflict management, and implementation of an intercultural approach in the IWRM project cycle.
Under the coordination of Cap-Net UNDP and Cap-Net Brasil, in partnership of Water Footprint Network – WFN, and facilitated by Professor Alexandra Freitas, Water Footprint Network, and Professor Demetrios Christofidis, University of Brasilia – UnB, the course was held on November 26, 2015, at Ulysses Guimarães Convention Center, Brasília, DF, during the XXI Symposium of …
Promoting Water Footprint Awareness in Portuguese – Brasilia, Brazil Read More »
The Cap-Net Network Managers and Partners Meeting 2015 started on Tuesday the 17th of November with an opening remark from The Director of AECID, Ms. Mercedes Flórez, followed by Mr. Damian Indij of LA-WETnet and Director of Cap-Net UNDP, Dr. Themba Gumbo. Hosted by AECID and Coordinated by LA-WETnet, this 4-day meeting brought all the …
Cap-Net Network Managers Meeting 2015 – Cartagena, Colombia Read More »
