Webinar: Impacts of COVID-19 on capacity building activities in the SADC region and beyond

Human capacity building programmes in integrated water resources management are key in ensuring and enhancing sustainable water resources management in the Southern African Region Community (SADC) region.

The water sector in the SADC region has key players represented, such as WaterNet, the Water Research Commission (WRC), Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA), Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWPSA), International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), SADC Groundwater Management Institute for Southern Africa (SADC GMI), AUDA-NEPAD Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence and the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) which all have played a critical role in undertaking different capacity building programmes which include education, bursary programmes, short professional development courses, research and outreach. These programmes are targeting students, young and emerging researchers, practitioners and engineers in the water sector.

Several achievements have been achieved through the implementation of these programmes. For example, the WaterNet education programme has graduated more than 500 students who are all playing critical roles in the water sector within the region. The short professional courses programme of WaterNet has seen over 80 courses being undertaken benefiting over 2000 participants who have acquired new knowledge and skills necessary to their employment placements. Under the WaterNet research programme, several projects have been undertaken over the last two decades which all have had policy implications, production of MPhil/PhD students and the generation of new knowledge. The outreach programme of WaterNet has seen a total of 20 symposia being undertaken since the year 2000 which have brought together academics, policy makers and development practitioners discussing issues related to IWRM in the SADC region.

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