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News MELIA project: Capacity Building Training Seminar

Prepared based on discussions during the MELIA Capacity Building Training Seminar on Integrated Water Management in the Mediterranean, Venice, Italy, October 2010
The MELIA Community of Practice aims at structuring a dialogue among the key stakeholders concerned and affected by water use and management, such as scientists, professionals, decision makers, policy makers, water providers, media professionals, educators and citizens. In this view, there is a need for horizontal and vertical integration and dialogue. These are the fundamental justifications behind MELIA CoP. The achievement of this dialogue and the dissemination and exploitations of the recommendations obtained will create real added value at the European and
Mediterranean scale.
The MELIA project has gathered valuable knowledge on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in the Mediterranean in the past few years. The partners wish to share this knowledge among themselves, but also with others who are working in the field of water management. For this reason, a Capacity Building Training Seminar (CBTS) on IWRM was organized. The seminar focused on strengthening the ability to assess integrated water management issues. Sharing and discussing views and experiences on IWRM provided the opportunity to directly address the challenges of sustainable development. Participants were encouraged to link their own experience to the seminar’s content so that the insights developed can be applied in concrete situations.
The topic of capacity building and training found a dedicated position in the seminar program. The discussions during the seminar covered the different angles and approaches for capacity building and training. This document aims to reposition some of the central issues and provide both theoretical and practical support for those developing training activities.

Prepared based on discussions during the MELIA Capacity Building Training Seminar on Integrated Water Management in the Mediterranean, Venice, Italy, October 2010

The MELIA Community of Practice aims at structuring a dialogue among the key stakeholders concerned and affected by water use and management, such as scientists, professionals, decision makers, policy makers, water providers, media professionals, educators and citizens. In this view, there is a need for horizontal and vertical integration and dialogue. These are the fundamental justifications behind MELIA CoP. The achievement of this dialogue and the dissemination and exploitations of the recommendations obtained will create real added value at the European andMediterranean scale.

The MELIA project has gathered valuable knowledge on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in the Mediterranean in the past few years. The partners wish to share this knowledge among themselves, but also with others who are working in the field of water management. For this reason, a Capacity Building Training Seminar (CBTS) on IWRM was organized. The seminar focused on strengthening the ability to assess integrated water management issues. Sharing and discussing views and experiences on IWRM provided the opportunity to directly address the challenges of sustainable development. Participants were encouraged to link their own experience to the seminar’s content so that the insights developed can be applied in concrete situations.

The topic of capacity building and training found a dedicated position in the seminar program. The discussions during the seminar covered the different angles and approaches for capacity building and training. This document aims to reposition some of the central issues and provide both theoretical and practical support for those developing training activities.

Contact information Sandra Junier - CITG; Water Resources / Water Management group, Department of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5048, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands (email: S.J.Junier@tudelft.nl)
Phone: +31 015 278 9916
News type Inbrief
File link http://www.meliaproject.eu/
File link local M Ertsen capacity building and training melia.pdf (PDF, 155 Kb)
Source of information MELIA project
Subject(s) POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT
Relation http://www.meliaproject.eu/Members/admin/Programme%20MELIA%20CBTS%202010%20Venice%2C%2020%20october%202010.pdf
Geographical coverage Italy,
News date 02/11/2010
Working language(s) ENGLISH
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