South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs) is a group of scholars and activists dedicated to bring structural change in the dominant water resources management paradigm in South Asia. The consortium focuses on transforming water resources knowledge systems and tries to understand and raise water resources issues from the perspective of pro-poor human development.
The SaciWATERs-CapNet Network (SCaN) is a platform for partnership towards capacity building in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) across the South Asia region. It comprises of autonomous regional and national institutions and individuals committed to capacity building in the water sector.
Cap-Net in collaboration with WMO, Rhama, CapNet-Brazil, and CKNet is organising a Global Training of Trainers (ToT) course in Integrated Urban Flood Management in the context of IWRM. The course will be held at Porto Alegre, Brazil, from 7 to 11 November, 2011.
Call for Nominations
SaciWATERs is currently inviting nominations from SaciWATERs-CapNet Network (SCaN) members active in water management capacity building and willing to take this subject further within the network at the regional or national level.
Objective of ToT Course
The aim is to develop an integrated and interdisciplinary vision on urban flood management. Introduce managers and decision makers to the knowledge of integrated and long-term sustainable flood management for cities.
Target Group
The workshop will mainly target participants with capacity building responsibilities in order to ensure replication and scaling-up of programs and impacts. The workshop will in particular target participants with knowledge and experience in capacity building and research in the field of urban flood management who can transfer the knowledge to professionals of any background working in the urban environment, and decision makers in general. In this context, participants are expected to come from multidisciplinary backgrounds. Participants will be experienced trainers (with experience in some aspects of flood management in the context of water management) in a position in capacity building that allows them to take this training forward at the local or regional level. The expected number of participants is 25, respecting gender and geographic balance.
Methods
The workshop will use adult learning tools, focusing on participants sharing their own experiences, and guided by the introduction of new conceptual approaches and tools. There will be a combination of short lectures, practical exercises, group work and discussion. The course will be supported by training materials developed on urban flood management. Contents will also be generated by other partners and course participants.
Organisation
The course will be hosted by the Institute of Hydraulics Research – University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
About Nominations
Applicants should be experienced trainers with experience in some aspects of flood management in the context of water management. Travel and per diem costs of selected applicants will be covered by the project.
Only selected applicants will be informed.
Please note that obtaining a visa for Brazil is the participant’s responsibility. CapNet-Brazil and IPH/UFRGS will provide support, such as an invitation letter, and Cap-Net can provide a letter stating that travel, per diem and insurance for the program are covered.
Last date for submitting the applications is September 25, 2011.
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