Program Overview

Water Stewardship for Climate Resilience

Wetlands play an essential role in supporting food security, making water resources management sustainable and adapting to climate change impacts. This course is dedicated to water stewards, who can advocate the value of wetlands.

Organised by

• Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation

Date

• Tue 2 May 2023 until Thu 29 June 2023

What will you learn?

Upon completion of the course, you will:

• Have a greater understanding of the essence of integrated water resources management and water stewardship
• Have a better understanding of the interactions between agriculture and wetlands
• Have improved your skills to facilitate multi-stakeholder processes and be familiar with supportive tools
• Have improved your communication, negotiation, lobby, and advocacy skills
• Know better how to deal with conflict

For whom is this course?

This course has been designed for:

• Wetland managers
• River basin and land-use planners
• Policymakers, consultants, researchers, NGO, and company staff involved with IWRM, wetlands, and food security
• Those who wish to become a (better) water steward

Requirements

• Have at least a Bachelor level qualification or equivalent educational background
• Have at least two years of professional experience in water management and/or food security and/or climate change resilience
• Be currently involved in water management and/or food security and/or climate change resilience
• Be fluent in spoken and written English

Course programme in more detail

Programme Details

• Duration: 8 weeks
• Study load: 120 hours
• Programme: 45 hours facilitated sessions / 75 hours self-study
• Break: 1 week break

We have learned that restoring and maintaining wetlands is often cheaper than man-made solutions to guarantee water and food security. Without wetlands, the water cycle, carbon cycle, and nutrient cycle would be significantly altered. Did you know that 40% of wetland habitats have been lost over the last 40 years? Investing in your wetlands, thus reinstalling their often degraded functions and services, might financially even be very attractive and benefit local or national economies.