Call for Applications, Teaching Adaptive Water Management - A Training Course for Instructors

The “Teaching Adaptive Water Management”, a training course for instructors, will take place at the UN Campus in Bonn, Germany, from 12-14 May 2009.

The course aims at current and future instructors of water management, primarily those teaching in centres of higher education, who are interested in including adaptive water management concepts and methods in their teaching curricula. It is intended to increase their capacity to train the next generation of water managers.

Please apply as soon as possible by sending an application to: or from the Institute of Environmental Systems Research of the University of Osnabrück .

The training course provides an introduction to the conceptual foundations of adaptive water management and an overview of the methods and tools that support it. Participants will work directly with an online curriculum using the material in their own course design. A range of approaches to teaching adaptation will be demonstrated.

The training course is organised by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, the University of Osnabrück, as well as the NeWater project.

There is no course fee and applicants from emerging economy countries must apply for support.

Applications are accepted until early May but spaces will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis so interested individuals are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

For more details, please download the “Teaching Adaptive Water Management” flyer .

Information can be downloaded from the NeWater project site: www.newater.uos.de/