Capacity building for Integrated Water Resource Management in South Africa
NICHE-ZAF-016
Sector
Water
Project budget
The maximum budget for this project is € 1.5 million.
Organisations
This project has been developed by Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) and the The University of the Western Cape (UWC). The tender for this project expired on 25 June 2010. Nuffic has awarded this tender to Wageningen University, which has formed a consortium with IHE Delft, International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC), Pegasys and Twente University.
Project description
Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) involves a change from single sector, centralised, delivery-oriented control and management to sector-integrated, locally focused management, which includes the interests of diverse stakeholders.
IWRM will become increasingly important in order to cope with the challenges of the water sector in South Africa. These challenges cover the entire water use cycle and range from inadequate planning for bulk water infrastructure to poor community participation in water planning and delivery.
This project will give practitioners a new set of IWRM skills and increase their career opportunities. In addition, it will help consolidate IWRM expertise focusing on equitable, efficient, effective and sustainable water resources management.
More information
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