TRAINING SERVICES TAILORED TO YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS

IN-PERSON OR ONLINE

My training objective is to empower students, policymakers, diplomats, and water professionals with the essential capacity, skills and knowledge needed for effective transboundary water cooperation and diplomacy. This encompasses providing know-how in using key strategies and tools that are vital for preventing water conflicts and for optimal management of transboundary water resources. The training primarily focuses on transboundary rivers and lakes and the international relations involved in managing them peacefully and effectively. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the challenges of transboundary water resources, learn how to foster international cooperation at the basin, regional and global scales, and contribute to the prevention and peaceful resolution of water-related conflicts.

Flexible solutions ranging from a 1-day introductory seminar to a comprehensive 1-week course

My training services can be tailored to your specific needs, background, and context, with options ranging from 1 day to 1 week. Typically delivered through concise 30-45 minute lectures (not including discussion time), the training can cover a wide range of topics, as listed below. These sessions are reinforced through engaging practical exercises.

TOPICS COVERED

  • Facing the Global Water Crisis Understanding the global water crisis, including its challenges and potential solutions. Focusing on socio-economic, environmental, and geopolitical issues, especially relating to international river basins.
  • Enhancing the Institutional and Legal Frameworks for Transboundary Water Cooperation Strenghtening River Basin organizations, learning from their successes and failures.
  • Understanding and applying the international legal framework.
  • Managing Transboundary Water Resources Developing transboundary cooperation mechanisms, including data and information sharing, environment monitoring, etc.
  • Implementing collaborative planning of basin-scale investment programmes, applying the 'doctrine of coordinated investments'.
  • Preventing and Resolving Transboundary Water Conflicts Understanding the causes and triggers of inter-state water-related conflicts.
  • Promoting an effective 'conflict prevention strategy'.
  • Understanding the fundamentals and role of Water Diplomacy.
  • Learning about negotiation and mediation techniques.
  • Case Studies Concrete examples and real-life case studies.