New postgraduate programmes related to water conflict

Many nations share their water resources. More than 250 major rivers, lakes and aquifers cross national borders, and these are potential sources of conflict, raising serious issues for peace and security. The challenge is to provide the foundation for sustainable and equitable allocation of scarce water resources, which this can act as a catalyst for peaceful cooperation between water users.
A unique opportunity to study conflict management in Dundee and Delft has been created by two new and related master programmes that are offered under the aegis of PCCP, UNESCO’s programme on water and cooperation:

• MSc in Water Management – specialisation Water Conflict Management
• LLM in Water Governance and Conflict Resolution

The Masters programmes provide the participants the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the theoretical background of scientific, legal and institutional aspects of water management. Furthermore it gives them a range of methods, techniques and tools at hand to apply the acquired knowledge, to critically assess the different functions of existing water resources systems, and to enhance their ability to design comprehensive water resource policies and strategies.

Contact information	UNESCO - Division of Water Sciences: 1, rue Miollis, 75015 Paris, France (email: +33 1 45 68 41 80 ; Fax: +33 1 45 68 58 11) Phone: ihp@unesco.org
Event type	Training
File link	http://www.unesco-ihe.org/education/short_courses/online_courses
Source	UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
Subject(s)	METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY
Geographical coverage	Netherlands
Address	Delft, The Netherlands (and also in Dundee, Scotland)
Organizer	PCCP, UNESCO-IHE and IHP-HELP Centre
Target audience	International
Duration	October - April (Delft) / August - December (Dundee)
Period	[01/10/2008 - 30/04/2009]
Status	Confirmed
Working language(s)	ENGLISH

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