The University of East Anglia Water Security Centre and London Water Research Group have combined their expertise to offer contemporary, innovative training on water security and water resources governance.  Bringing their respective strengths in water politics, climate change, agricultural water management and water allocation, this course will provide participants with an exceptional chance to acquire an understanding of pressing issues of the world’s key resource: water.

The course is designed for entry and mid-level water and development policy-makers and professionals in government, donor, NGO or implementing agencies.  A number of places will be made available to environmental journalists, consultants and activists wishing to take their knowledge on water resources further. Participants are expected to acquire a wide variety of tools and analytical frameworks from a variety of disciplines. While the focus is on policy, the extensive field and analytical competence of the lecturers ensures that participants benefit from grounded theory and experience

The course is designed for development practitioners seeking to build knowledge about gender and to improve practice in gender analysis for programme delivery, and for leaders responsible for building enabling organisational cultures. The course therefore attracts programme staff and managers in development agencies and government departments/ministries; women’s rights officers; gender focal points and gender champions; members of gender intervention teams, often known as ‘office gender teams’ or ‘women’s rights teams’.