Q: I am looking to deepen my knowlegde on WASH and am therefore searching for a good course (online or not) or MBA in this subject.
I found the training packages on your site and find them very useful. Is there any other course/ MBA you know of and that you could recommend?
Student from Ghendt University , Belgium.
A: Thanks for your comments on our training packages. Which one(s) did you find particularly useful? And for what are you using them?
For online and/or face-to- face courses you should explore a few options.
A free Inclusive WASH Internet (learning sessions) is being organised from Melbourne, Australia (workshop), from 30 October 2011 – May 2012, They do a Poorest of the Poor. This includes a webinar and discussion in: February 2012, see more details http://www.source.irc.nl/page/67383.If you think about a MBA type of course on WASH you should check two established education institutes that offer various MSc options and short courses at costs:
- UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (UNESCO-IHE)
- Water, Engineering & Development Centre (WEDC)
I copy below the short articles with links and contact details that we have on both of them on our InterWATER organisations pages:
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (UNESCO-IHE)
UNESCO-IHE contributes to the education and training of professionals and builds the capacity of knowledge centres and other organisations in the fields of water, the environment and infrastructure in developing countries and countries in transition. Their Water Engineering Department carries out education, research and projects related to water resources assessment and control, water supply and irrigation, navigation and hydropower, river, port and coastal engineering and floods, droughts and pollution.
- Address: Westvest 7
PO Box 3015
2601 DA Delft
Netherlands
- Telephone: +31 15 215 17 15
- FAX: +31 15 212 29 21
- E-mail: info@unesco-ihe.org
- Web: http://www.unesco-ihe.org
- Org. type: Educational Institution
Water, Engineering & Development Centre (WEDC)
WEDC is concerned with education, training, research, and consultancy relating to the planning, provision and management of physical infrastructure for development in low- and middle-income countries. WEDC forms the core of the Institute of Development Engineering. Areas of expertise include water and sanitation; solid waste management; environment and health; urban services; and watsan in emergency situations.
WEDC manages WELL, the DFID-funded resource centre for improving access to information and support in water, sanitation and environmental health.
WEDC is also a member of the European Alliance of Resource Centres of the Streams of Knowledge’s Network.
- Address: Loughborough University
LE 11 3TU Leicestershire
United Kingdom
- Telephone: +44 1509 22 28 85
- FAX: +44 1509 21 10 79
- E-mail: WEDC@lboro.ac.uk.
- Web: http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk
- Org. type: International non-Governmental
Good luck,
Dick de Jong (Ask IRC)
