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Introduction to the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Governance for Transboundary Freshwater Security

Lecturer: Yumiko Yasuda, Senior Network and Transboundary Water Cooperation Specialist, Global Water Partnership (GWP) 

 

MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO TRANSBOUNDARY WATER COOPERATION AND WATER SECURITY

Module coordinators:

·       Nidhi Nagabhatla, Principal Researcher (Water Security) and Capacity Development Coordinator, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) 

·       Yumiko Yasuda, Senior Network and Transboundary Water Cooperation Specialist, Global Water Partnership (GWP) 

1a. Introduction to Transboundary Freshwater Security

Lecturers

·       Nidhi Nagabhatla, Principal Researcher (Water Security) and Capacity Development Coordinator, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) 

·       Yumiko Yasuda, Senior Network and Transboundary Water Cooperation Specialist, Global Water Partnership (GWP) 

·       Jerome Delli Priscoli, Chair, Technical Committee, GWP 

·       Mish Hamid, Project Manager, GEF IW:LEARN 

·       Lauren Core (narration and production), GWP 

1b. Introduction to Transboundary Water Cooperation

LecturerDavid Grey, Professor of Water Policy, University of Oxford

1b. Case study: Transboundary Water Security and Climate Change on the Indus River Basin

Case presenter: Edward Byers, Researcher, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

1b. Case study: Water Cooperation on the Ganges–Brahmaputra River

Case presenter: Ashok Swain, Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, UNESCO Chair of International Water Cooperation

1c. Transboundary Water Security and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Lecturers

·       Yumiko Yasuda, Senior Network and Transboundary Water Cooperation Specialist, Global Water Partnership (GWP) 

·       Colin Herron, Senior Water Resources Management Specialist, Global Water Partnership (GWP)

1d. Water Security and Peace in a Transboundary Context

LecturerDanilo Türk, Chairman of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace, former President of the Republic of Slovenia

1c. Case study: Water Cooperation and Peace in West Africa

Case presenter: Niokhor Ndour, Director of Resource Management and Planning, Ministry of Water and Sanitation for the Government of Senegal

 1c. Case studyWater Security and Peace on the Tigris–Euphrates River 

Case presenterAyşegül Kibaroğlu, Professor and Faculty Member, Department of Political Science and International Relations at MEF University Istanbul, Turkey

1e. Practical Approaches to Foster Transboundary Cooperation: Theory to Action 

Lecturer: Astrid Hillers, Senior Environmental Specialist and Program Manager, Global Environment Facility (GEF) 

 

MODULE 2: WATER DIPLOMACY AND NEGOTIATION SKILLS

Module coordinators

·       Yumiko Yasuda, Senior Network and Transboundary Cooperation Specialist, GWP

·       Maria Vink, Director of the Transboundary Water Cooperation Department, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and Director of the Shared Waters Partnership, International Centre for Water Cooperation (ICWC)

2a. Introduction to Water Diplomacy

Lecturer: Maria Vink, Director of the Transboundary Water Cooperation Department, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and Director of the Shared Waters Partnership, International Centre for Water Cooperation (ICWC)

2a. Case study: EU Water Diplomacy

Case presenter: Maria del Carmen Marques Ruiz, Policy Coordinator on Environment and Water, European External Action Service

2a. Case study: Water Diplomacy in Central Asia 

Case presenter: Dinara Ziganshina, Deputy Director, Scientific Information Center of Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (SIC ICWC) in Central Asia

2b. Multitrack Water Diplomacy

Lecturer: Yumiko Yasuda, Senior Network and Transboundary Cooperation Specialist, GWP

2b. Case studyMultitrack water diplomacy: GWP’s Experience in the Mediterranean Region 

Case presenterMichael Scoullos, Chair of the Mediterranean Region, GWP

2b. Case study: Role of State and Non-State Actors in Water Diplomacy

Case presenter: Sylvester Matemu, Assistant Director of Transboundary Waters, Ministry of Water of the United Republic of Tanzania 

2b. Case study: Women in Water Diplomacy

Case presenter: Alexandra Said, Program Officer, Transboundary Water Cooperation SIWI

2c. Negotiation Fundamentals 

Lecturer: Jerome Delli Priscoli, Chair, Technical Committee, GWP

2c. Case study: Orontes River

Case presenter: Fadi Comair, Director General of Hydraulic and Electrical Resources, Ministry of Energy and Water, Republic of Lebanon

2d. Negotiation Theory: Four “Worlds” for Conflict Transformation

Lecturer: Aaron Wolf, Professor of Geography and Program Director, Oregon State University

2d. Case study: Reframing the Problem 

Case presenter: Aaron Wolf, Professor of Geography and Program Director, Oregon State University

2e. Techniques and Inter-personal Skills for Negotiation 

Lecturer: Aaron Wolf, Professor of Geography and Program Director, Oregon State University

2e. Case study: Use of Flipchart in Negotiation: A Case from the Dniester Basin

Case presenter: Tamara Kutonova, Regional Project Coordinator of the GEF funded, UNDP implemented, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) executed "Enabling Transboundary Cooperation and Integrated Water Resources Management in the Dniester River Basin" project  

2e. Case study: The Use of “Term” in Negotiation: A Case from Mara River

Case presenter: Sylvester Matemu, Assistant Director of Transboundary Waters, Ministry of Water of the United Republic of Tanzania

 

MODULE 3: INTERNATIONAL WATER LAW

Module coordinators

·       Alistair Rieu-Clarke, Professor of Law, Northumbria University

·       Barbara Janusz-Pawletta, Technical Committee Member, GWP

3a. Introduction to International Water Law

LecturerChristina Leb, Senior Counsel, the World Bank

3b. Regional and Global Agreements 

Lecturer: Sonja Koeppel, Secretary of the UNECE Water Convention, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

3b. Case study: Draft Law on Transboundary Aquifers

Case presenter: Francesco Sindico, Co-Director of the Centre for Environmental Law and Governance, University of Strathclyde

3b. Case study: Transboundary Water Cooperation in SADC region

Case presenter: James Sauramba, Executive Director, Southern African Development Community Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI). The "Sustainable Groundwater Management in SADC Member States" project is funded by the GEF, implemented by The World Bank, and executed by the SADC.

3c. Substantive Norms

Lecturer: Alistair Rieu-Clarke, Professor of Law, Northumbria University

3c. Case study: Environmental Flows: Colorado River Delta

Case presenterDan Tarlock, Professor Emeritus, Chicago Kent College of Law and Technical Committee Member, GWP

3c. Case study: The Principle of Equitable and Reasonable Use in the Senegal River Basin

Case presenter: Mara Tignino, Lead Specialist on International Water Law, Geneva Water Hub, University of Geneva 

3d. Procedural Norms 

LecturerBarbara Janusz-Pawletta, Technical Committee Member, GWP

3d. Case study: Pulp Mills on the Uruguay River

Case presenter: Pilar Garcia, Professor of Environmental Law, Externado University Colombia

3d. Case study: Information Exchange in Central Asia

Case presenter: Dinara Ziganshina, Deputy Director, Scientific Information Center of Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (SIC ICWC) 

3e. Dispute-Settlement Mechanisms 

Lecturer: Zaki Schubber, Lecturer in Law and Water Diplomacy, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

3e. Case study: International Court of Justice Settlement on the San Juan River

Case presenter: Juan Carlos Sanchez, International Water Lawyer and Technical Advisor, GIZ 

3e. Case study: The Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Case Study

Case presenter: Gábor Baranyai, Senior Lecturer, NUPS, Hungary 

 

MODULE 4: INSTITUTIONS

Module coordinator

·       Susanne Schmeier, Senior Lecturer, Water Law and Diplomacy, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education 

4a. Introduction to Institutions and the Role of Institutions in Water Diplomacy

Lecturer: Jenniver Sehring, Senior Lecturer in Water Diplomacy, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education 

4a. Case study: The Mekong River Commission as a Water Diplomacy Platform 

Case presenter: Anoulak Kittikhoun, Chief Strategy and Partnership Officer, Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat

4a. Case studyCentral Asia Case Study: Small Basin Councils 

Case presenter: Anna Inozemtseva, Deputy Chief of Party for the Smart Waters Project, Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia 

4b. Types and Functions of Transboundary Water Institutions

Lecturer: Susanne Schmeier, Senior Lecturer, Water Law and Diplomacy, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

4b. Case studyThe Nile Basin Initiative (NBI)

Case presenter: Ana Elisa Cascão, Advisor – Transboundary Water Cooperation in the Nile Basin, GIZ

4c. Process of Establishing Transboundary Water Institutions

Lecturer: Jacob Petersen-Perlman, Assistant Professor, East Carolina University

4c. Case studyBinational Commission for Integrated Water Resources Management in the Ecuadorian–Peruvian Transboundary Basins

Case presenter: Sebastian Izquierdo, Binational Coordinator of the GEF funded, UNDP implemented "Integrated Water Resources Management in the Puyango-Tumbes, Catamayo-Chira and Zarumilla Transboundary Aquifers and River Basins" project

4d. Role of Institutions in Implementation of International Water Law

LecturerOwen McIntyre, Professor at the School of Law and Director of the LLM, University College Cork

4d. Case studyOkavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) Institutional Setup and its Sustainability as a River Basin Organization

Case presenter: Janeiro Avelino, Regional Project Manager of the GEF funded, UNDP implemented "Support to the Cubango-Okavango SAP Implementation" project

4e. Institutions: Ingredients for Success

LecturerSusanne Schmeier, Senior Lecturer, Water Law and Diplomacy, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

4e. Case study: Ingredients for Success: The Danube River Basin Case

Case presenterHélène Masliah-Gilkarov, Technical Expert – Public Participation and Communication, International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR)

4e. Case studyThe Orange–Senqu River Commission

Case presenterLenka Thamae, Executive Secretary, Orange–Senqu River Commission (ORASECOM) Secretariat

 

MODULE 5: MANAGEMENT TOOLS AND MECHANISMS

Module coordinators

·       Yumiko Yasuda, Senior Network and Transboundary Water Cooperation Specialist, Global Water Partnership (GWP) 

·       Winston Yu, Technical Committee Member, Global Water Partnership (GWP)

5a. Role of Decision Support Tools in Transboundary Water Governance

Lecturer: Jackie King, owner of Water Matters SA, Stockholm Water Prize Laureate 2019

5a. Case study: The Cubango–Okavango River Basin: Ecosocial Model to Guide Management and Development

Case presenterCate Brown, Freshwater Ecologist Southern Waters, University of the Western Cap

5a. Case study: The Nile Basin Decision Support System (DSS) Use in Transboundary Cooperation

Case presenterAbdulkarim Seid, Deputy Executive Director and Head of the Basin-Wide Program, Nile Basin Initiative

5b. Technological Tools in Transboundary Water Governance

Lecturer: Nagaraja Harshadeep, Lead Environmental Specialist and Global Lead in Disruptive Technology, the World Bank

5b. Case study: Use of Earth Observation Data for Managing Drought Risk in the Danube (Drought Watch Tool) 

Case presenterInterreg Danube Transnational Programme, the Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP) and the Global Water Partnership Central and Eastern Europe

5c. Use of Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for Governance of Transboundary Freshwater Security

Lecturer: Mary Matthews, Chief Technical Advisor and Regional Project Coordinator of the GEF funded, UNDP implemented "Advancing IWRM Across the Kura River Basin through Implementation of the Transboundary Agreed Actions and National Plans" project

5c. Case study: TDA/SAP Process in the Kura River Basin

Case presenterAhmed AbouElseoud Ahmed, Senior Capacity Building Expert of the GEF funded, UNDP implemented "Advancing IWRM Across the Kura River Basin through Implementation of the Transboundary Agreed Actions and National Plans" project 

5d. Governance Approaches in Managing Various Types of Transboundary Water

5d1. Conjunctive Management of Surface and Groundwater

Lecturer: Alice Aureli, Chief of Groundwater Systems and Settlements Section, UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP)

5d1. Case study: Conjunctive Water Management Stampriet Aquifer Case Study

Case presenter: Alice Aureli, Chief of Groundwater Systems and Settlements Section, UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP)

5d1. Case study: Conjunctive Management of the Niger River and Iullemeden–Taoudeni/Tanezrouft Aquifer System

Case presenterAbdel Kader Dodo, Project Manager of the GEF funded, UNDP implemented and Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) executed "Improving IWRM, Knowledge-based Management and Governance of the Niger Basin and the Iullemeden-Taoudeni/Tanezrouft Aquifer System (NB-ITTAS)" project

  

5d2. Source-to-Sea Approach in Transboundary Water

Lecturer: Birgitta Liss Lymer, Director of Water Resources Department and Lead of the UNDP-SIWI Water Governance Facility, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)

5d2. Case study: Source-to-Sea Approach on the Drin Basin

Case presenter: Dimitris Faloutsos, Head South East Europe, Team Leader, Global Water Partnership Mediterranean and Project Manager of the GEF funded, UNDP implemented "Enabling Trans-boundary Cooperation and Integrated Water Resources Management in the Extended Drin River Basin" project

5d2. Case study: Source-to-Sea Approach: the Danube–Black Sea Cooperation

Case presenterIvan Zavadsky, Executive Secretary, International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR)

5e. Stakeholder Involvement Tools

Lecturer: Nora van Cauwenbergh, Senior Lecturer in Water Resources Planning, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

5e. Case study: Engaging in a Shared Basin: The ICPDR and the Danube

Case presenterHélène Masliah-Gilkarov, Technical Expert – Public Participation and Communication, International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR)

5e. Case study: Stakeholder Engagement Tools: Co-developing Resilient Futures for the Zambezi Basin

Case presenterBarbara Willaarts, Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

 

MODULE 6: FINANCE FOR TRANSBOUNDARY WATER SECURITY

Module coordinators

·       Sonja Koeppel, Secretary of the Water Convention, UNECE Water Convention

·       David Hebart-Coleman, Program Manager – Water Resources, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)

6a. Financing Transboundary Water Cooperation Processes, Institutions, and Basin Development

Lecturer: Sonja Koeppel, Secretary of the Water Convention, UNECE Water Convention

6a. Case study: Financing the Mekong River Commission (MRC)

Case presenterAnoulak Kittikhoun, Chief Strategy and Partnership Officer, Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat

6b. Why Invest in Transboundary Basin Activities?

Lecturer: David Hebart-Coleman, Program Manager – Water Resources, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)

6b. Case study: Why Invest in Transboundary Basin Activities? A case from the OMVS

Case presenterMohamed Fawzi, President of the OMVS Dakar 2021 Committee, Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS)

6c. Public Financing for Transboundary Projects

6c1. Multilateral Global Fund: The GEF Approach

Lecturer: Christian Severin, Senior Environmental Specialist, GEF

6c1. Case study: La Plata Basin – Financing Access to GEF and TDA/SAPs

Case presenterAndrés Sánchez, Department of Sustainable Development, Organization of American States (OAS) 

 

6c2. Funding from International Financial Institutions: Focus on the World Bank

Lecturer: Eileen Burke, Senior Water Resource Specialist and Global Lead for Water Resources, the World Bank 

 

6c3. Funding from Regional Trust Funds: Focus on the African Water Facility

Lecturer: Omari Mwinjaka, Water Resources Engineer and Coordinator, African Water Facility

6d. Private Financing for Transboundary Projects

Lecturer: Jaffer Machano, Global Program Manager – Municipal Investment Finance, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

6d. Case study: The Blue Peace Financing Mechanism: The Gambia River Development Organization (OMVG) Pilot Case

Case presenter: Rukan Manaz, Senior Program Manager – Finance, Geneva Water Hub

6e. Financing Climate Change Responses in Transboundary River Basins

Lecturer: Ana Maria Kleymeyer, Independent Author, Climate Finance Guide

6e. Case study: Green Climate Fund: Programme for Integrated Development and Adaptation to Climate Change (PIDACC) in the Niger Basin

Case presenterAbdou Ramani Traoré, Expert in Monitoring and Evaluation Planning, Niger River Basin Authority

6e. Case study: Accessing Adaptation Fund for the Lake Victoria Transboundary Basin

Case presenterFredrick Mhina Mngube, Environment and Natural Resource Officer, Lake Victoria Basin Commission Secretariat

 

Concluding Lecture: Key learnings from the course and next steps

Lecturer: Yumiko Yasuda, Senior Network and Transboundary Water Cooperation Specialist, Global Water Partnership (GWP)