The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education jointly launched the project "Strengthening Small Island Developing States’ capacity in the water sector to cope with the effects of climate change”.
The project aims to strengthen the capacity of professionals and decision makers to improve water management in SIDS, to better address future challenges such as coping with the effects of climate change.
UNESCO-IHE will provide at least 20 key water professionals with MSc level education on relevant topics for the SIDS, in two batches starting in 2015 and 2016. The 18 month MSc programmes includes 6 months' field based research, to be conducted on specific problems in the home country of the participant. Furthermore, UNESCO-IHE will provide at least 50 water professionals and decision makers with specific expertise on relevant topics, by enabling them to enrol in UNESCO-IHE Short Courses that start in 2016 and 2017.
Interested candidates from eligible SIDS countries like MALDIVES, who meet UNESCO-IHE’s admission criteria, are advised to register as soon as possible. In particular, those interested in enrolling in the MSc programmes starting in the Autumn of 2015 are advised to apply by 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 at the latest. The deadline for the 2016 MSc course is 1 AUGUST 2016.
Office of the Consular Correspondent of the Kingdom of Netherlands
has requested to visit https://www.unesco-ihe.org/news/fellowships-small-island-developing-states%C2%B4-water-professionals or to contact Ms Marlies Baburek via [email protected] for further details.
FELLOWSHIPS FOR SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES´ WATER PROFESSIONALS
