Build capacity and contribute to water security and climate change resilience
The effects of climate change are causing significant social and economic issues throughout Asia and the Pacific region. Digital technologies are proving crucial in in building climate and disaster resilience and enhancing environmental sustainability through tools like water monitoring systems, smart remote metering, adaptation solutions, and other water management innovations that can be applied from local to regional scales. These technologies are rapidly evolving, and water managers need to be aware of the range of technologies that can be adopted.
This Asia-Australia online short course - Digital technologies for a climate resilient water sector - aims to build the capacity of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) project teams and Developing Member Country (DMC) counterpart staff in the knowledge and use of digital technologies to improve water management and inclusive participation in decision-making, in turn contributing to water security and climate change resilience.
The course is funded by the Australian Government through the Australian Water Partnership and supported by the Asian Development Bank, and is free to successful applicants.
Duration: 6 weeks, 6 hours of online learning per week.
Commencing: 31st October 2022
Applications for the 2022 cohort have now closed.
Course Introduction Video
Who should apply?
This online course is designed for ADB Operational Departments staff and DMC counterpart staff who would benefit from upskilling and expanding their knowledge of the use of digital technologies to manage water in urban and regional settings.
The course is suitable for practitioners, policy makers, decision makers, utility directors and employees of water associations involved in ADB-funded water management projects.
Participants are sought from all of ADB’s developing member countries.
Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion
Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) intersections will be interwoven throughout the course, highlighting gendered impacts, and the specific requirements of people with disability, the elderly and young children, and ethnic minorities with respect to climate impacts. Participants will build a professional network of contacts through their engagement in the course.
Course Details
Course dates: 31st Oct - 9th December, 2022.
Duration: 6 weeks, 6 hours of online learning per week
Applications close on Sunday 9th of October, 2022
At the close of the applications/nominations, there will be a selection process based on identifying participants who come from a range of regions and project types, ensuring opportunities for a diversity of participants considering gender, disability and social inclusion.
For further info and enquiries please email:
Geoffrey Wilson, Asian Development Bank, gwilson@adb.org
or
Peter Wegener, Griffith University, p.wegener@griffith.edu.au