The workshop will take place from February 14-18th 2011 at STIAS, Stellenbosch University (www.stias.ac.za). The workshop is supported by the European Commission, its Joint Research Center as well as NEPAD and DFID. We are expecting a wide range of participants from the water sector research world throughout Southern Africa as well as potential research funders.
The workshop is a 4 day event with the first two days being focused on SPLASH and the last two days on the NEPAD Centres of Excellence. The workshop will be highly interactive and will, through exchange of lessons learnt and experiences, aim to:
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test SPLASH training material on research management and find innovative ways of delivering the material to target audiences
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ensure that good practices identified through recent research will benefit the recently created Network of African Centres of Excellence for Water
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create connections and enhance future collaboration between SPLASH projects and the network of Southern African region Network of African Centres of Excellence for Water
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Strengthen the role of research and educational organisations in improving water sector performance in the region
We believe this workshop will strengthen the relevance, effectiveness and sustainability of the efforts of researchers and academia working in the water sector in Southern African. It will do this through testing training material, exchanging experiences, exploring how stakeholders within research and academia can best take advantage of new sector approaches to development and above all by enhancing collaboration between stakeholders.
A draft programme is attached.
Note: The 1st NEPAD Water CoE meeting for 2011 will be held on the 18th of February from 08:30 to 16:00.
Please contact Ms. Carla Camapanini (lot5benef@italtrend.it) or Christina Silva (Christina.Silva@sa.kuoni-dmc.com) for making your arrangements (flight bookings, accommodation etc. etc.).