[Project concluded in 2020)
Within the framework of the project “NEPAD African Centres of Excellence (CoEs) on Water Sciences and Technology (ACEWATER phase II)”, UNESCO implements activities to support the establishment of a Human Capacity Development programme in the water sector in Africa.
The Focus of the ACEWATER II Project focussed mainly on two components being Research for Integrated Water Research Management and Human Capacity Development
COMPONENT 1: Research for IWRM
A range of research outputs was produced as part of the ACEWATER 2 project and include a total of 141 outputs as reported in the final report of the ACEWATER 2 project. Research outputs include scientific deliverables such as project reports highlighting Technical aspects such as hydrological models, guidelines for case studies, hydrology, hydropower and climate change scenarios, Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem nexus assessments and databases and models which provide a concrete base for further research to the undertaken. These deliverables were produced for both scientific and Human Capacity Development (HCD) activities of the ACEWATER 2 project.
COMPONENT 2: Human Capacity Development
The HCD component of the project was managed by UNESCO IHE, with the following focus areas:
1. Establishing National Human Capacity Development Programmes addressing junior and senior professional and technician level human capacity and skills challenges in the 13 participating AU-NEPAD CoE Countries;
2. Implementing the Human Capacity Development Programmes in these countries within three Regions in Africa, in collaboration with Government Authorities and relevant Higher Education and Technical Vocational Institutions to build capacity for sustainable development in the Water Sector.
Read more information from the UNESCO website
Access ACEWATER II project documentation on the European Commission’s Aquaknow Platform
A study was also undertaken to evaluate the impact of the ACEWATER Project, which can be downloaded as here:
Elema, NM, Carmona Moreno, C (2022). The impact of the ACEWATER Project. Joint
Research Centre (JRC)/European Commission, Ispra (VA), Italy