Capacity-Building for IWRM: Education, Training, and Research

Abstract

The capacity to implement IWRM depends on the preparation of individual managers and organizations. Managers can receive basic preparation from different disciplines, and many will be engineers and scientists with knowledge of natural and human systems. Given the breadth of IWRM, capacity is needed for specific disciplinary knowledge and broad and inclusive problem-solving. Training must emphasize technical tasks, management and decision science, and wise integrated approaches. The diverse array of needed skills requires a broad approach based on shared problems and use of case studies. Training of watershed leaders and education for citizens and students can strengthen the support base for IWRM, and broad research programs can help organizations fulfill their responsibilities and help individual workers become more productive.