Capacity development

This session focuses on the key role of endogenous knowledge for water management and governance, including current initiatives in terms of water education, ancestral knowledges, capacity development and water museums.

This session focuses on examples of platforms and practices fostering the exchange of experiences and knowledge among local actors, and with the support of experts. Those include current initiatives related to water education, citizen science, local knowledge systems and water information centres, both online and physical.

International cooperation invests substantial efforts and resources in the water sector, with for instance 9.3 billion dollars in Official Development Assistance allocated to the sector for 2019 alone .