Resources

The Geneva Water Hub’s online platform offers a wide range of resources. You will find a range of different formats each created especially for a particular target audience – student, scientist or professional.

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    Distance Learning Course on International Water Law and the Law of Transboundary Aquifers

    Would you like to be able to implement a transboundary water agreement? The 5th Edition of the Distance Learning Course on International Water Law and the Law of Transboundary Aquifers has already been launched!

    The Geneva Water Hub invites you to participate in the 5th session of its Online Course on International Water Law and the Law of Transboundary Aquifers which will take place from 5 October to 14 December 2020.

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    "Water for peace: preventing conflict related to water and wetlands"

    As part of the 2020 World Bank Fragility Forum, and In collaboration with The Water, Peace and Security (WPS) partnerhsip and Wetlands International, we contributed to a World Bank Blog article entitled “Water for peace: preventing conflict related to water and wetlands”. This piece is part of the 2020 Fragility Forum along partners’ podcasts.

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    Imagine Blue Peace Semifinalist - “Blue Justice: Water between its Scarcity and Resilience”, a visual book

    Following the 2019 Youth for Water and Peace Platform call for contributions, we are proud to feature the first semi-finalist in the “Visual Art” category: “Blue Justice: Water between its Scarcity and Resilience” by Stephanye Zarama Alvarado.

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    Imagine Blue Peace Semifinalist - “Record Keeper”, a music movement

    Following the 2019 Youth for Water and Peace Platform call for contributions, we are proud to feature the first semi-finalist in the “Music - a movement you have composed” category. Music movement entitled "Record Keeper", by artist Adam Bagatavicius.

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    Second edition of the online course on international water law

    The Geneva Water Hub invites you to participate in the 2nd edition of its online course on the international water law which will take place between 30 March 30 and 10 May 2020.

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    Distance Learning Course "International Water Law and the Law of Transboundary Aquifers" between 21 October and 22 December 2019

    Developed by the Geneva Water Hub and the Platform for International Water Law of the University of Geneva, the online course in "International Water Law and the Law of Transboundary Aquifers" has been designed for professionals from different backgrounds including law, international relations, hydrology, engineering or economics. Government officials (diplomats, technical and scientific specialists working in transboundary water issues), international organizations staff, NGO, civil society representatives, academics and professionals from the private sector.

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    The Water Diplomat - Bridging the gap on hydropolitical information

    "The Water Diplomat" is a free monthly news and intelligence resource produced by OOSKAnews and Geneva Water Hub. The publication, distributed monthly by email, is part of a media platform developed to engage our world in understanding the intersects among water, peace, conflict and diplomacy. The monthly publication is accompanied by a free monthly videocast distributed by Vimeo.

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    Distance Learning Course "Droit international de l’eau douce" between 27 May and 7 July 2019

    Developed by the Geneva Water Hub and the Platform for International Water Law of the University of Geneva, the online course in "Droit international de l’eau douce" has been designed for professionals working full-time and run for six weeks. Participants have free access at all times to course content, assessment activities and learning materials.

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    Distance learning course on International Water Law and the Law of Transboundary Aquifers

    The Geneva Water Hub’s Platform for International Water Law in collaboration with DiploFoundation, have the pleasure to launch the second edition of its Distance learning Course on International Water Law and the Law of Transboundary Aquifers.

     

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    Youth for Water and Peace - Impact on the 8th World Water Forum, 18-23 March 2018, Brasília, Brazil

    Youth for Water and Peace - As our first collaborative resource between the International Secretariat for Water - Solidarity Water Europe (ISW-SWE) and the World Youth Parliament for Water (WYPW), we would like to share a series of contributions from the WYWP on their impact on the 8th World Water Forum in Brasília which took place between 18 and 23 March 2018.

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    "Network Governance and Conflict Resolution Between Domains, Sectors and Levels in Vietnam’s Urban Water Management"

    Dr Fischer explains, for example, how the water sanitation situation has generally improved in Vietnam over the last decades, however, waste water treatment plants are constructed but do not work properly and faecal sludge management (FSM) is newly regulated, but poorly and not yet implemented.

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    "Negotiation, Tinkering and Bricolage: Analysing Strategies in Everyday Agricultural Water Politics"

    Dr Kemerink-Seyoum attempts to identify and shed light on spaces of negation, tinkering and bricolage in everyday agricultural water use. Such spaces offer an interesting opportunity to contribute to theories on human agency and in particular how objects, such as the water itself, water infrastructure or water legislation, co-shape human-technology-nature relations. Furthermore, a better recognition and explicit nurturing of such spaces can support alternative ways for reconciling conflicts over water.

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    L'eau est-elle géopolitique ?

    Is Water Geopolitical?

    Mr Jean-Christophe Victor addresses the questions around water in the world. His approach is both quantitative – consequences of water stress, minimum management, cropping patterns, improved irrigation techniques – and qualitative. Access to water – is this a source of tension or outright war? Pollution and is this a factor in social unrest?

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