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UNESCO’s Report on Sudan’s Water Sector Training Needs
On 22 November 2017, the UNESCO Khartoum Office released a report on Sudan’s Water Sector Training Needs Assessment with Reference to Attaining SDG6 and UNESCO-IHP VIII. This report was prepared by the UNESCO Khartoum Office in collaboration of the Water Research Center at the University of Khartoum in June – November 2017, through (i) review of literature and previous reports, (ii) data acquisition from key stakeholders via interviews with high-level water professionals, and distribution of questionnaire among different relevant institutions, and (iii) discussions during a specially organized workshop.
The report concluded to focus on 12 priority areas of training:
Planning, designing, operating and maintaining water supply systems (including identification of sources, treatment, distribution and quality assessment)
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
Design and management of Irrigation Systems
Irrigation water use: efficiency and productivity
Surface water resources: assessment and management
Design, management and operational principles of water harvesting structures
Groundwater resources: assessment and management
Groundwater modelling: design, and operation
Public awareness and community participation for sustainable watershed management
Climate change impact: adaptation and resilience
Water diplomacy and transboundary cooperation
Hydro‐informatics and data management, and data measurements and monitoring networks.
Summarizing results of the mentioned survey, the key water stakeholders stressed on lacks in:
human resources capacities
adequate information systems
efficiency of involved institutions – in particular, their unclear and overlapping responsibilities
comprehensive water resources management strategy
funding / financing
decentralization in decision making and consistency in normative frameworks
Key water institutions recalled UNESCO and other development partners to help them in implementation of training priorities identified by the study.
©UNESCO: Consultancy Project Assessing Sudan’s Water Sector Training Needs with Reference to Attaining SDG6 and UNESCO-IHP VIII. Discussion about findings of survey and literature review. 01/10/2017
