Outline of Training Course
NARBO secretariat conducted the 5th IWRM Training in Hoi An, Viet Nam from 18th to 25th of February with support of the Vu Gia –Thu Bon (VGTB) river basin organization, people’s committee of Quang Nam province, Da Nang City, and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Twenty-four participants from six countries participated in this training program.
In holding this training, we consulted with the Technical Advisory Committee member about its concept, and conducted the preliminary meeting at the venue in November 2008.
The training goals are
- 1) to enhance the understanding the concept of IWRM,
- 2) to support participants with practical tools to help improve their practice of IWRM and to expand network for IWRM among participants.
This time, we used the VGTB river basin as a case study. A team led by Dr. Peter Oliver of the International Water Center based in Brisbane, Australia, particularly did a magnificent job of handling the training competently, and demonstrated the strong leadership.
This training course consisted of lectures by specialists, study visits and group work. We introduced “IWRM Guidelines” to the participants and explained the concept of IWRM by showing the “Spiral Model”.
Through lectures on the VGTB river basin and study visit, participants learned what’s happening in the basin and how they are coping with it.
Based on the lectures and study visits, participants explored the “Key for Success” in the VGTB river basin by group-work activities, and at last they introduced the result of group-work.
We obtained the excellent presentations which correctly reflected the result of the lecture and the study visit. Judging from the collected replies of the questionnaires filled in by the participants, we seemed to be able to satisfy their expectations.
Thus far, we can say this training was successful.
NARBO secretariat will get started for the next IWRM Training soon, and try to improve the training session so that we can offer more satisfaction to participants.
