The International WaterCentre (IWC)

Water leadership for the future

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A joint venture of four leading Australian universities with national and international knowledge networks, the IWC provides a breadth of expertise and experience rarely found in a single organisation. 

Water leadership for the future

MissionCreating tomorrow’s

water leaders by changing the way people

think about, act and solve complex water

management challenges

About the International WaterCentre

• Developing strong collaborative networks

• Delivering high quality post-graduate education and professional development experiences

• Undertaking internationally relevant, collaborative applied research

• Facilitating access by water managers to IWC’s knowledge networks and expertise

Water leadership for the future

IWC Clients and Partners around the world

Water leadership for the future

EducationDelivering high quality

postgraduate education and professional development

experiences

Master of Integrated Water Management

• Graduates receive a co-taught, co-badged qualification from four leading Australian universities:

• Objective: creating tomorrow’s water leaders by drawing on international teaching and research from many fields to provide a transdisciplinary, whole-of-water-cycle approach

• Using innovative, problem-based and experiential education approaches, students build on their professional experience to become water leaders who are able to create and implement integrated solutions

• Since the program’s inception in 2008, IWC Masters participants have come from 35 countries and from diverse academic and professional backgrounds

IWC Education Programs

Other education programs

• Graduate Certificate in Integrated Water Management (Water Planning)

Created for water resource planners in public and private organisations to address identified professional skills gaps

• Water Leadership Program

A professional development program for emerging leaders to develop abilities to exert influence and drive change

• Master of Philosophy in Integrated Water Management

A research higher degree delivered through IWC Africa at Monash South Africa

IWC Education Programs

TrainingDeveloping custom-designed capacity

building programs for water professionals in Australian and

overseas organisations

Training programs

• Capacity building programs aimed at current and future water leaders with a vision for sustainable and integrated water management

• Individually tailored to each organisation’s needs using a combination of case studies and experiential learning in integrated water management

• Flexible programs can include English communication skills, postgraduate level academic studies (non-award), field trips, industry placements and technical study tours

• Since 2005, IWC has delivered 11 programs funded by AusAID’s Australian Leadership Award Fellowships (ALAF) program (~$3m)

Training programs

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Applied researchGenerating and applying

knowledge to support evidence-based IWM

internationally

• IWC takes a collaborative approach allowing the organisation to build transdisciplinary teams from the best water research organisations in Australia

• IWC applied research programs:

– provide access to leading researchers in the water sector from a range of disciplines, such as environmental sciences, engineering, economics, urban and land-use planning, social sciences and anthropology

– deliver real-world solutions where end-users can build their knowledge of water science and management

Applied research

Applied research

IWC Applied research themes:

1.Integrated water management processes

2.Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)

3.Healthy rivers and catchments

4.Sustainable urban communities

IWC Applied research themes:

1.Integrated water management processes

2.Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)

3.Healthy rivers and catchments

4.Sustainable urban communities

IWC Member Universities | Research Centres

Applied research

• Australian Rivers Institute• Griffith Centre for Coastal Management• Environmental Futures Centre• Centre for Environmental Systems Research • Smart Water Research Centre• School of Environment• The National Climate Change Adaptation Research

Facility

• Advanced Wastewater Management Centre• Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry• Centre for Integrated Resource Management• Centre for Marine Studies • National Research Centre for Environmental

Toxicology • School of Population Health • School of Integrative Systems• Centre for Research into Sustainable Urban and

Regional Futures

• Centre for Water Sensitive Cities• Water Studies Centre• Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine• Monash Sustainability Institute• School of Geography and Environmental Science• Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration• eWater CRC

Asia Pacific Health and Nutrition Centre• Monash Sustainability Institute

• Centre for Excellence in Natural Resource Management

• Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences• Centre for Water Research• Mining, Energy and Natural Resources Law• School of Environmental Systems Engineering

Knowledge servicesDelivering smart, innovative knowledge services that will assist water leaders to understand and apply IWM

Knowledge services

Knowledge services

• Knowledge generation – new thinking and inquiry results in new understanding and concepts

• Knowledge synthesis and translation – available knowledge is analysed, synthesised and translated into forms that will lead to practical understanding relevant to local context and needs

• Knowledge sharing and dissemination – provides targeted and efficient access by a range of stakeholders and through a number of formats

IWC publications, expert panels and events

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• This presentation was compiled in August 2012. Information in this presentation was accurate at the time of compiling, please note that details are subject to change without prior notice.

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More information on IWRM skills profiles

Masters of Integrated Water Management

http://www.ucowr.org/journal-of-contemporary-water-research-and-education/issue-150