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1.4.2 Boosting Proficiency in Water Professionals

1.4.2 Boosting Proficiency in Water Professionals. ADB, NARBO , UNESCO-IHE, IWC. 29 May 2013 – 16:30. Purpose of 5th Symposium. IWRM proficiency certification. Kenneth Irvine, Chair of Aquatic Ecosystems , UNESCO -IHE Ian W Makin, Principal Water Resources Specialist, ADB

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1.4.2 Boosting Proficiency in Water Professionals

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  1. 1.4.2 Boosting Proficiency in Water Professionals ADB, NARBO, UNESCO-IHE, IWC 29 May 2013 – 16:30

  2. Purpose of 5th Symposium • IWRM proficiency certification Kenneth Irvine,Chair of AquaticEcosystems, UNESCO-IHE Ian W Makin, Principal Water Resources Specialist, ADB Yasmin Siddiqi, Senior Water Resources Specialist, ADB Acknowledgements to CarelKeuls and WimDouven, UNESCO-IHE

  3. Content • Background to NARBO IWRM certification • Why certification? • Proposed Certification Program • Next steps

  4. Network of Asian River Basin Organizations (NARBO) was established in 2004 following the 3rd World Water Forum, Kyoto, Japan; • NARBO’s objectives are: • strengthening the capacity and effectiveness of member organizations in promoting IWRM • improving water governance through training and the exchange of information and experience among RBOs and their associated water sector agencies. • Since it foundation, NARBO has implemented seven training programs with over 140 participants • Certification seen as logical development of training • Background to NARBO IWRM certification

  5. NARBO training events established with pass/fail criteria • More than attendance required to pass! • IWRM is complex, requiring a range of skills • It is appropriate to recognize and reward people with those skills • Certification provides a mechanism for recognition and confidence in professionalism • Why certification?

  6. IWRM Proficiency Certification Servicewith 4 levels proficiency • Basic IWRM Advocate • Middle IWRM Facilitator • Senior IWRM Leader • Regional IWRM Counselor • Based on accumulation of experience and training credits • Proposed NARBO Certification Program

  7. Professional proficiency can be defined as the resultant of competence development, based on • formal education (degree, etc), • work experience, and • informal education (training, workshops, seminars, conferences, etc.). • Proposed Certification Program

  8. Will require: • An IWRM proficiency competence framework (what competences are needed at each level); • Institutional accreditation, to quality assure training and education modalities offered in IWRM competences; • Certification of training programs of water professional organizations; • International accreditation of training and education institutes and their formal and informal IWRM learning programs. • Establishing IWRM Certification

  9. NARBO and ADB are supporting: • Development of a framework for a proficiency certification programme for pilot implementation; • Work to establish service providers for proficiency certification in specified IWRM competences, including defining a schema of IWRM competences, their levels and assessment; • Exploring a variety of potential mechanism (e.g. training, workshops, on-line education, work experience and responsibilities) to “roll-out “a NARBO IWRM proficiency certification service across the region; • Next steps

  10. Purpose of 5th Symposium Feedback welcome Contact details k.irvine@unesco-ihe.org

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