Dr.iur Barbara Janusz -Pawletta Integrated Water Resources Management Program

1. Capacity building on postgraduate level in fostering regional institutional cooperation.View from the MA IWRM at German-Kazakh University Dr.iur Barbara Janusz-Pawletta Integrated Water Resources Management Program Kazakh-German University, Almaty janusz-pawletta@dku.kz EU – CENTRAL ASIA STRATEGY FOR A NEW PARTNERSHIP PLATFORM FOR ENVIRONMENT AND WATER COOPERATION Working Group on Environmental Governance and Climate Change 3rd Meeting Almaty, Kazakhstan, 11 – 12 June, 2014

2. Transboudary Water management in Central Asia Past & Presence & Future

3. Berlin Process “Water Initiative for Central Asia”

4. Capacity building in academic field fortransboudary water management shall be

5. DKU Integrated Water Management (M.A. Program) Students’ Background: - engineers, hydrology, technique - citizens of all Central Asian countries M.A. Program: In Central Asia & Germany

6. Our Alumnis’ Expertise in Transboundary Water Management prepare and implement complex analysis & solutions’ recommendations irrigation hydropower drinking water water quality on national & international level Government (Agriculture/Energy/ Environment/Health) Business Non-governmental organizations

7. ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Seminars «Water Day» • Lecturers from partner universities and water organizations • VIP Speakers • Once a month • Participants and students of the German-Kazakh university and universities Regional IWRM Olympiad 2014 Objective: to deepen the knowledge in the field of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) among students of Central Asia.

8. Summer School - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • For students studying in their final year and young water specialists • Majors in engineering, agriculture, science and water management • Participants from the five Central Asian countries Summer School 2013: «Sustainable development and the policies for effective management of natural resources» Summer School 2014: „Methods and Tools for the Assessment, Modeling and Monitoring of Central Asian Water and Land Resources“

9. Regional seminars 2012, 2013«Applying the concept of IWRM in Central Asia - the current practice and promotion»with the participants from all the five countries, including German partners Publication edition of the seminar results • + GKU, CAREC • Demonstrating the interrelations of economic, environmental, social issues in IWRM • Innovations in data collection and processing, modeling tools for planning and managing water resources. • Demonstration of modeling with the use of PC World Bank seminar 2014

10. Objectives: • Competence development in the use of e-learning in IWRM • Cooperation building between CA and BA in IWRM • Gaining experience in online communication • Experience and information exchange among the participants of the project E-learning in the field of IWRM

11. EDUCATION CHALLENGES IN IWRM IN CENTRAL ASIA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • The need to promote additional education after receiving a bachelor degree • Too narrow specialization (technical, agricultural, engineering) • The necessity and possibility of establishing distance learning, which will strengthen students' practical experience if it works • Introducing students to the partner organizations (GIZ, CAREC etc.), which has a positive impact on their thesis writing • Field works • Work practice up to 3 months; the possibility to do an internship in Germany is being developed

12. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Dr.iur Barbara Janusz-Pawletta MA Integrated Water Resources Management Program Kazakh-German University, Almaty janusz-pawletta@dku.kz