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CroWD: Cross-regional learning for transformative water diplomacy
Last Modified: Feb. 28, 2024, 2:19 p.m.
The aim of CroWD is to, indeed, create and nurture a crowd: a community of open-minded and engaged early career and advanced scholars that i) jointly advance the understanding of water diplomacy and develop approaches to transform water diplomacy for more equitable and sustainable outcomes, and ii) share this knowledge with a wider water diplomacy practitioners’ community that will make a change on the ground.
The project comprises five regions, representing some of the most water-stressed and conflict-prone transboundary water basins in the world including the Horn of Africa, Middle East, Sahel, Central Asia, and South Asia. Situated in different political and geographical contexts, water diplomacy actors in all regions are dealing with questions around the construction of large dams, the impacts of climate change and degradation of water quality, and hence have a lot of knowledge and experiences to share.
CroWD will discuss, analyse and develop tools that are required to ensure that water diplomacy addresses the impacts of climate change, large infrastructure and environmental degradation in a fair and just manner, namely with respect to
o Inclusivity and integration: How should water diplomacy processes be designed to give voice to all concerned? How can we foster the participation of the younger generation, civil society, and reach gender balance in decision-making processes over shared water resources? How can other actors and sectors that affect water or are affected be represented, including ecosystems, receiving seas, the agricultural and the energy sector, etc.? How can their needs be considered and their potential negative impacts mitigated in water diplomacy processes?
o Culture and affective aspects: How do we reach a truly comprehensive understanding of water diplomacy, considering different ways of seeing water and diplomacy (non-western epistemologies, indigenous knowledge, decolonial approaches) and the importance of relational, affective and spiritual practices – which can help to find innovative ways of overcoming inequalities and preventing water conflicts?
Project partners:
IHE Delft (lead); South Asian University (SAU), Department of International Relations; University of Khartoum (UoK), Water Resources Center; Hydraulic Research Centre, Ministry of Water Resources and Electricity (HRC); Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Water Diplomacy Centre; Regional Centre for Integrated River Basin Management, National Water Resources Institute under the Federal Ministry of Water Resources (RC-IRBM); Scientific Information Centre of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (SIC ICWC); Center for Natural Resources and Sustainability, Kazakh-German University (DKU); Aalto University; Environmental Law Center, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN); Oregon State University; Save the Tigris; Youth Group for the Protection of the Environment (YGPE)
The project comprises five regions, representing some of the most water-stressed and conflict-prone transboundary water basins in the world including the Horn of Africa, Middle East, Sahel, Central Asia, and South Asia. Situated in different political and geographical contexts, water diplomacy actors in all regions are dealing with questions around the construction of large dams, the impacts of climate change and degradation of water quality, and hence have a lot of knowledge and experiences to share.
CroWD will discuss, analyse and develop tools that are required to ensure that water diplomacy addresses the impacts of climate change, large infrastructure and environmental degradation in a fair and just manner, namely with respect to
o Inclusivity and integration: How should water diplomacy processes be designed to give voice to all concerned? How can we foster the participation of the younger generation, civil society, and reach gender balance in decision-making processes over shared water resources? How can other actors and sectors that affect water or are affected be represented, including ecosystems, receiving seas, the agricultural and the energy sector, etc.? How can their needs be considered and their potential negative impacts mitigated in water diplomacy processes?
o Culture and affective aspects: How do we reach a truly comprehensive understanding of water diplomacy, considering different ways of seeing water and diplomacy (non-western epistemologies, indigenous knowledge, decolonial approaches) and the importance of relational, affective and spiritual practices – which can help to find innovative ways of overcoming inequalities and preventing water conflicts?
Project partners:
IHE Delft (lead); South Asian University (SAU), Department of International Relations; University of Khartoum (UoK), Water Resources Center; Hydraulic Research Centre, Ministry of Water Resources and Electricity (HRC); Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Water Diplomacy Centre; Regional Centre for Integrated River Basin Management, National Water Resources Institute under the Federal Ministry of Water Resources (RC-IRBM); Scientific Information Centre of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (SIC ICWC); Center for Natural Resources and Sustainability, Kazakh-German University (DKU); Aalto University; Environmental Law Center, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN); Oregon State University; Save the Tigris; Youth Group for the Protection of the Environment (YGPE)
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