SaciWATERs, is committed to bringing about structural change in the dominant water resources management paradigm in South Asia. Within that, SaciWATERs focuses on transforming water resources knowledge systems. Key ideas are an interdisciplinary approach to understanding water resources issues,...
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SaciWATERs, is committed to bringing about structural change in the dominant water resources management paradigm in South Asia. Within that, SaciWATERs focuses on transforming water resources knowledge systems. Key ideas are an interdisciplinary approach to understanding water resources issues, from a pro-poor, human development perspective, with an emphasis on exchange, interaction and collaboration at South Asia level. The longer term aim is to establish a South Asian ‘virtual water university’.
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South Asia, home to nearly a quarter of the world population, has the highest concentration of poor people. It is also suffering the pangs of rapid industrialization apart from effects of global climate change and although endowed with vast water resources, it is living a palpable crisis with...
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South Asia, home to nearly a quarter of the world population, has the highest concentration of poor people. It is also suffering the pangs of rapid industrialization apart from effects of global climate change and although endowed with vast water resources, it is living a palpable crisis with uneven distribution of these resources. It is surrounded by water and yet accompanied by grief. Hence, a paradigm shift in the overall framework for water management is necessary. We, at SaciWATERs, aim to contribute to this paradigm shift by means of various partnership-based programmes for capacity building of water professionals through higher education, innovation and social learning focused research ("research with an impact"), knowledge based development and networking. SaciWATERs is active in three domains: education, research and advocacy, by implementing Projects.
Education
In its education focused activities SaciWATERs seeks to get internalized into professional water education programmes and developmental concerns like ecology, poverty and democracy. The goal being human capacity building, we focus on longer duration education input (as opposed to short term training) deriving from the fact that shaping attitudes and perceptions, and teaching the skills of interdisciplinary and more comprehensive analysis and intervention requires time.

At present very few such programmes for water resources education reform exist in South Asia. Hence, our projects are targeted at getting in touch with the training institutions and collaborating with them in order to materialize the differentiated approach.
Water being central to economic growth and poverty reduction in South Asia (SAR) our aim is to generate a critical mass of expertise and to increase the number of water professionals to form a substantial network in government, civil, and society organization.

Research rnResearch is Central to SaciWATERs mission to raise the capabilities of individuals and organizations for integrated water resources management and our aim is to be a centre of research excellence in the field of IWRM in South Asia. Research is not viewed as a ‘stand alone’ activity, but as a means for reducing the knowledge gaps that act as a key to the dissemination of research findings, and to working with local partners in ways that strengthen their knowledge-creation capacities.
In its research focused activities SaciWATERs aims to broaden the South Asian water resources knowledge base by critically analyzing water issues that play out at South Asia level; undertake comparative research on water resources issues in different parts of the sub-continent; study localized water resources management process of general conceptual or policy relevance.
Research is preferably conducted in close interaction with societal interest groups and ‘problem solution oriented’.

Advocacy
SaciWATERs has identified advocacy and social mobilization as important elements for improved water and environmental management. In advocacy SaciWATERs ’ aims to make knowledge on actual water management processes ‘work’ in the public and policy domain, around certain South Asia level issues and to provide a platform for exchange, discussion and collaboration at the South Asia level through networking, publications and workshops/conferences. A main focus for advocacy is ‘gender and water’.
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SaciWATERs provides various research, internship and volunteer opportunities in the area of IWRM, Gender & Water, Water & health, Media management , administration, online library database management etc. For more info , kindly write to info@saciwaters.org specifying your qualification and...
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SaciWATERs provides various research, internship and volunteer opportunities in the area of IWRM, Gender & Water, Water & health, Media management , administration, online library database management etc. For more info , kindly write to info@saciwaters.org specifying your qualification and interest.
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