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Overview
For whom?
Professionals working in and with water utilities. This may be staff of water utilities, staff of water services regulators, government employees working in Ministries dealing with water utilities, staff of NGOs engaged with water utilities.
Learning objectives of the Managing Resilient Water Utilities course from IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
- Explain how different water utilities have operationalized and implemented the concept of resilience.
- Analyze the change processes aimed at making water utilities more resilient.
- Describe and contrast different definitions and interpretations of resilience.
Programme Structure
Block 1: Resilience
- The first block concerns a broad discussion about the concept of resilience. In this block the history of the concept is discussed, different interpretations of the concept and how it is used in different disciplines. In this block the importance of the concept in relation to important water supply sector challenges is also elaborated upon.
Block 2: The Resilient Water Utility
- In the second block, the course looks at how resilience has been incorporated in the strategy and operations of water utilities. Different water utilities tend to have different understandings of resilience and will emphasize different operationalizations of the concept.
Block 3: Organizing Change for Resilient Utilities
- The second block looks at how shifts to becoming a resilient water utility takes place in practice. Often water utilities have established a working culture and ways of operating that have not changed much for a long period of time.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
Credits
2 ECTS
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Hydrology & Water Management View 50 other Short Courses in Hydrology & Water Management in NetherlandsAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Tuition Fee
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International
3500 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 3500 EUR for the full programme during 12 days. -
EU/EEA
3500 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 3500 EUR for the full programme during 12 days.
Living costs for Delft
780 - 1160 EUR /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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