Subject: [WaterForum] M Sc Fellowships:
Netherlands
Organization: ELCI / Phytomed Network
M Sc Fellowships
for women from the South working in
water management
The Irrigation
and Water Engineering Group, Department of
Environmental Sciences, Wageningen
Agriculture and Research
Centre seeks qualified female professionals in water
management
from the South who are interested in following the Master
of
Science course "Irrigation and Water Management".
Background
In
order to raise the number and profile of female professionals in
the water
sector, the Global Water Partnership in collaboration
with Wageningen
University developed a targeted program for the
provision of
fellowships to women from developing countries
interested in pursuing a
career in water management. SIDA, the
Swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency, is
funding this program.
M Sc "Irrigation and
Water Management" in Wageningen
The MSc course "Irrigation and Water
Management" offered at
Wageningen University is a 17 months course with a
limited
number of obligatory subjects which cover the basic technical
and
managerial aspects of water management. The course
is
interdisciplinary: technical, social and managerial issues
are
addressed, as are the linkages between those. Gender analysis
concepts
and tools as applicable to water management are
incorporated into the
different courses. Explicit attention to gender
staffing issues, relating to
the specific constraints female
professionals may face while working in water
management
institutions and ways to deal with those, will also be included in
the
Program.
The course set-up is such as to allow for participants to
specialize
in an area of their own preference. Participants thus develop
their
own course profile, and are free to select courses offered both
by
Wageningen University as well as by other institutes and
universities
in the Netherlands, such as for instance IHE or IRC.
Possible specializations
include:
IntegratedWater Management and Development
WaterManagement
Planning
IrrigationManagement
The MSc course consists of a first 11
months of course work and
proposal writing, 3 months of field work in the
participant's home
country and 3 months of thesis writing in
Wageningen.
The MSc courses are taught in English.
Selection of
applicants
Fellowships are available and will be awarded to
female
professionals from developing countries working in the
water
management sector. In selection of applicants, priority will
be
given to professionals working in research and training institutes
or
universities. Applicants will have to comply with the regular
enrollment
procedures and requirements of Wageningen
University.
More
information
To obtain more information about the fellowships or about
the
MSc program, contact:
M Sc Program Director: Ir. W.B. M.
Genet, tel. +31 (0)317
483706 / 484190, e-mail: [log in to unmask]
FellowshipProgram
Coordinator: Ir. M. Z. Zwarteveen, tel.
+31 (0)317 484231
/ 484190, e-mail:
[log in to unmask]
Nieuwe
Kanaal 11
6709 PA Wageningen
The Netherlands
http://www.wau.nl/wmsc/mscsoil.htm
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