About This Course

The Global Water Security course will provide a general and international approach to the ongoing issue of water security, with an overarching goal of educating professionals on the processes and conditions needed for safe, secure, sustainable and sufficient water for community development.

Using UN-Water’s conceptual framework on water security as a basis, we have structured our course to include eight thematic modules, and an introduction and conclusion module. The course will be about 100 hours in duration and presented in an modules format.

What You Will Learn

Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:

• What is water security and why it is important for planning sustainable water management and building community resilience
• Understand the basic elements of water security conceptual framework proposed by UN Water (2013) and distinguish multifaceted aspects in water management beyond the hydrological dimension
• Gain knowledge of different ways in which water security understanding can contribute to implementation of water-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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