e-learning Initiatives
This section provides a gateway to water-related e-learning efforts of UN-Water members and partners organized by UN-Water focus areas. The database includes the information from an initial inventory, additional information will be added in the coming months. Feel free to provide information to ais[at]unwater.unu.edu.
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
List and brief descriptions of FAO e-learning tools and/or programmes on climate changeOverview facilitated e-courses offered by FAO
| UN-Water Focus Areas : | Climate Change (Adaptation); Water Scarcity |
| Course Topics : | Planning for community-based adaptation to climate change; Climate and flood forecast applications in agriculture; Climate-smart agriculture; Climate change, agriculture and food security |
| Target Group : | Local, national, and international development actors; Member states, partners |
| Type : | moderated; self-learning; blended |
| Language : | en, fr, es |
Global Water Partnership (GWP)
Associated programme on flood management| UN-Water Focus Areas : | Climate Change (Adaptation); Financing and Valuation |
| Course Topics : | Electronic and mobile government; Institution and human resources management; Knowledge management in government; Millennium development goals |
| Target Group : | General Public |
| Type : | self-learning |
| Language : | en |
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Climate science e-learning module| UN-Water Focus Areas : | Climate Change (Adaptation); ; Integrated Water Resources Management; Water Scarcity |
| Course Topics : | Defining water requirements; Environmental flows; Modifying water infrastructure |
| Target Group : | Professionals; IUCN staff; commissions and members |
| Type : | self-learning |
| Language : | en |
UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Socio-economic policies for child rights with equity| UN-Water Focus Areas : | Drinking Water, Sanitation & Health; Climate Change (Adaptation) |
| Course Topics : | Human rights and the human rights-based approach to development;Social and economic policies to reduce poverty and ensure child rights; Public finance and social budgeting; Social protection; Children and climate change |
| Target Group : | UNICEF staff |
| Type : | self-learning |
| Language : | en |
UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
List of e-courses offered by UNITAR| UN-Water Focus Areas : | Integrated Water Resources Management; Climate Change (Adaptation); Drinking Water, Sanitation & Health; Green Economy |
| Course Topics : | Environmental law; Green economies; Environmental negotiations; International water law; Governance in urban sanitation |
| Target Group : | Local government officials and authorities |
| Type : | moderated |
| Language : | ar, cn, en, fr, jp, pt, ru, sp |
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Online e-learning facility for green growth capacity developmentE-learning course on Urban Sanitation
| UN-Water Focus Areas : | Green Economy; Climate Change (Adaptation); Drinking Water, Sanitation & Health; |
| Course Topics : | Fundamentals of green growth; Liveable cities; Low carbon green growth; Sustaining growth; Urban sanitation |
| Target Group : | Policymakers |
| Type : | moderated |
| Language : | en |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Information on online water courses (UNESCO-IHE)Educational platform for flood management
IWRM-Education [IWAS (International Water Research Alliance Saxony) & the German IHP/HWRP (International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO and Hydrology and Water Resources Programme of WMO)]
| UN-Water Focus Areas : | Integrated Water Resources Management; Drinking Water, Sanitation & Health; Water Scarcity; ; Climate Change (Adaptation); Transboundary Waters; Financing and Valuation |
| Course Topics : | Wetland management; Flood management; Water transport and distribution; Water quality assessment; Water and environmental law and policy; Urban drainage and sewerage; Solid waste management |
| Target Group : | Water sector professionals; Decision maker; University students |
| Type : | moderated; blended; self-learning |
| Language : | en |
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Thematic category list of UNEP e-coursesIntroduction to remote sensing
Marketplace for environmental training and on-line resources platform (MENTOR)
| UN-Water Focus Areas : | Climate Change (Adaptation); Transboundary Waters; Green Economy |
| Course Topics : | Environmental assessment; Remote sensing; Technology support; Outreach and communication; Information and data sharing |
| Target Group : | Local government officials |
| Type : | moderated |
| Language : | en |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
UNHCR e-learning| UN-Water Focus Areas : | Climate Change (Adaptation); |
| Course Topics : | Emergency response, Coordination |
| Target Group : | |
| Type : | self-learning |
| Language : | en |
United Nations University (UNU)
List of online learning resources from UNUHome page for the UN Water Virtual Learning Center (WVLC)
Institute for Water, Environment and Health
| UN-Water Focus Areas : | Integrated Water Resources Management; Drinking Water, Sanitation & Health; Transboundary Waters; Water Scarcity; Climate Change (Adaptation) |
| Course Topics : | Climate; Natural disasters |
| Target Group : | Universities |
| Type : | moderated; self-learning |
| Language : | en |
World Bank Institute (WB)
Home page of The World Bank's e-InstituteWater-related e-courses in The World Bank's e-Institute
| UN-Water Focus Areas : | Climate Change (Adaptation); Drinking Water, Sanitation & Health; Water Scarcity; Financing and Valuation |
| Course Topics : | Improving performance of irrigation services provision; Climate-smart agriculture through sustainable land-water management
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| Target Group : | Government officials in developing countries |
| Type : | moderated |
| Language : | en |
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Thematic category list of WMO e-coursesWMO/COMET courses on Hydrology and E-learning
IWRM-Education [IWAS (International Water Research Alliance Saxony) & the German IHP/HWRP (International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO and Hydrology and Water Resources Programme of WMO)]
| UN-Water Focus Areas : | Climate Change (Adaptation); Water Scarcity; Integrated Water Resources Management |
| Course Topics : | Integrated flood management; Hydrology; Meteorology |
| Target Group : | WMO centers |
| Type : | moderated; self-learning |
| Language : | en, es |