The UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development in Bonn is looking for a Programme Officer. The candidate must have a PhD in hydrology, water resources engineering, systems engineering, irrigation engineering, ecology, aquatic ecology and/or limnology, geophysics, geography, information technology, statistics and statistical evaluation, or other related studies. The candidate also needs to demonstrate qualifications and experience in complementary studies or a background related to disciplines such as socio-economics, education/train-the-trainer/coaching and e-learning, management, journalism, international law and relations, or sanitation. A minimum of seven years of relevant experience is required.
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Applications deadline is 31 July 2009

On behalf of the Chair of UN Heads of Agencies, Dr Ardakanian gave a speech at the event to observe the World Day to Combat Desertification on 17 June 2009 in Bonn, organized by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), in cooperation with the City of Bonn, the Institute of the University of Bonn and the BIMUN.

This publication covers the main outcomes of the workshop on Education for Water Sustainability: Where Decades Meet ( Workshop 1 of the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development, Bonn, Germany 31 March – 2 April 2009), which was UNW-DPC, UNESCO-IHP and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). The main outcomes of the workshop include suggestions for the way forward which were based on the work developed during the UNESCO Regional Workshops on Water Education and at the 5th World Water Forum.

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UNW-DPC and FAO, in partnership with the Ministry of Energy of Iran (Deputy for Water and Wastewater Affairs) are cooperating in the organization of a regional workshop on "Capacity Development for Farm Management Strategies to Improve Crop-Water Productivity using AquaCrop" on 9-13 August 2009 in Tehran, Iran, while introducing a new model called AquaCrop. AquaCrop is the FAO tool to estimate yield response to water.

UNW-DPC and FAO, in partnership with the International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering, are cooperating in the organization of a regional workshop on "Capacity Development for Farm Management Strategies to Improve Crop-Water Productivity using AquaCrop" on 27-31 July 2009 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, while introducing a new model called AquaCrop. AquaCrop is the FAO tool to estimate yield response to water.