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Discover how the World Water Academy offers sustainable capacity building through innovative training methods. Learn from professionals in immersive, practical courses for immediate application in the water sector. Explore the roots of the academy and its mission to save, store, share, and spread water knowledge globally. Quality assurance measures ensure value for money, with a focus on training trainers effectively through didactical support. Join us to empower passionate practitioners and ensure the sector's future.
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Let’s train local practitioners better World Water Academy: an innovative approach for sustainable capacity building 31 May 2013 Agnes Maenhout & Johan Oost
Agnes Maenhout • Managing director of Wateropleidingen/ World Water Academy • Engineer in WWT • Education manager by experience • Auditor, assessor, coach Agnes
Content • Intro • Life-long learning • Why focus on practitioners • World Water Academy-concept • Role of didactical quality • Conclusion
The roots: Wateropleidingen • For and by the sector • Independent • On the job & refresher courses • All vocational levels • Sustainable as a business The model is also successful in ID, VN, SA
World Water Academy concept • For professionals by professionals • Inspiring, practical, up to date courses • Self-sustainable & cost effective virtual? • Transfer of expertise between • professionals, generations and • organisations
Our mission andvision • Saving • Storing • Sharing • Spreading Basic knowledge Know-how Best practical means In water • Sustainable • Selling
Trainers are water professionals • Professionals are trained as trainers • Same language • Close link to the water sector • Immediately applicable • Professionals with passion and experience inspire students
Course Dong Thap Course Vung Tau Course Ben Tre Pilot Course VN Course Danang Course Hanoi Course HCMC Dissemination like a drop of water
Qualityassurance • Value for money • The diploma is a job requirement • Companies pay the course • Quality • Course (contents, up-to-date, duration, applicability etc) • Professional trainers (expertise, presentation, interaction)
Didactical support • Training didactical skills (basic & advanced) • On the job coaching • Didactical help desk • Master classes • And in 2013 The e-coach
Conclusion • Successful training of practitioners: • Learned today, applied tomorrow • Passionate trainers that inspire • Trainers with practical experience • Own language • Activating teaching methods • Peer learning • Concise course book or pdf
Purpose of 5th Symposium Thankyouforyourattention. Agnes Maenhout Managing Director Wateropleidingen / World Water Academy agnes.maenhout@wateropleidingen.nl