Interview with Reza Ardakanian
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Non Profit
Dr Reza Ardakanian is the Director of the UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC). He was asked about achievements and activities related to strengthening capacity building worldwide. Question: What are the challenges facing UN-Water in strengthening capacity building worldwide? Answer: Capacity building is a top priority for UN-Water, and we work hard to better coordinate and add coherence to all members' and partners' water-related capacity development activities… but there is always a need for improvement! Globally all the financial, natural and human resources needed to solve our water and sanitation problems exist; now the challenge is to get these resources to the right places and people at the right time. This means transferring the knowledge, financial resources and available technology in a targeted and effective manner. At the same time, the water community needs to improve already existing knowledge and capacities such as its social learning tools and web 2.0, which present excellent opportunities to create sustainable, adjustable and self-tailored platforms for learning. Read more: http://j.mp/ue7YxR
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