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The use of water for irrigation varies greatly in technology, practicality and efficiency.

Simple irrigation is often inefficient – a lot of water is lost from the irrigation system.

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The Global Water Forum website has been established to present knowledge and insight from leading water researchers and practitioners.

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The use of water for irrigation varies greatly in technology, practicality and efficiency.

A pivot irrigation system in South Africa.

Water - challenges of availability, access and management

Africa has the largest disparities in water availability and least coverage in potable water supply and sanitation. These women are collecting domestic water supplies from a source a kilometre from their homes in Tanzania, 2012. (c) J Pittock.

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Transboundary Water Governance

Throughout the world rivers are not contained by borders – either country or state. As a result, governance becomes transboundary or 'across borders'.

Welcome to UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance

The UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance was officially launched by the Hon. Bob McMullan, the Australian Parliamentary Secretary for International Development on 15 April 2010. This four-year program (renewable) links the following institutions and programs in research, training and capacity building and knowledge transfer partnership in Southern Africa.
The UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance creates a pole of excellence in water economics and governance in Africa and China to meet the Millennium Development Goals (goals 3 and 7) and to provide socio-economic expertise in;
  1. Water Education Training with capacity building and knowledge transfer in water economics and water governance,
  2. 'Water and Society' with a development focus on understanding the value of water and trade-offs across water users and between water use and the environment with a special focus on gender equity. 
To achieve its goals to promote sustainable development and better water management, the project has the following major strands:
  1. Local flexible-learning courses in water economics and transboundary water governance that build issues of gender equity into the course structures. This work is particularly targeted to countries in Southern Africa.
  2. Creating student exchange and enrichment programs.
  3. Supporting web-based learning modules from the Global Water Partnership and International Water Management Institute and delivered through the Global Water Forum.
  4. Creating interactive, flexible learning modules in water economics, water governance and gender equity in integrated water resource management in collaboration with the Global Development Learning Network housed by the World Bank Institute

Updated:  4 October, 2012/Responsible Officer:  UNESCO Chair/Page Contact:  Crawford Webmaster