1. Poised for greater impact The Cap-Net programme: achievements and prospects

2. ) Enrollment in tertiary education People without reliable access to safe water © worldmapper.org 1

3. 2 Who are we? Cap-Net is a partnership of training institutions, knowledge centres and water managers around the world We seek effective capacity building for sustainable management of water.

4. Our Partners A programme of With core funding from Partner of Global partners, and regional and country networks make up the Cap-Net network 3

5. 4 The Global Network

6. 5 What do we do? Help countries to build the human and institutional capacity in water management to reach Millenium Development Goals Use the power of networks to ensure relevance, sustainability and to scale up capacity building actions

7. Project strategy Local ownership Partnerships Responding to demand Deliver capacity building Capacity to deliver Effective networks Building blocks for capacity building 6

8. The power of networks Donors and multilateral agencies to scale-up impacts and get the most from their capacity building investment, synergy. Local, national and regional organizations to improve performance and relevance, share tools and knowledge, access resources and better coordinate activities International development organizations and research institutes to increase their relevance, outreach and impact on the ground, incorporate local knowledge Made up of 22 geographic and 4 thematic capacity building networks, Cap-Net helps: 7

9. Advantages of the network approach This approach: triggers cascading impacts by training of trainers; crosses disciplinary and national boundaries; connects capacity-builders and implementers; provides knowledge on demand; integrates state-of-art knowledge; leverages significant financial support at local level. 8

10. Some results 10 international courses have been designed and held in: –IWRM principles –Institutional arrangements –Legal and regulatory frameworks for IWRM –Gender and water –IWRM plans –Local water management –Negotiation skills –E-learning –Facilitation skills –Economic and financial instruments  Over 1000 trainers have been trained  Over 50 regional and national training events have been held.  Such events have trained other trainers, educators, students, water managers, researchers and decision makers 9

11. Knowledge and skills are being used to: Create awareness in decision- makers Providing training to government staff Raising awareness among high-level policy-makers Adapt and broadcast Conducting regional and national training courses Customizing training material for local use Organizing in-house workshops for colleagues Develop new capacities Skills of water managers for day- to-day activities Refining post-graduate curricula Developing new courses Developing learning material 10

12. Other resources Website – www.cap-net.org Training materials and tools on IWRM IWRM tutorial and most other materials on CD Gender and water tutorial E-groups in diverse subjects Network management tools Information is available in several languages 11

13. 12 Knowledge management The Knowledge Cycle

14. Assessment of results Strategy was effective Commitment is impressive Materials on IWRM are appreciated Need for capacity building is great Impact is sustainable Monitoring is a challenge Poised for greater impact 13

15. Weaknesses Some networks don’t perform, need more support. Inadequate financial support to implementation of capacity building. Measurement of impact (programme & capacity building) 14

16. 15 Present focus Contribution to the MDGs with: Implementation of IWRM obasin approach owater and sanitation oenvironment Network strengthening Monitoring and evaluation

17. www.cap-net.org 16