Signing a shot in the arm for skills training

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Capacity building Phase II of the Framework for Education and Training in Water (FETWater) came into being earlier this year. FETWater is a programme for effective cooperation in research, education, training and capacity building initiatives to achieve integrated water resources management (IWRM) in South Africa. It provides institutional support and financing in the form of seed funding to encourage the creation of training networks as a method for co-operation between universities, research institutions, as well as public and private sectors in the country. The programme was first established in 2002 as a response to a 1998 study by DWAF , UNESCO and the World Meteorological Organisation which revealed a marked lack of human resources and competencies in the local water sector. This deficiency not only jeopardises the implementation of the National Water Act, but also hampers the country’s ability to conform with, and take advantage of, global trends in IWRM.

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