Educational modules

The key component of PCCP is the development of educational tools addressing a wide target audience, ranging from post graduate students to high level decision makers.

In parallel to the other PCCP activities, a Universities Partnership for Transboundary Waters has been initiated with Oregon State University. It is an international consortium of water expertise including ten universities on five continents, seeking to promote a global water governance culture that incorporates peace, environmental protection, and human security.

The institute of Water Resources of the UN Army Corps of Engineer has prepared a training course workbook on "Participation, consensus building and conflict management" techniques. This workbook teaches the set of skills which will help water resources decision-makers avert conflict, deal with water conflicts should they arise, and use water related agenda setting and decision making as an opportunity for dialogue when other subjects are closed to parties locked in various types of non water conflicts. In short, it teaches the necessary tools to help water resources decision makers take the PCCP road.

Waternet (a network of ten universities in southern Africa and the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education) has conceived and developed four course modules on:
- The Basics of Water Resources addressed to professionals and stakeholder representatives who wish to improve their skills in collaborating and communicating with water managers.
- Conflict Prevention and Cooperation in International Water Resources (2 weeks) aiming at reaching middle level professionals, postgraduate students and stakeholder representatives.
- Conflict Prevention and Cooperation in International Water Resources (1 week) aiming at reaching high-level professionals and stakeholder representatives.
- Advanced short course in Mediation Skills, for those who have followed one of the conflict prevention courses, and who wish to further enhance their negotiation skills.

In its seconde phase, PCCP will strive to further develop these and additional educational modules to help parties involved in water management to improve their knowledge and skills.