Negotiating Conflicts of Interest Related to Water Management
Annual Call for Projects 2001
Summary
The program aims to develop and implement processes of negotiation in water-scarce contexts where conflicting interests lead to reduced water use efficiency.
Its specific objectives are:
• To identify and analyse conflicts of interest and secondary effects induced by water resource development programs and management systems;
• To develop tools and methods aimed at conciliating divergent objectives related to the utilisation of water and reducing secondary undesirable effects;
• To develop training material on the analysis of conflicts of interest and negotiation processes for postgraduate programs focused on sustainable resource management;
• To establish a network of university departments, international and non-governmental organisations operating in the field of sustainable development.
The grant provided by the GIAN for this project totals SFr 510,080
Project Team
Prof. Ronald Jaubert , Coordinator, Graduate Institute of Development Studies (GIDS) .
Dr. Marika Bakonyi , Principal Member, University Centre of Human Ecology and Environmental Sciences (CUEH) , University of Geneva (Unige) .
Dr. Robert Bos , Principal Member, Water, Sanitation and Health , World Health Organization (WHO) .
Prof. Regis Caloz , Principal Member, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) .
Dr. Ewa Mariéthoz , Principal Member, University Centre of Human Ecology and Environmental Sciences (CUEH) , University of Geneva (Unige) .
Dr. David Nygaard , Principal Member, Rural Development , Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) .
Ms Marie Thorndahl , Principal Member, Graduate Institute of Development Studies (GIDS) .
Mr Olivier Walther , Principal Member, Institute of geography (IGUL) , Faculty of Earth Sciences and Environment (GSE) , University of Lausanne .
Prof. Jörg Winistorfer , Principal Member, Institute of geography (IGUL) , Faculty of Earth Sciences and Environment (GSE) , University of Lausanne .
Prof. François Zwalhen , Principal Member, - .
Related Links
> Water , web site containing the details of the Research Output.
> IGUL-UNIL , Institute of Geography, University of Lausanne.
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