Water Nexus

News and water events

Climate and Fragility workshop: Information exchange with Prof. Ashley Moran on climate and fragility in the context of development cooperation (October 25th)
Stakeholder seminar and workshop: Towards a new water strategy for the Belgian Development Aid? (October 24th)
Water without borders event: Linking Belgian stakeholders, programs and policies in the context of international cooperation (November 28th)
Add your organisation’s details and contact information on a national database of water actors in development cooperation.
Surveys are now open! Share your knowledge and opinion about water situation and help us achieve a better overview of the Belgian actors active in development countries.

What?

Water Nexus is an interuniversity research platform whose goal is to support the Belgian Development cooperation in the design and implementation of an effective water strategy.

Project objectives

To map the Belgian expertise, main stakeholders (Belgian and international) and programs related with water in partner countries
To identify ways through which more coordinated and coherent actions can be implemented, and possible synergies between actors and programs
To synthesize the water-related opportunities, issues and challenges in partner countries
To customize a toolkit assessing the impact of cooperation actions on water at relevant spatial scale
To assess the potential of water dependent value chains, and identify opportunities and needs where private sector can/should engage for IWRM
To identify the role Belgian cooperation can play to contribute to SDG6 and provide with operational elements and expertise for designing a water strategy
To conduct applied research projects relevant to Belgian Development cooperation