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This training was designed to improve the participants’ knowledge on climate change and to demonstrate how climate change can serve as a catalyst for improved water management. Each session features a comprehensive presentation on various aspects of climate change in water domain, looking at issues and opportunities in different sectors.

It is based on an online regional training in Arabic organized in March 2021 with the financial support of . Presentations were followed by quiz questions and a Q&A session to compound the learning exercise. The interaction between the trainees and the trainer also facilitated and exchange of national experiences. The presentations and sessions are available as.

This training was designed to provide an overall understanding of what nature-based solutions (NBS) are, and how they enhance water availability, improve water quality and reduce risks associated with water-related disasters and climate change. It is based on a national training organized with the generous financial support of the Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Foundation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for about 30 participants from the Ministry of Energy and Water, Ministry of Environment, Universities, research institutes, natural reserves and non-governmental organizations of Lebanon. 

In addition to technical aspects of NBS, numerous real-life examples from the Arab region, Lebanon, and around the world were provided to to illustrate practical implementation and the substantial potential they hold to replace, augment or work in parallel with human-built infrastructure for imporved water management. This knowledge can facilitate decision-making in all regions of the world where water stress is increasing. Improved water management generates social, environmental and economic benefits and is essential to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Two in-person trainings were organized, in Ghana and Egypt, to share innovative and successfull approaches for water use efficiency, water reuse, and bridging the policy-science interface. The workshops aimed to strengthen the particpants' scientific, technical and policy capacities to manage human health and environmental risks caused by emerging pollutants in water and wastewater. This will help to improve water quality and wastewater management, including safe reuse of wastewater, and enhance water and food security.

The  regional training in Accra, Ghana, focused on Effective Management of Water Quality and Emerging Pollutants in Water and Wastewater in Sub-Saharan Africa, and was organized in collaboration with the International Initiative on Water Quality (IIWQ) and the Regional Centre for Integrated River basin Management (RC-IRBM).

The national training on ‘Wastewater: The Untapped Resource’, organized in Cairo, Egypt with the financial support of the Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Foundation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, demonstrated how improved wastewater management generates social, environmental and economic benefits essential for sustainable development and to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, particularly in Egypt where freshwater is undoubtedly among the scarcest natural resources.

One of the objectives of WWAP is to help overcome the gap in gender data and lay the fundaments to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment. Capacity development is needed in many countries to strengthen skills in collecting and analyzing sex-disaggregated water data to inform policy making. WWAP’s methodology on the collection of sex-disaggregated water data and indicators plays a significant role in overcoming the gender data gap by providing a global standard for gender sensitive/transformative water monitoring and assessing, and allowing monitoring of regional trends and progress towards the Agenda 2030 achievements.

The capacity trainings WWAP offers are tailored to be country- or region-specific and even to fit the needs of different users (Governmental staff, students, local women organizations, non-governmental organizations, regional organizations including transboundary commissions, academia, etc). The training duration may vary according to the needs of the recipient from the recommended 5 days for a complete training, up to an introductory version of 2 days only.