CapNet SA

Capacity Building network for South Asia.

Member countries:

Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

Objectives:

CapNet-South Asia’ is the regional network of capacity building institutions in South Asia for institutionalising Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) from a participatory, interdisciplinary and gender sensitive perspective for improved economic growth, enhanced social equity and increased environmental sustainability. Its secretariat is based at Dhaka, Bangladesh and is coordinated by BCAS. The larger objective is to create, consolidate and institutionalise the facilities for conceptualising, planning and operationalising Capacity Building for IWRM. The driving strategic principles for the network are: strengthening local ownership, overcoming capacity constraints by partnership/networking and responding demands. Creating and promoting enabling environment for capacity building in IWRM in the region, research in interdisciplarinity in water education and on gender and poverty aspects in water resources are the major areas of focus for the network.

Objectives:

• To facilitate the process of establishing networks at country level in South Asian countries with a vision to extend the outreach of networking activities. This would help in initialising local capacity building activities.
• To identify and establish linkages between relevant capacity building institutions in the region to jointly work on training, education and research to promote CB for IWRM
• To evolve advocacy strategy for the promotion of CB for IWRM
• Regular dissemination of information about news, events, experiences and opportunities for capacity building activities for the promotion of IWRM in the region.

Outputs:

Meetings of regional coordinators of country Cap-nets are organised to enhance networking activities

Action plans for country networks are prepared

Regional TOTs on IWRM aspects conducted.

Documents:

report 2007 (Click to download)
second semester work report

Strategy paper for Capnet-SA (Click to download)
April 2003

Draft Constitution (Click to download)
Draft Constitution for CapNetSA and country CapNets, dated 12 March 2004

The Story of SaciWATERs (Click to download)
A condensed overview of the activities of the SaciWATERs network

Inventory study (Click to download)
Inventory study of water resources education in South Asia, executive summary

Report Nepal Meeting (Click to download)
Report of South Asian PhD reseaRch meeting in Nepal, April 2002

CapNet SA in 2008 (Click to download)
work plan 2008