WaSec Project amis to: a) develop a new culture of working relationships among HEIs and
enterprises to allow HEIs better integration within the larger society. b) true
collaborative efforts with enterprises to provide student support from
practical placement, entrepreneurship and employability that should allow
graduates to develop capacities that guaranty greater success when joining the
labor market, c) implement new and innovative learning and pedagogical
approaches to offer high quality education, d) graduates with a cultural,
environmental and social identity that utilize water resources sustainability
assuring its future while also incorporating climate change impacts. The
specific objectives are: a) a Water Network among institutions involved in
water management to promote HEIs and enterprise collaboration; b) new or
updated courses on water management with the true integration of enterprises in
English and Arabic; c) graduates specialized
in water resource management specialized for the region that understand climate
change implications; d) courses with clear learning outcomes and materials, accredited in all partner
countries, jointly taught and delivered, tailored to utilize new technologies;
e) to run and assess the pilot courses in the partner countries, f) to develop
a virtual learning platform with learning materials in digital format to
facilitate learning and assessment, g) to disseminate the results in order to
be adopted by universities from other countries of the region, h) to exploit
the results by organizing knowledge transfer to other practitioners.
WaSec target groups are: Water Management, Environmental Sciences, Environmental
Engineers, Foresters, Natural Ecosystem Management, Urban Planning students.