Training Opportunities 2023

Registrations are now open for both the Water Leadership Program and the 2023 Training and Capacity Development Program through the International WaterCentre, based at Griffith University’s Nathan Campus.

Over 300 water leaders from across Australia and New Zealand have graduated from the International WaterCentre’s Water Leadership Program since 2011, creating water sector impact through a wide variety of work including:

• Climate change adaptation;

• Paddock to reef modelling to inform Great Barrier Reef policy and planning;

• Developing low cost technologies for emerging markets;

• Recognising the depth and value of Indigenous water science;

• Driving carbon neutrality in wastewater treatment, and;

• Championing water industry workforce diversity and inclusion nationally.

The next Water Leadership Program (WLP) begins on 1 December 2023. Six scholarships are availableapplication forms are available here.

The IWC also launched a new, revised and expanded Training and Capacity Development Program for 2023 including three courses focussed on developing different water leadership skills:

• Team Leadership,

• Leadership to Address Complex Challenges and

• Leading with Courage and Compassion. Other topic areas in the Training and Capacity Development Program include:

• Water Resilient Communities and Catchment

• WASH in the Water Cycle

• Integrated Water Management, Governance and Finance

More information is available here

POWER THROUGH 400 HOURS OF INTENSIVE FORMAL LEARNING AND PRACTICE IN JUST 3 MONTHS!

To top off an excellent day, attendees joined us for some drinks and nibbles to meet our new CEO, Georgina Davis.

A big thanks to our sponsors, Trility and Simmonds & Bristow, and to Adrian Blinman and David Bristow personally for their time and contribution to the day.

Special mention also to Boomerang Bags for our new collector item tradie bags!