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Capacity Building Activities

Four capacity building activities are currently being developed and implemented

1. CPWF Research Theme Applied Field Courses

Water and food training modules, designed collectively by CGIAR Centers, supporting universities in the North, and implementation partners in the south, offer field-based training in areas related to our five research themes. 

Participants (instructors and attendees) are recruited from agriculture and water sectors, representing both biophysical and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Research undertaken as part of the course can be tied to institutional research needs of participant institutions. Modules can also be offered as distance learning courses through the supporting university program.

Capacity Building Courses Courses Currently under Development

	CG Center	Basin University	Other University
Water & People in Catchments	CIAT	Makarere University, Maseno University Asian Institute of Technology	University of Florida
Aquatic Ecosystems & Fisheries	IWMI – World Fish	Asian Institute of Technology	Imperial College
Integrated Basin Food & Water	IWMI		Imperial College
Livestock Water Productivity	ILRI	Makerere University
Ground Water Governance	IWMI	Indian Institute of Technology

2. Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Cohorts

This activity supports advanced degrees in fields related to agriculture and integrated water resource management, and builds competency in interdisciplinary analysis, as well as collaborative research planning and coordination skills. Each cohort consists of five masters and one PhD student, each representing a different academic field, who work together through out the course of their degree. Students and faculty at a host university in a CPWF benchmark basin university work together with a mentor university in the North to plan and execute an extended CPWF research project.

3. Advanced Training Opportunities

Advanced training opportunities provide specialized training in more advanced methodologies, drawn from the CPWF research portfolio. This mechanism will ensure opportunities for cross-basin learning and for amplifying the impact of research projects with especially innovative or successful training programs.

4. Internships

CPWF interns will work on a research project for an NGO or NARES with a demonstrated commitment to interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral research collaboration, that would benefit from additional manpower. The CPWF will monitor the learning of the intern, and provide additional mentorship and training as appropriate.