Integrated Water Resources Management
The Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) thematic working group aims at identifying opportunities and developing strategies to get WYN involved in water-related projects by promoting the meaningful inclusion of young people and youth organizations into the water sector, and by showcasing projects employing IWRM concepts in youth platforms at international level. This will be facilitated through publication & dissemination of research and by enhancing young people participation in decision making processes.
The IWRM Thematic Group aims to support the Water Youth Network in an efficient and structured way by setting up seven main priorities. These are as follows:
Priority 1: IWRM project management and communication
Priority 2: Growing network and Sharing Knowledge and experiences
Priority 3: Organize and participate in events and conferences
Priority 4: IWRM, nexus and Water Security Approach; research and publications
Priority 5: Water governance, advocacy and participation in global processes
Priority 6: Capacity development and awareness raising
Priority 7: Design and implementation of Water Youth Projects
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Priority 1: IWRM project management and communication
Project management and communication aims to support the IWRM project coordination, expand the exchange of knowledge within the network and raising funds.
Activities related to PG1:
- Presentation of Water Youth Network at UNESCO- IHE
- Youth Action Plan with Global Water Partnership (GWP) (Link here)
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Priority 2: Growing network and Sharing Knowledge and experiences
We aim to consolidate networks internally and externally of the WYN especially in terms of IWRM. To achieve this overall goal, we are creating an IWRM capacity building programme and an interactive database “YouKnow” with IWRM related youth organizations and projects.
Activities related to PG2:
- Help strengthening youth network in South Asia with the Global Water Partnership
- Establishment of the IWRM team for the YouKnow project (Link here)
- #YWC/JEC Communication Campaign (Link here)
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Priority 3: Organize and participate in events and conferences
The Event Management and Participation team aims at creating the enabling conditions for young people to fruitfully participate in international and regional events.
Activities related to PG3:
- Participation at World Water Week in Stockholm (Link here)
- Participation at the World Water Forum 8 (Link here)
- Participation at Singapore International Water Week (Link here)
- Participation at COP23, COY13 (Link here)
- Participation at Amsterdam International Water Week
- Participation at SIE SEE event (Link to event here)
- Presentation of YouKnow on “Love the Tucunduba” project
- Participation at Budapest Water Summit (Link here)
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Priority 4: IWRM, nexus and Water Security Approach; research and publications
We follow the latest news related to IWRM with an accent to Water Security and the Water-Food-Energy Nexus. We are initializing a dynamic and collaborating policy-science-practice platform for developing joint research and preparing scientific and communication articles.
Activities related to PG4:
- Developing Water Youth Live videos
- IWRM Data repository (Link here)
- Water Governance and Social Learning article (Link here)
- White Paper on Water, Youth and Jobs (Link here)
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Priority 5: Water governance, advocacy and participation in global processes
We aim to mainstream youth participation across governance and advocate for involvement and inclusion of our voices in policy and IWRM processes.
Activities related to PG5:
- Support United Nations Major Group of Children and Youth in IWRM related activities such as the implementation and monitoring of SDG6 (Link here)
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Priority 6: Capacity development and awareness raising
We support young leaders’ development and training to make their participation and impact in IWRM related projects and workshops more effective, through offering opportunities for IWRM knowledge honing and deepening and building this teams facilitation skills.
Activities related to PG6:
- IWRM actor mapping
- Preparation of facilitation guideline for fruitful participation in conferences and policy processes
- Facilitation Guideline (Link here)
- Train the trainers program
- Development of ‘How-To’ Toolkit for young water professionals
- Mentorship program
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Priority 7: Design and implementation of Water Youth Projects
We collect, develop and implement ideas related to IWRM and identify opportunities and develop strategies to get WYN involved in water-related projects.
Activities related to PG7:
- Support Young Water Fellowship Selection Committee
- Proposal Guidelines
- Identification of IWRM related youth organizaions and projects
IWRM Coordinators
Ines Gasmi
Ines is a Tunisian early career researcher. Currently enrolling her PhD in Agricultural Sciences with specialization in Desertification, Environment and Climate change in the Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie and the Institut des Régions Arides-Médenine-Tunisie. She holds a master’s degree in Combating Desertification and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in Dry Areas (2013) from the Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie, and a master’s degree in Land Management in Dry Lands (2017) from UNU-INWEH. Since she comes from a country that suffers from water shortage and direct impact of climate change, Ines was always trying to find solutions to protect water resources. Therefore, she starts volunteering for the Mediterranean Youth for Water Network since March 2018 and now she joined the Water Youth Network.
Her LinkedIn profile can be found here and her email address is i.gasmi@wateryouthnetwork.org
Matija Kordic
Matija is a Serbian young water professional. For the past several years, he has worked as a hydrogeologist on various water-related projects as an office, field operative, and consultant. He was one of the main field operatives on the construction site where 16 wells were drilled in order to lower the water-table for the construction of three buildings foundations. He was also a field geologist for Azvi Group, supervising Bauer drills on the Grdelica highway construction site. He has been a part of over 20 water-related projects involving water supplying systems, and sanitary protection zones. Matija holds a Bachelor (hons) in Engineering geology (2015) and a Master in Engineering Geology (2018). For his master thesis, Matija analysed the sustainability of the current water strategy in Serbia and has created a dataset containing more karst springs than is available in any public dataset in Serbia. Additionally, he was a part of the student-exchange with Libya in 2010. Matija also works as a GIS consultant and has worked on several water-related projects. For the earthquake-struck area in Papua New Guinea, Matija created a Preliminary Water Supply Plan alongside with a three-part project in acquiring high-quality karst water for supplying the city Tari. Through his project, the city received the funds needed for the next stages. Additionally, Matija is currently working as a GIS and Natural Resources Management consultant for GlobalstratosTM on a project that aims to develop a GIS-based system for the government and citizens of Guinea-Bissau. He is currently investigating Python and Machine Learning for water-related problems and plans on starting his Ph.D. the following year. Since August 2019, Matija has joined the Water Youth Network as part of the IWRM thematic group and became a co-coordinator of the group in November, 2019.
His LinkedIn profile can be found here.