The University of Oulu in Northern Finland announces a doctoral student position for researchers on “cold climate hydrology and groundwater-surface water interaction”.

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is a non-profit international research organization, serving a global mandate to improve management of water and land for food, livelihoods and nature. IWMI headquarters is located in Colombo, Sri Lanka and one of its sub-regional office is located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Institute invites applications from highly motivated individuals to join the Institute and contribute to its research…

The OECD is a global economic forum working with 36 member countries and more than 100 emerging and developing economies to make better policies for better lives. The Organisation provides a unique forum in which governments work together to share experiences on what drives economic, social and environmental change, seeking solutions to common problems. The Climate, Biodiversity and Water Division (CBW) in the Environment Directorate is looking…

Education is one of the three pillars at IHE Delft to achieve its mission of strengthening capacity in the water sector to achieve global sustainable development. Targeting early to mid-career professionals, the education programmes at IHE aim at addressing water challenges and contributing to global sustainable development, in particular to all Sustainable Development Goals in which water is key. Online courses allow you to learn from different…

International Conference on Soil, Plant and Water Science(ICSPWS) will be held in Pokhara,Nepal during 01st Mar-02nd Mar 2020 as the Conference of ICSPWS. ICSPWS is sponsored by ConferenceFora. It aims to be one of the leading conferences for presenting novel and fundamental advances in the fields of Soil, Plant and Water Science. It also serves to foster communication among researchers and practitioners working in a wide variety of scientific…

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) invites applications for the position of Professor/Associate Professor in Water and Wastewater Engineering to be part of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

The Geospatial Analysis for Environmental Change Lab, relocating to North Carolina State University this year, seeks a creative, motivated Ph.D. student with strong quantitative and analytical skills to investigate hydroclimatic drivers of surface water extent dynamics and advance quantification of water quantity (extent and volume) through integrating space agency time-series of satellite data (e.g. Landsat, Sentinel), high-resolution satellite…

The Cap-Net (Capacity Development in Sustainable Water Management) UNDP and Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) is offering an e-learning tutorial on Why Gender Matters in Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM).

The impacts of climate change, particularly sea-level rise (SLR) and pronounced droughts have severe consequences on water and sanitation in the Solomon Islands. Due to SLR, low-lying islands, atolls and flat deltaic regions are faced with salt water intrusion, affecting the groundwater resources and limiting access to freshwater supply. Droughts have severely affected water supplies; during the 1997/1998 droughts that resulted in reduction of…

This International Training Programme’s overarching objective is to contribute to planning and implementation of better sustainable urban water and sanitation services, where the rights, needs and demands of all citizens, including those of marginalized groups, are taken into account. Benefits for the participants: Increased knowledge of methods and tools for planning of sustainable urban water and sanitation system Increased capacity to initiate…

Wageningen University and Research invite applications for their bachelor programme of International Land and Water Management, undertaken at their campus at Wageningen, Netherlands. Students in this course combine knowledge of engineering, environmental and social sciences, study the roles of various stakeholders involved and design land and water management improvement plans. The consequences of interventions such as dams, terracing or…

The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas is seeking a Climatologist to work in the areas of hydro-climatology, climate science, surface water hydrology and the assessment of climate change impacts on natural resources and agricultural systems.

This Ph.D. project is a strategic investment in the research subject of "Agricultural Water Management" to contribute new knowledge in the area of water management in productive farming systems facing current and future climate variability. As Swedish agriculture is largely rainfed, the increased variability in precipitation and temperature increases will affect crop production capacity through changes in the distribution of droughts and dry…

The International Conference will be celebrated in Imola (Italy). The objective is to stimulate reflections on the importance of environmental resources for humankind, paying special attention to the new challenges and opportunities concerning Soil and Water Security and Conservation for the next 30 years. This event is open to soil scientists, educators and policy-makers. It will consist of invited lectures, scientific sessions with oral and…

Interested in natural resource management and want to learn more? Get your Bachelor's Degree in Soil, Water and Atmosphere management at the Wageningen University and Research. Key courses, will be among others: Introductory subjects in the field of Soil, Water and Atmosphere; Ecology and Meteorology; Water quantity and quality, soil quality and the Earth system.

The Winrock International is seeking a Senior Advisor/Water Resources Management Specialist based in Nepal to collaborate directly with USAID/Nepal and several USAID implementers in order to develop integration plans focusing on Rangun and Lower Karnali Watersheds, setup indicators and targets to follow progress and performance and facilitate quarterly meetings among the actors.

The Geneva Nature-based Solutions dialogues aim to facilitate further engagement and discussion among the stakeholders in International Geneva and beyond, in the lead-up to a critical year for nature and society. The dialogues are convened by the Geneva Environment Network and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Water, health and climate are closely interconnected. As our climate changes, droughts, floods, melting glaciers…

The tenth International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management will present recent technological and scientific developments.Water is essential for sustaining life on our planet and its uneven distribution is a source of permanent conflict. The growth of human population combined with the irregularity in precipitation and water availability may restrict even further the access to water in certain regions of the world. The Conference…

The United Nations Office for Project Services is seeking a Water and Agricultural Sector Expert (Home based) to provide technical support to a team of international consultants on a Concept Note development and ensure that the Concept Note is technically sound for each specific locations selected as project sites, financially viable, and adequately contextualized in the specific conditions that Cape Verde faces.

In Northern Sierra Leone, access to safe drinking water is scarce. Some of the villages are still not equipped with water systems, and when they are, most of the systems (66%) do not provide water systematically throughout the year. Since 2011, Inter Aide has been running a project to develop preventive maintenance services for hand pumps. The program started in Bombali district and has been extended to 3 additional districts: Karene (district…

The Forecasting and Modeling Group of NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) has an immediate opening for a Graduate Student Intern that is currently pursuing a Masters or Ph.D. and has experience in water system modeling to join the team. The successful candidate would join a highly interdisciplinary and collaborative team of researchers developing a new class of multi-sector infrastructure models to explore emerging challenges in system…

IUCN is a membership Union composed of both government and civil society organisations. It harnesses the experience, resources and reach of its more than 1 300 Member organisations and the input of more than 15 000 experts. This diversity and vast expertise makes IUCN the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it. The IUCN Secretariat works with Member organisations and IUCN Commissions to move…

The Program Officer will support the Water Fund Manager in the management and execution of the UTNWF project. S/he will provide technical oversight, coordinate field operations, coordinate technical and planning support to sub-grantees, and ensure that activities meet donor and TNC standards. S/he will play a key role in supporting the manager to effectively achieve the results defined in the agreement and ensure timely reporting to the various…

The Water and Sanitation Division, as a part of the Infrastructure and Energy Sector seeks to incorporate an Intern to provide support to the Specialists in the preparation and execution of different activities, projects, strategies and studies developed by the Division. The purpose of the Internship program is to provide an opportunity for university students to learn about the operations of the IDB, and to acquire work experience at the…

The FIG Working Week 2020 in Amsterdam is addressing the following overall theme: Smart Surveyors for Land and Water Management. This theme is both relevant for the Netherlands and internationally in a world where drinking water is a scarce resource, waste water needs to be recycled rather than seen as waste, where the sea needs to be better mapped and managed, where land resources need to be protected against sea-level rise, and where land-based…