Course Announcement:Water and sanitation engineering from emergency towards development

The purpose of this course is to

• Train qualified and motivated engineers and scientists who might in their professional life encounter water and sanitation problems in situations of emergency and especially in humanitarian contexts;
• Offer continuing education to professional staff from emergency and development organisations involved in water and sanitation;
• Facilitate the integration of engineers and scientists in humanitarian operations;
• Make the participants aware of public health issues and of the close links between public health, water and sanitation in disaster-striken populations;
• Provide information on technical skills and institutional solutions specific to emergency situations.

 

 After the course the participants should be able to:

 

• Identify, formulate and analyse the complex relations and the problems posed by public health, water and sanitation;
• Pass on technical concepts and discuss them with health professionals as well as with industrial leaders, politicians, local and national administrators;
• Assess the situation and plan, implement and monitor a water and sanitation emergency programme in the context of a humanitarian operation.
• Better understand the institutional context of a humanitarian situation and design an emergency response, which involves long-term perspectives.

 

Coordination

Dr. Ellen Milnes
Centre d’hydrogéologie et de géothermie (CHYN)
Université de Neuchâtel
Rue Emile-Argand 11
2000 Neuchâtel
Tél: 032 718 25 94
ellen.milnes@unine.ch

 

Date

August 25th to September 1st 2012

More details

• • Objectifs
  • Participants
  • Programme
  • Language
  • Registration fees
  • Certification
  • Duration
  • Place
  • Registration and organisation

   

  Université de Neuchâtel – Avenue du 1er-Mars 26 – 2000 Neuchâtel – tél. +41 32 718 1000 – contact@unine.ch

sources: web site  & ” email press release”

 

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