1. The International WaterCentre
(IWC)
Water leadership for the future

2. Members
Partners
Supporters
Queensland Government
A joint venture of four leading Australian universities with national and
international knowledge networks, the IWC provides a breadth of expertise
and experience rarely found in a single organisation.
Water leadership for the future

3. Mission
Creating tomorrow’s
water leaders by
changing the way people
think about, act and solve
complex water
management challenges

4. About the International WaterCentre
• Developing strong collaborative networks
• Delivering high quality post-graduate education and professional
development experiences
• Undertaking internationally relevant, collaborative applied research
• Facilitating access by water managers to IWC’s knowledge networks
and expertise
Water leadership for the future

5. IWC Clients and Partners around the world
Water leadership for the future

6. Education
Delivering high quality
postgraduate education
and professional development
experiences

7. Master of Integrated Water Management
• Graduates receive a co-taught, co-badged qualification from four leading
Australian universities:
• Objective: creating tomorrow’s water leaders by drawing on international
teaching and research from many fields to provide a transdisciplinary,
whole-of-water-cycle approach
• Using innovative, problem-based and experiential education
approaches, students build on their professional experience to become
water leaders who are able to create and implement integrated solutions
• Since the program’s inception in 2008, IWC Masters participants have
come from 35 countries and from diverse academic and professional
backgrounds
IWC Education Programs

8. Other education programs
• Graduate Certificate in Integrated Water Management (Water
Planning)
Created for water resource planners in public and private
organisations to address identified professional skills gaps
• Water Leadership Program
A professional development program for emerging leaders to
develop abilities to exert influence and drive change
• Master of Philosophy in Integrated Water Management
A research higher degree delivered through IWC Africa at Monash
South Africa
IWC Education Programs

9. Training
Developing custom-designed capacity
building programs for water
professionals in Australian and
overseas organisations

10. Training programs
• Capacity building programs aimed at current and future water leaders
with a vision for sustainable and integrated water management
• Individually tailored to each organisation’s needs using a combination
of case studies and experiential learning in integrated water
management
• Flexible programs can include English communication skills,
postgraduate level academic studies (non-award), field trips, industry
placements and technical study tours
• Since 2005, IWC has delivered 11 programs funded by AusAID’s
Australian Leadership Award Fellowships (ALAF) program (~$3m)
Training programs

11. Presentation Heading
Applied research
Generating and applying
knowledge to support
evidence-based IWM
internationally

12. • IWC takes a collaborative approach allowing
the organisation to build transdisciplinary
teams from the best water research
organisations in Australia
• IWC applied research programs:
– provide access to leading researchers in the
water sector from a range of disciplines, such
as environmental sciences, engineering,
economics, urban and land-use planning,
social sciences and anthropology
– deliver real-world solutions where end-users
can build their knowledge of water science and
management
Applied research
Applied research
IWC Applied
research themes:
1.Integrated water
management processes
2.Water, sanitation and
hygiene (WASH)
3.Healthy rivers and
catchments
4.Sustainable urban
communities
IWC Applied
research themes:
1.Integrated water
management processes
2.Water, sanitation and
hygiene (WASH)
3.Healthy rivers and
catchments
4.Sustainable urban
communities

13. IWC Member Universities | Research Centres
Applied research
• Australian Rivers Institute
• Griffith Centre for Coastal Management
• Environmental Futures Centre
• Centre for Environmental Systems Research
• Smart Water Research Centre
• School of Environment
• The National Climate Change Adaptation Research
Facility
• Advanced Wastewater Management Centre
• Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry
• Centre for Integrated Resource Management
• Centre for Marine Studies
• National Research Centre for Environmental
Toxicology
• School of Population Health
• School of Integrative Systems
• Centre for Research into Sustainable Urban and
Regional Futures
• Centre for Water Sensitive Cities
• Water Studies Centre
• Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
• Monash Sustainability Institute
• School of Geography and Environmental Science
• Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration
• eWater CRC
Asia Pacific Health and Nutrition Centre
• Monash Sustainability Institute
• Centre for Excellence in Natural Resource
Management
• Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
• Centre for Water Research
• Mining, Energy and Natural Resources Law
• School of Environmental Systems Engineering

14. Knowledge services
Delivering smart, innovative knowledge
services that will assist water leaders
to understand and apply IWM

15. Knowledge services
Knowledge services
• Knowledge generation – new thinking and inquiry results in new
understanding and concepts
• Knowledge synthesis and translation – available knowledge is analysed,
synthesised and translated into forms that will lead to practical
understanding relevant to local context and needs
• Knowledge sharing and dissemination – provides targeted and efficient
access by a range of stakeholders and through a number of formats
 IWC publications, expert panels and events
(International Riversymposium)

16. www.watercentre.org
+61 7 3014 0200
admin@watercentre.org
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• This presentation was compiled in August 2012. Information in this presentation was accurate at the time of compiling, please note that details
are subject to change without prior notice.
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17. More information on IWRM skills profiles
Masters of Integrated Water Management
http://www.ucowr.org/journal-of-contemporary-water-research-and-education/is