Catharien Terwisscha van Scheltinga


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I work as a researcher and lecturer on water management, adaptation to climate change and capacity development. Among others in the HighNoon project, and I'm project leader of an initiative for capacity development in Eastern Africa, for adaptation to climate change in agriculture and NRM. To develop tailor-made courses in water management and adaptation to climate change is what I like to work on especially. I have been co-coordinating a research programme on Climate Change and on Water for Food and Ecosystems. Currently I'm coordinating the communication of Wageningen Water Platform and Steering Committee Member of the Gender and Water Alliance (www.genderandwater.org). Look at the links at the bottom of the page for further information or mail me.


Research interests
  • Capacity development
  • Water management
  • Adaptation to climate change
  • Women professionals in water management

Catharien Terwisscha van Scheltinga


Projects/activities

Capacity development for climate change adaptation in East Africa - in agriculture and natural resource management policies
Wageningen UR, in collaboration with ASARECA and IUCN, organized in June 2008 a workshop for capacity development for policy makers in agriculture and natural resource management (NRM), for adaptation in climate change in East Africa. Over 30 participants, from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Ethiopia actively engaged in the discussion. This resulted in the development of a training course (next course is March 1-12, 2010, read more and apply via http://portals.wi.wur.nl/climagechange) and research collaboration.

NeWater - NeWater is an EU-funded interdisciplinary project that develops new methods for integrated water resources management taking into account the complexity of the river basins to be managed and the difficulty to predict the factors influencing them (e.g. climate, socio-economic developments).
The central focus of NeWater is a transition from currently prevailing regimes of river basin water management to more integrated, adaptive approaches that cope with growing uncertainty like climate change. Over 40 partners work together in NeWater (www.newater.info).


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