Multilateral Working Group on Water Resources
Water Data Banks Project
Entry from Directory of Selected Palestinian Water-related Publications
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| TITLE: | Water Sector Capacity Building in Palestine AUTHOR(S): International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (IHE) Birzeit University (BZU) |
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| PUBLISHER: | IHE, The Netherlands |
| PAGES: | 37 |
| PUBLICATION DATE: | February 1996 |
| LANGUAGE OF PUBLICATION: | English |
| ABSTRACT: | BZU and IHE worked out a 5-year programme to develop training, education, and research capacity at Birzeit university. This proposal contains the plans for the establishment of a course in Masters in Water Engineering with a minimum duration of 3 semesters, and covering the fields of water supply, sanitation, and groundwater resources management. It also proposes to develop applied research capacity to establish a ‘knowledge’ base within the Department of Civil Engineering (DCE) that will serve the M.Sc. Course and the Palestinian Authority in developing is water sector. The project will further contribute to the strengthening of DCE through the improvement of its curricula, training of staff and upgrading of the library and laboratory facilities, and develop activities for the dissemination of knowledge and information. |
| ADDRESS FROM WHICH THE REPORT CAN BE OBTAINED: | Birzeit University, P.O. Box 14, Birzeit. Tel: (02)9982000 |
| AVAILABILITY OF REPORT: | A copy is available at the Palestinian Water Authority library, P.O. Box 891, Ramallah, West Bank. Tel: (02) 5747311/2. Fax: (02) 5747310 |
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