Programme title

Institution/organization

Localized irrigation

Contact person
Mr David Bethune - Manager and Canadian Coordinator

Contact person's address
International Centre
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive N.W.
Calgary, Alberta
T2N 1N4
Canada

Contact person's Telephone/Fax
Tel +1-403-220 8029 Fax +1-403-289 0171

Contact person's E-mail
[email protected]

Type of programme
Course

Certificate
Certificate of participation

Frequency of programme
Upon request

Programme's main focus
Enhancement of the capabilities of water professionals.

Programme prospectus
CARA offers at least one course at each Central American institution each year. The courses are taught by faculty from the five CARA universities (University of Costa Rica, National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, University of San Carlos, Guatemala, University of Calgary and the University of Waterloo).

This course is taught at the University of Guatemala, which deals with the theory and applications of localized irrigation techniques. The course consists of lectures, field activities, projects and assignments.

Target group
Junior professionals

Programme www
http://www.caragua.org/HTML/
ShortCoursesEnglish.htm

Dates/duration
12 days, upon request

Language
English, Spanish

Central American Water Resource Management Network

Acronym
CARA

Country
Canada

Address
International Centre
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive N.W.
Calgary, Alberta
T2N 1N4
Canada

Tel +1-403-220 8029

Fax +1-403-289 0171

E-mail
[email protected]

Institute/organization www
http://www.caragua.org

Brief description of institution/organization
CARA is a network of water management programmes in Central America that consists of the University of Calgary, University of Waterloo, University of San Carlos of Guatemala, University of Costa Rica and the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua.

The objectives of the Network is to increase the capacity of Central American countries and train human resources in the area of hydrology and water resources management and to link institutes to a network of public/private professionals and non-governmental agencies. The Network's fields of interest cover technical, environmental, legal, economic and social aspects of water resources management.