Deadline: 18 October 2017
The Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation (CDI) is seeking applications for its short term course on “Climate Change Adaptation in Food Security and Natural Resource Management”. The course duration is from 12 February 2018 – 23 February 2018 in Uganda.
The focus of this course is the translation of policy documents and research into climate-smart adaptation strategies. And about what applicants and applicant’s organisation can undertake themselves for adaptation to climate change.
Course Objectives
- Participants of this course will have full understanding of climate change adaptation concepts;
- They are able to effectively and meaningfully contribute to the debate on climate change adaptation, either in the policy process and/or in providing knowledge to the policy process.
- They will strengthen their positions in these processes on the basis of newly acquired concepts, skills and methodologies.
Course Themes
- understanding climate change (concepts such as adaptation and mitigation, causes and risks) and implications for food security, agriculture and natural resource management;
- concepts and assessment of vulnerability, resilience, coping strategies and sustainable development processes;
- climate smart agriculture and natural resource management;
- examples of adaptation strategies to climate change;
- policy making processes, advocacy and integrating climate change issues into existing policy processes and rural development strategies.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants should have a relevant tertiary education, and at least three years of professional experience in a relevant field like policy development in agriculture, natural resource management or sustainable development.
- Competence in the English language is required.
How to Apply
Applications can be accessed online through the website. Applicants must first have to create an account on the website and register themselves for the course.
Eligible Countries: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cuba, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Georgia, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Zimbabwe.
For more information, please visit Climate Change Adaptation in Food Security and Natural Resource Management.