Research project IWAS II

International Water Research Alliance Saxony II

Partner:
- Dresden Drainage Company Ltd., Germany
- Institute of Technical and Scientific Hydrology Ltd., Germany
- Academy of Managers for Construction and Cities, Vietnam
- Vietnam Water Supply and Sewerage Association, Vietnam

Funding:  Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Duration:  January 2011 – July 2013

Project description:

Vietnam is a country of young population and one of the nations having regular rapid economic growth in the Asia. The infrastructure such as traffic, electricity, water supply and sewerage, post and telecommunications, etc. develops fast and quite synchronously with the economic development.

To meet objectives set for water supply and sewerage up to 2025, the Government of Vietnam is expected to invest tens of billions of US dollars. Along with financial challenges, Vietnam country has a huge demand for modernization and technical infrastructure development. Additionally, the development of qualified human resources having post-graduate, graduate and college degree and technical workers, training to enhance competence of human resources in enterprises and state administrative management agencies, to meet development demands play a more and more important role.

Against this background, in the framework of IWAS project, a Water Competence Centre is currently conceived for streamlining CD activities and as a hub and focal point for CD in the Vietnamese water sector. The Vietnamese Prime Minister and the responsible ministries have approved the project, inter alia the Ministry of Construction (MoC). This is flanked by a partnership project in Vietnam between German Water Partnership (GWP) and Vietnam Water and Sewerage Association (VWSA) where the development of partner associations is supported as well as to strengthen VWSA in the dialog with the politics. Funded within the Chambers and Associations Partnership Programe (KVP), by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Project duration: June 2013 – May 2016 with potential prolongation for further 3 years. Moreover, the exchange and mutual learning for members of associations will be facilitated inter alia by developing and implementing curricula for education and vocational training.