IWLRI IWLRI
International Water Law Research Institute
Profile and Current A ti iti
Activities
Our areas of expertise Our areas of expertise
• International Water LawInternational Water Law –
– interstate relations regarding transboundary water resources y utilisation & management
• National Water Law –
– national water policy &
legislation, especially in
developing countries & the EU developing countries & the EU
• Transnational Water Law –
issues related to globalisation &
– issues related to globalisation &
private sector involvement in water supply & sanitation
Our areas of activity Our areas of activity
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• Academic teaching & training
• Research Research
• Advisory / consultancy services
• Biennial Water Law Conferences &
workshops
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Academic programme Academic programme
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• An opportunity to pursue postgraduate study in international, national and transnational water law
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and policy
• LLM (taught and by research), MSc, MBA, PhDg y
• Interdisciplinary focus suitable for lawyers and non-lawyers
non lawyers
• Distance learning – currently developing
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• 25 postgraduate students
Research Research
• Interdisciplinary Research Projects Interdisciplinary Research Projects, such as
NATO Ad d R h W k h
– NATO Advanced Research Workshops (Moscow 1997, Bishkek 2004)
• Staff and associates publications, such as
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– Kluwer Water Law and Policy Book Series
N I t ti l W t Ass i ti t – New International Water Association water
law and policy book series
Examples of past research
• DFID KaR Project (£UK 330,000) DFID KaR Project (£UK 330,000)
– Developing Legal Assessment Model for Transboundary Water Resources
• UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme PC-
• DFID KaR Project– Nepal Water User AssociationsCP
– Providing advice on how to improve legal and regulatory f
environment of participatory irrigation management (PIM)
• WWF
• WWF
– Advice on the transposition of the EU WFD in Scotland
Consultancy & advisory services
• High quality advisory services to numerous clients High quality advisory services to numerous clients worldwide including:
– World Bank, UN ECE, UNEP, UNESCO, European Union, UK DFID, CIDA DANIDA GTZ NORAID SEPA SIDA
CIDA, DANIDA, GTZ, NORAID, SEPA, SIDA
• Country experience:
Af i (B Gh L h M bi N ibi Ni i
– Africa (Botswana, Ghana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia);
Central and Eastern Europe (Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus – Central and Eastern Europe (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine);
– Central and Eastern AsiaCentral and Eastern Asia (Aral Sea basin States Cambodia China (Aral Sea basin States, Cambodia, China, Laos, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam);
– Middle East (Lebanon, Palestine)( , )
Examples of consultancy services
• Legal drafting
– Draft international agreements for transboundary cooperation in the river basins: Daugava, Neman,
Dniester, and regional seas: Black Sea and Caspian Sea
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• Advice to governments
– National water policy review (Uganda, Nigeria, Namibia)p y g g – Transboundary negotiations (Mozambique)
– Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) - Advice on implementation of Precautionary Principle
on implementation of Precautionary Principle
• Professional training
– World Bank training programme in AfricaWorld Bank training programme in Africa – Mekong River Basin Commission
– UNECE Project “Capacity in Water Cooperation” for EECCA i
EECCA region
Partnerships Partnerships
• Networks of interdisciplinary expertise in water p y p law and policy
• OASIS: A UK-based Resource Centre for water
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related issues (http://www.oasis-water.net)
• UNESCO HELP: Hydrology for the Environment Life and Policy
Life and Policy
(http://www.unesco.org/water/ihp/help)
• Universities Partnership for Transboundary Universities Partnership for Transboundary Waters (http://waterpartners.geo.orst.edu)
• Water Cooperation Facility p y
(http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/pccp/pdf/w cf_draft_1_07_04.pdf)
Dundee Water Conferences
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• 7 conferences starting from 1997
• 2004 - Good Water Governance for People and p Nature – What roles for Law, Institutions,
Science and Finance?
• Organised in conjunction with AWRA
• Proceedings published in Special Issue of Proceedings published in Special Issue of
“Water Law”
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• Inter-disciplinary centre, capitalising on UoD specialisations in: p
– Water Law & Policy – Engineering
– Engineering
– Geography / Hydrology – Life Sciences
