EGU25-3023, updated on 14 Mar 2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-3023
EGU General Assembly 2025
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Poster | Thursday, 01 May, 14:00–15:45 (CEST), Display time Thursday, 01 May, 14:00–18:00
 
Hall X1, X1.174
Climate change and water resources capacity development in Africa under the SASSCAL and WASCAL doctoral programmes
Luna Bharati1, Renee van Dongen-Köster1, Julien Adounkpé2, Layla Hashweh1, and Omotayo Awofolu3
Luna Bharati et al.
  • 1International Center for Water Resources and Global Change, Research and Education, Koblenz, Germany (bharati@bafg.de)
  • 2Benin School of Environment Planning and Management, University of Abomey Calavi Benin Republic
  • 3Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST)

The West- and Southern African Science Service Centers on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL and SASSCAL) have been established as part of the internationalization strategy of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

Both Science Service Centers have a regional focus and work with several member countries (WASCAL: 12 member countries, SASSCAL: 6 member countries). The International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change in Koblenz, Germany, is the partner institution of the SASSCAL PhD Programme on Integrated Water Resources Management hosted at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) and of the WASCAL PhD Programme on Climate Change and Water Resources hosted at the University of Abomey-Calavi in the Republic of Benin.

This presentation will showcase the relevance and the structure of these programmes and the process of establishing an impactful North-South partnership. Furthermore, both highlights and challenges will be discussed.  

How to cite: Bharati, L., van Dongen-Köster, R., Adounkpé, J., Hashweh, L., and Awofolu, O.: Climate change and water resources capacity development in Africa under the SASSCAL and WASCAL doctoral programmes, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-3023, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-3023, 2025.