6.5.1 Water management educational opportunities
Water Management Training Opportunities
Boğaziçi University supports sustainable development by providing training opportunities for local people and communities on water management. Various training programmes are organised through the University's Sustainable Development and Cleaner Production Centre (BU-SDCPC), Climate Change and Policies Application and Research Centre (İklimBU) and United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Turkey.
Within this framework, 159 students from across Turkey received training on sustainable development within the scope of the Sustainable Development Certified Online Training Programme held in 2018 in cooperation with Unilever. At the same time, İklimBU conducts interdisciplinary studies on issues such as climate change, water resources and agriculture, and provides information to local communities and relevant sector representatives through conferences and seminars.
Organised in 2023, the Climate-Water-Agriculture Summit for a Sustainable Future was an important event in this field. Various sector representatives and experts working in the field of agriculture, water and climate crisis attended the summit and shared information.
In addition, within the scope of the ‘Drainage by Design: Optimising Stormwater Infrastructure in Istanbul’ project carried out in cooperation with Boğaziçi University and MIT, trainings on flood management and rainwater recycling were organised in Istanbul. Through these trainings, municipal officials and students were provided with scientific information on disaster prevention and water management.
SDG Academy reaches a wide audience on sustainable development and water management by providing online educational resources.
Related Links:
- BU-SDCPC
- ClimateBU
- SDSN Turkey
- Unilever Sustainable Living Plan
- Sustainable Agriculture of the Future
- Climate-Water-Agriculture Summit for a Sustainable Future
- Boğaziçi University & MIT Joint Project
- SDG Academy
2024 Sustainability Report SDG-6 (Related Section)
Water Management Training Opportunities
Boğaziçi University supports sustainable development by providing training opportunities on water management to local people and communities. Various training programs are organized through the University's Sustainable Development and Cleaner Production Center (BU-SDCPC), Climate Change and Policy Implementation and Research Center (iklimBU) and United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN SDSN Turkey).
Sustainable Development Certified Online Training Program
In 2018, BU-SDCPC and Unilever collaborated on the Sustainable Development Certified Online Training Program, the first Sustainable Development Certified Online Training Program for young people in Turkish. The program enabled 159 students from all over Turkey to come together with experts in the field and receive certified sustainable development training.
Unilever Sustainable Living Plan:
https://www.unilever.com.tr/files/92ui5egz/production/6e52f1dc6c44ebba2a02e833e79b64ae0ec84d2c.pdf
Center for Sustainable Development and Cleaner Production:
https://sdcpc.bogazici.edu.tr/tr/default.asp
“Drainage by Design: Optimizing Stormwater Infrastructure in Istanbul”
Project
“Drainage by Design: Optimizing Stormwater Infrastructure in Istanbul”, a joint project between Boğaziçi University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), aims to provide scientific modeling solutions to Istanbul's flooding and infrastructure problems and to make significant contributions to both disaster prevention and stormwater recycling. Within the scope of the project, seminars were organized for municipal officials and students in Istanbul.
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Climate-Water-Agriculture Summit for a Sustainable Future
İklimBU carries out interdisciplinary studies on the impacts and risks of climate change in our geography, researches its effects on socio-economic factors such as agriculture, tourism, water resources and migration, and aims to create a sustainable information platform by organising informative trainings for the public and private sector. In 2023, the ‘Climate-Water-Agriculture Summit for a Sustainable Future’ organised at Boğaziçi University was attended by representatives and experts from various sectors operating in the fields of sustainable agriculture, water and climate crisis.
For More Information
https://haberler.bogazici.edu.tr/tr/news/kampus/2/gelecegin-surdurulebilir-tarimi-bogazicinde-t/2693
Online Educational Resources
The İklimBU website publishes educational materials open to everyone, including informative articles, blogs, newsletters and video series that can also be used by people outside the academy. SDG Academy, on the other hand, constitutes the education pillar of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN SDNS), of which Boğaziçi University is a member, and reaches a wide audience on sustainable development and water management issues by providing online educational resources.
İklimBU:
https://climatechange.bogazici.edu.tr/
SDSN Türkiye:
https://unsdsn.bogazici.edu.tr/tr
SDG Academy:
Clean water and sanitation
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
