IWRM participation practices

This module aims to give students a practical understanding of the implementation of IWRM and participation in water management through an active learning approach.

It is based on the "Cooplage" support system for the implementation of participatory approaches to water management, developed by researchers at the UMR GEAU, and the Agreenium MOOC associated with Terr'eau & co.

Students will work in small groups, bringing together students from different tracks of the Master's in Water program, on case studies drawn from the lecturers' current research projects. Learning will take place through the implementation of certain tools from the "Cooplage" system on their case studies, in particular modeling and participatory simulation in the form of role-playing. In order to anchor their work, students will be put in contact with the leaders of these case studies. 

• Understanding and grasping the issues related to the implementation of IWRM and participation in water management: stages and actors involved in Integrated Water Resources Management, challenges posed by the integration of stakeholders, scales, and issues, existence of tools to facilitate the participation of actors and the public in IWRM.
• Implement integrative tools to manage the complexity of data, stakeholders, and systems (modeling, planning, monitoring and evaluation, etc.) and to involve field stakeholders and the public in IWRM.

Required prerequisites*:

Have completed certain modules of the Agreenium Terr’eau & co MOOC: https://lms.agreenium.fr/enrol/index.php?id=12

Have read the documentation on case studies

Recommended prerequisites:

Have completed the EU "Issues, Actors, and Regulation" course

Continuous individual assessment of student engagement and commitment through mini-assignments throughout the module (1/3 of the grade)

Collective assessment of group work via a final presentation (1/3 of the grade) and a written assignment to be completed online after the module (1/3 of the grade)

This EU is sequenced according to the following activities:

• What is participatory IWRM really? : open discussion based on students' knowledge and speakers' projects, discussions with IWRM professionals invited by the speakers
• Discovering role-playing games that enable the implementation of IWRM
• Group work on concrete case studies: documentation on the case study, system analysis, modeling, role-playing, participation planning exercise, distributive justice exercise
• Feedback, debriefing, and final discussion
• Implementation of reflective monitoring and evaluation of course learning outcomes