IHP HELP Centre Brochure

1. IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy
and Science
under the auspices of UNESCO
Graduate School of Natural Resources Law, Policy and Management
www.dundee.ac.uk/water
“
Water law, policy and science are central to the global water challenge. The need is acute; more than 1
billion people lack access to safe drinking water and a scary 2.4 billion are without adequate sanitation.
Our work is practical and results-focused; to maximise our impact, we are focused on both building local
capacity for water leadership globally and demonstrating the accessibility and utility of our research to
”
decision makers.
Professor Patricia Wouters, Centre Director

2. Dundee UNESCO Centre
• meeting the challenge of managing global resources •
The IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science under the auspices of UNESCO is a multidisciplinary
centre of the University of Dundee, delivering world-class research and helping to educate the next
generation of water leaders the world over.
Our UNESCO Status
We operate under the auspices of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)’s
International Hydrological Programme - Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy (IHP-HELP). HELP has
established a global network of river basins using hydrological science in support of better integrated
catchment management and public engagement. We coordinate the European basins.
Vision and Mission
Water for all is the vision of the Dundee UNESCO Centre – to apply our expertise, especially in water law,
policy and science in unique and innovative ways to help ensure the equitable, secure and sustainable supply
of water for everyone.
Building the next generation of local water leaders is our mission – using our two core activities of Research
and the Water Law, Water Leaders Programme.
HELP Focus
The objectives of the Centre are:
• to provide a facility that promotes an interdisciplinary approach to addressing global water issues;
• to provide the intellectual leadership necessary in achieving this approach;
• to communicate legal expertise on global water issues for the HELP Programme of the UNESCO IHP;
• to act as the Regional Coordinating Unit for the European HELP basins.
UNESCO HELP basins worldwide network
www.dundee.ac.uk/water

3. Postgraduate Education
Our courses combine law, policy, leadership and science related modules, and are directed at helping our students
reach their full potential. We offer the only LLM in international and comparative water law and policy anywhere in
the world.
Water Law Water Leaders (WLWL) Programme
The Water Law Water Leaders (WLWL) programme forms
the heart of the teaching delivered by the IHP-HELP
Centre for Water Law, Policy & Science under the
auspices of UNESCO. WLWL is focused on developing a
new generation of local water leaders to effect
locally-devised and locally-driven solutions to water
issues. The programme is highly flexible in its approach
and has been designed to help you integrate your study
Water Law (LLM / PGDip / PGCert)
with both your work and career development. The
WLWL programme is delivered between June and August
The LLM Water Law is one of two LLM programmes
and allows you to study for a University of Dundee
delivered by the IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law,
academic award or opt to take individual modules
Policy & Science under the auspices of UNESCO. It is
without assessment. WLWL modules cover the three
delivered in both full-time and part-time modes,
core areas of water law - international water law,
and part-time students use a combination of on-campus
comparative national water law and the regulation of
and online learning. It is also possible to register for a
water services. Each module lasts three weeks or two
Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma in
weeks without assessment. An additional online WLWL
Water Law. The LLM Water Law allows study of all the
induction module must be completed ahead of the
relevant areas of water law, as well as a wide range of
Programme orientation week at the beginning of June.
options in natural resources law, policy and
management.
Water Governance and Conflict Resolution (LLM)
The programme starts in Delft from October to May,
studying water resources and also conflict management,
delivered by staff from UNESCO Paris who run UNESCO’s
PCCP programme - from Potential Conflict to
Cooperation Potential. Students then come to Dundee to
participate in our summer graduate school, following the
Water Resources Management (MSc/ PGDip / PGCert) three core areas of water law - international water law,
comparative national water law, and the regulation of
The MSc is distinctive in that it is delivered mostly online water services - within a wider group of students and
through distance learning and therefore highly external participants. As a final step to the programme
flexible, the study of water resources and water law students then complete a dissertation or internship in
which builds on the strength of the Centre’s expertise Dundee or from a distance (as agreed).
in both disciplines and delivered in partnership with the
United Nations University Institute for Water, PhD Programme
Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH). Students may
choose to apply for the full MSc, the Postgraduate The PhD progamme provides a unique opportunity to
Certificate in Water Resources Management or as an undertake in-depth research across the water disciplines,
intermediate qualification between the two, the and especially within the core areas of water law and work
Postgraduate Diploma in Water Resources Management. with global leaders in water.
www.dundee.ac.uk/water

4. Workshop, Symposia and Customised Training
Every year, and as part of the WLWL programme, we deliver a one week international workshop based on
international water law. For 2012, we will also be holding a Symposium on the United Nations Water
Convention, in partnership with WWF. These events are highly focused, interactive and offer great networking
opportunities for students and international delegates alike.
3rd Annual International Law and Transboundary Freshwaters Workshop 2012
Preparing for the 2013 International Year of Cooperation
11-22 June 2012
“
International law related to transboundary freshwater
serves three basic functions: (1) it defines and
identifies the legal entitlements and rights and I had participated in many workshops and
obligations tied to water use, providing the symposiums in different parts of the world.
prescriptive parameters for its development; (2) it The International Law and Transboundary
provides a framework for ensuring the continuous Fresh Waters Symposium and Workshop is
integrity of the regime, i.e. through monitoring, unparalleled in terms of coverage, content,
regulation, compliance, stakeholder participation, details and relevance.
dispute avoidance and settlement; and (3) it allows for Fekahmed Negash Nuru, Ministry of Water
”
rational modifications of the existing regime, in order Resources, Ethiopia
to be able to adapt to the constantlychanging needs
and circumstances.
The purpose of the workshop will be to explore these
three functions of international law within the context
of existing and potential challenges faced by
transboundary basins (rivers, lakes and aquifers)
throughout the world. The workshop will benefit from
the collective knowledge and expertise of
world-renowned speakers, all of whom have a ‘real
world’ focus.
The workshop will benefit anyone concerned with the
world’s international watercourses, especially water
resources experts, lawyers and non-lawyers,
practitioners - including civil servants, policy makers,
regulators and water suppliers - as well as academics, Above: Delegates and speakers who attended the 2011 Workshop
who wish to gain fresh insights into how international
law can contribute to addressing existing and future For further details and to register please visit
challenges over the world’s transboundary freshwater
www.dundee.ac.uk/water/workshop
Customised Training
We can also deliver tailored water law training in-country on arrangement, please contact us to discuss.
www.dundee.ac.uk/water

5. The CEPMLP Experience
CEPMLP Experience
Research
Research is the beating heart of the Dundee UNESCO Centre. The sheer scope of subjects in its investigative
projects is astonishing: from biodiversity to frozen glaciers; and Tweed wetlands to the UN Watercourses
Convention. These projects are vital to us in reaching out to all kinds of stakeholders and especially to
policy-makers and advisers across the world. The rivers of knowledge and the partnerships that they create
allow the IHP-HELP Centre to continually renew itself and ensure the ongoing relevance and impact of our
ideas, both through our teaching and our diverse research outputs.
www.dundee.ac.uk/water/research
Some of our research projects - www.dundee.ac.uk/water/projects
Assessing Climate Impacts on the Quantity and Quality of Water
(ACQWA)
ACQWA is a large scale interdisciplinary project funded under the
EU seventh Framework Programme. The project is primarily
focused on the upper Rhone (France) and Po (Italy) catchments,
with additional research being conducted on the Aconcagua
(Chile), and Syr Darya (Kyrgyzstan) rivers, and in Argentina and
the Pyrenees. The goal of the ACQWA project is to use advanced
modelling techniques to quantify the influence of climate change
on the major determinants of river discharge at various time and
spatial scales, and to analyse the resulting societal and economic
consequences, taking account of feedback mechanisms. Mont Blanc, France, part of the Alpine study
mountain range for ACQWA
New Scientific and Technological Basis for Assessing Climate Change and
Land-use Impacts on Groundwater (GENESIS)
The objective of the GENESIS project is to integrate pre-existing and new
scientific knowledge into new methods, concepts and tools for the
scheduled revision of the Groundwater Directive and better management
of groundwater resources. The Dundee work is focusing on assessing
the transposition and implementation of the Groundwater Directive in a
number of the project case study areas, most notably in the Rokua eskers
in Finland and in the Mancha Oriental aquifer in southern Spain.
Integrated Water Resources and Coastal Zone Management in European Lagoons in the Context of Climate
Change (LAGOONS)
The policy driver for LAGOONS is that knowledge produced by different scientific disciplines needs to be
combined and integrated with local knowledge and the views of stakeholders in order to produce integrated,
participatory scenarios of future possible trends and conditions in coastal lagoons. LAGOONS will develop
policy recommendations and decision support frameworks based on a rigorous synthesis of the scientific,
legal, policy and stakeholder engagement work.
www.dundee.ac.uk/water

6. The UNESCO Team
The IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science is a lively mix of researchers, both staff and students,
and of teaching and learning. Please find some information about our full-time staff below.
Mr Andrew Allan
Andrew Allan is a lecturer in National Water Law. In addition to his research responsibilities, he supervises
research students and teaches on the LLM programes. Andrew is currently working on three major research
projects, all funded through the EU’s 7th Framework Programme, ACQWA, GENESIS and LiveDiverse.
Professor Mike Bonell
Professor Mike Bonell is a Professor in Catchment Science and is assisting the Centre to establish a science
research programme which interfaces with water policy and water law.
Professor Geoffrey D. Gooch
Professor Geoffrey D. Gooch is Professor of Political Science and holds the EU Jean Monnet Chair of European
Political Integration at Linköping University, Sweden. He is the IHP-HELP Centre’s lead on Policy issues, projects
and research. He works closely with water lawyers and scientists at the Centre on environmental issues,
helping to integrate the Centre’s different subject areas through his multidisciplinary Policy focus.
Dr Sarah Hendry
Sarah is a Lecturer in Law, teaching on modules in comparative national water law and the regulation of water
services. She is also the Programmes Director for our taught Masters programmes, and Advisor of Studies for
our research students. Sarah is an expert in Scots and EU water law. She researches in both water resources
(legal frameworks for water resources management, water rights, water quality) and in the regulation of water
services (ownership and regulation of the supply of water and sewerage services).
Dr Alistair Rieu-Clarke
Dr Alistair Rieu-Clarke is a Senior Lecturer in International Law and heads up the International Water Law
Research Cluster at the Dundee IHP-HELP Centre. Alistair’s research interests centre around assessing the
effectiveness of transboundary watercourse treaty regimes.
Professor Chris J Spray MBE
Chris is the Chair of Water Science and Policy. His Research interests lie in wetland ecosystem services;
particularly how emerging research on wetland ecosystem services can be translated in to policy and practice
on the ground, with the focus on such ecosystem services as flood risk management, water quality
improvements, habitat restoration and conservation of biodiversity - with a particular interest in swans and
other waterfowl.
Professor Patricia Wouters
Professor Patricia Wouters is the Director of the Dundee IHP-HELP Centre. She is also the Chair in Water Law.
Her current research focuses on the rule of law (in international law) and how it influences regional peace and
security through its normative framework governing the world’s transboundary waters. She contributes to the
international law programme at Xiamen, one of the top international law schools in China. Her
appointment was made as part of the Chinese Government’s ‘One-Thousand Talents’ initiative - a programme
aimed at enhancing China’s research expertise.
www.dundee.ac.uk/water

7. Dundee and UNESCO
The University of Dundee is internationally recognised for its expertise across a range of
disciplines including science, medicine, engineering and art. An established university, it has a
progressive and dynamic outlook, constantly striving to build on its achievements investing in
excellent facilities, pushing the boundaries of research and developing new ways of e-learning.
The IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science under the auspices of UNESCO and
the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) form part of the
Graduate School of Natural Resources Law, Policy and Management.
The City of Dundee has again been selected as one of
the world's top seven 'intelligent communities'
US 'think-tank' Intelligent Community Forum
(January 2010)
The University of Dundee sits in the heart of the historic city of
Dundee on the banks of the River Tay in north east Scotland.
From mountains and lochs in the west to miles of coastline in
the east, the city is surrounded by magnificent Scottish scenery.
Dundee is an excellent base from which to access Edinburgh,
London and the rest of Europe.
“ The University of Dundee is ranked 140 among the
world's top 200 universities
Times Higher Education 2010-11 World University Rankings
www.dundee.ac.uk/water ”

8. L to R: Sir Alan Langlands, Teresa Liguori and Professor Dr Patricia Wouters
Teresa was the inaugural winner of the Sir Alan Langlands Water Leaders Prize, which is awarded on an annual basis
for the period 2010 - 2019 to the graduating student with the best grades in three core water law modules, plus their
dissertation or equivalent.
IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science (under the auspices of UNESCO)
University of Dundee
Peters Building, Dundee, DD1 4HN
t: +44 (0) 1382 384451
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e: water@dundee.ac.uk
www.dundee.ac.uk/water