WG4 – Training and the transfer of knowledge

Leader : Damir Cizmek, In-Aqua

  • This group intends to promote advanced irrigation know-how, providing an educational value for the participants, with a practical applicability that falls outside the product range of any specific manufacturer.
  • The aim is to promote competence in the designinstallation and operation of irrigation systems with an emphasis on saving water and sustainability.The group will undertake the creation of training programsin different formats and liaise with the providers of (non-academic) irrigation training at national level, thus encouraging the harmonization of the training requirements for the irrigation professionals.
  • The group will undertake the creation of training programs in different formats and liaise with the providers of (non-academic) irrigation training at national level, thus encouraging the harmonization of the training requirements for the irrigation professionals.

Join the groupdamir@inaqua.hr

Participants : 

Elie Desrues – elie.desrues@idbd.expert
Andreas Maurer – info@dvs-beregnung.de
Joao Florido : joao.florido@normagroup.com
Fleur Martin – communication@irrigationeurope.eu
 

Recent findings/accomplishments of the working group

EIA Working Group Training and Knowledge Transfer held a meeting on Friday 19 July
Project “Basic landscape irrigation training course” : the WG must develop a more precise proposal to the Board concerning long term project sustainability, a more coherent explanation of the value of the course for participants, and a clear indication of the project’s contribution to overall improvement of irrigation water management.
EIA Working Group Training and Knowledge Transfer held a meeting on 14 June 2024
The WG is planning to schedule 10 sessions of landscape online classes end of 2024 and in 2025. Our member Elie Desrues (IDBD) will provide these classes.
EIA Working Group Training and Knowledge Transfer held a meeting on April 29
Elie Desrues, head of IDBD, an independant engineering consultancy company specializing in irrigation and water management poposes to develop landscape training sessions for EIA.
The EIA Working group 4 held a meeting on October 20, 2022
Preparation of EIA course for professionals who want to become EIA teachers in their own countries or regions and in their local language.
Training and Knowledge Transfer WG : Involve EIA members in training
The EIA should focus on tapping into knowledge base and training capacity of its members and offer a knowledge sharing platform that promotes modern irrigation technologies and practices contributing to increased water use efficiency.
The second meeting of EIA work group Training and Knowledge transfer took place on 29 June 2021.
The objective of the meeting was to review the proposed models for Training of irrigation professionals and decide on models and training courses which will have priority attention of the group. Other forms of knowledge transfer were not specifically discussed at this meeting and will be part of agenda in some of the future meetings….