National Water Training Center (NWTC) - Capacity building for better water management

In 2013, about 6,000 trainees attended the training courses proposed by the French National Water Training Center (NWTC) of the International Office for Water. In addition to its usual training offer, proposed in the “Water” catalogue, the NWTC has developed three specific catalogues since several years: l The ”Waste, Environment, Sustainable Development” catalogue; l The ”Water in the industry” catalo - gue; l The ”Water - Irrigation - Agriculture” catalogue. The NWTC’s professional trainers, supplemented by the best experts as lecturers, design and develop training programs based on existing case studies and putting the students in real working situation on educational facilities, reproducing working conditions, which are unique in France and Europe.