Online course Building Resilient Systems in Fragile Contexts

Participants will be able to assess, design and implement resilience-based approaches to address uncertainty and risk in WASH systems, particularly in fragile contexts where advancing the humanitarian-development nexus is crucial. Participants will learn what conditions are needed for long term sustainability, perseverance and quick recovery of these systems.

This will be achieved through:

i.             A theoretical exploration of the concept of resilience: pathways, characteristics, and social-technical relations.

ii.            Three case studies based on real-life humanitarian crises covering different contexts (climate, conflict, and social vulnerability) that are progressively developed through the course. 

iii.           Delving into comprehensive assessments for analysing the risks inherent in WASH systems through real-life scenarios

iv.           Developing tailor-made approaches that foster the (local, financial and/or institutional) resilience of WASH systems (in fragile contexts).