Training

Capacity Development in ACSAD takes place mostly via on-the-job training; the Arab project partners work out solutions in close cooperation with short-term and long-term specialists from BGR.

While certain training activities are closely linked to the studies in the pilot areas, others are of a more general character. Training courses on different subjects have also been held, including courses for some of the project’s national partners.

Fields of training

• conception of field campaigns, data collection, sampling procedures and methods, in-situ measurement of water and soil parameters

• Laboratory technology & measurements, standardization of methods, quality control

• Evaluation, compilation and interpretation of data

• Conception, structures and programming of groundwater and soil databases

• Use of GIS, compilation and finalization of maps

• Application of modern methodologies in groundwater and soil assessment with regards to protection

• Environmental Impact Assessment

• Compilation of guidelines and recommendations

• Preparation of lectures and presentations, use of office software

Know-How Transfer:
Conceptual and Technical Tools

• Soil and groundwater vulnerability to contamination

• Identification, evaluation and mapping of hazards to groundwater and soils

• Definition and delineation of groundwater protection zones

• Monitoring of groundwater and soil resources

• Pathway-related risk assessment for contaminants in soil

• Mathematical models in water resources management: concepts, use and programming