Technical Assistance for the Implementation of a National Training and Competence Centre (TCC) for the Water Sector in Karlovac, Croatia

Abstract

The idea of establishing a National Training and Competence Centre (TCC) for the Water Sector in Croatia was born during the visit of a GWP delegation in May 2010 to Karlovac. The following written project design envisioned a two-stage introduction of the centre. First, a pilot phase should raise awareness among actors of the Croatian water sector and clarify key questions about organisational matters and funding. Then, based on the findings from the pilot phase, an implementation proposal should be developed to secure the long-term viability of the centre. The present report describes the activities and results of the pilot phase, which was co-financed in equal parts by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (⁠BMU⁠) under technical supervision of the German Federal Environment Agency (⁠UBA⁠) and by the Croatian Ministry of Agriculture. The intention of this report is to transfer to the interested reader the approach and the results of the project implementation and the experiences gathered during implementation (lessons learnt).