Publications and Outreach

Knowledge Products & Publications

International Waters Management Issues

• International Waters Experience Notes (http://www.iwlearn.net/experience) - short case studies on a variety of issues
• Handbook on Governance and Socioeconomics of Large Marine Ecosystems
• Public Participation Handbook - coming
  
• Communicating for Results: A Communications Planning Guide for International Waters Projects - prepared by GEF projects through IW:LEARN stakeholder learning exchange
  
• Summary of International Waters Programme Study eForum [Acrobat - 408K]

Videos/Documentaries

• Turning the Tide: Sustaining Earth's Large Marine Ecosystems (DVD Documentary)
• GEF 5th Biennial International Waters Conference Reflection Videos
• GEF 4th Biennial International Waters Conference Reflections Video

Face-to-Face Training Final Reports

• GEF Biennial International Waters Conference Reports, please visit the individual pages for these: IWC2009, IWC2007, IWC2005, IWC2002, IWC2000
• Project-Project Exchanges, including final reports: http://www.iwlearn.net/exchange
• All training workshops and their final reports are available at the events page.
• Gender and Water Traveling Exhibit Final Report

Information Management

• IW:LEARN Website Guidelines

Pilot Phase Publications (2000-2003)

• Technical Overview: RedHat Linux Server Installation & User Guide. 49 pp. [.doc - 508K]
• Technical Overview: Building a Dynamic Web Server System. 17 pp. [.doc - 220K]
• Technical Overview: Building a Dynamic Web Site. 15 pp. [.doc - 188K]
• Technical Overview: Web Server Security. 9pp. [.doc - 224K]
• Technical Overview: GIS-based Internet Mapping Servers. 5pp. [.doc - 112K]
• Technical Overview: Installing MyODBC for MySQL on Linux. 3pp. [.doc - 104K]
• Technical Overview: Installing the MailMan Mailing List Application on a Linux System. 4pp. [.doc - 100K]
• 2001 International Waters Web Developers' Workshop (Guide) [Acrobat - 164K]

Project Outreach

• IW:LEARN Services Brochure
• Project Overview Presentation - IWL Services
• IW:LEARN2 - Operational Phase Brochure 2p. [Acrobat]
• IW:LEARN2 - Project Overview Presentation [Powerpoint - 13M]

IW:LEARN Newsletters

IW:LEARN E-Bulletin

The IW:LEARN E-Bulletin is the primary and regular (monthly) IW:LEARN newsletter. It dependson article submissions from the GEF IW community. Sent article proposals and announcements to info@iwlearn.org. We are particularly interested in stories of lessons learned, challenges overcome and milestones in IW project implementation.

IW Bridges Newsletter (2005-2008, Operational Phase)

• December 2008 - [Acrobat]
• June 2008 - [Acrobat]
• March 2008 (Global Oceans Edition) - [Acrobat]
• January 2008 - [Acrobat]
• July 2007 (IWC4 Edition) - [Acrobat - 4.8M]
• June 2007 - 8p. [Acrobat - 6M]
• October 2006 (for Global Plan of Action Inter-Governmental Review) 12p. [Acrobat]
• August 2006 and Nairobi Report (for GEF Assembly) 8p. [Acrobat]
• June 2006 8p. [Acrobat - 3+M]
• March 2006 (for 4^th World Water Forum) 8p. [Acrobat - 2.9M]
• January 2006 (for 3^rd Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts and Islands) 8p. [Acrobat - 2.1M]
• June 2005 (for 3^rd GEF International Waters Conference - Salvador, Brazil) 8p. [Acrobat - 1.1M]

Waves Newsletter (2000-2003, Pilot Phase)

• World Water Forum 4p. [Acrobat - 245K]
• 2nd GEF IW Conference - Dalian, China 4p. [Acrobat - 251K]
• 4th Quarter 2001-2002 6p. [Acrobat - 513K]

• 3rd Quarter 2001-2002 4p. [Acrobat - 893K]

Articles

• 'Forging a Global Knowledge Community to Address International Waters Crises' Water Resources Impact. 5p. [Acrobat - 323K]
• 'The Global Environment Facility: Forging Partnerships and Fostering Knowledge Transfer to Sustain Transboundary Waters in Europe, Central Asia and Around the World.' - IW:LEARN and GEF Secretariat. 9p. [Acrobat - 320K]

Project Documents

All project documents are available at each of the different phases of IW:LEARN's project profiles:

• IW:LEARN3
• CTI IW:LEARN
• Operational Phase
• Pilot Phase

For quick reference, here are some of them:

• IW:LEARN3 PIF
• IW:LEARN Sustainability Plan - produced at conclusion of operational phase
• Operational Phase Executive Summary, 37p. [Acrobat - 783K]
• Operational Phase UNDP Project Document [Acrobat 796K]
• Operational Phase UNEP Project Document [Acrobat 624K]
• Operational Phase Project Concept Paper (w/o Annexes). 18p. [Acrobat - 356K] and
• Operational Phase Project Concept Paper Annexes [Acrobat]
• Pilot Phase Project Document