Back to preliminary programme NeWater tools & training material – guidance material in adaptive water management for practitioners In this session specially tailored material to help water managers and practitioners learn how to implement AWM will be made available: TheWater Guidebook on Adaptive Management, NeWater guidance on Uncertainty and experience with the capacity building, Train-the-Trainer (TtT) workshops. The NeWater Guidebook contains useful insights and advices for those interested in practical implementation of AWM principles. The first part provides an overview of major challenges faced as a result of compound pressures such as climate change and demographic development. It also describes how theses challenges have been dealt with in the past and why these practices may be ill-suited in the future. From this background, the concepts of IWRM and AWM are explained, and it is explained how to work toward AWM, and how outcomes, lessons and benefits of AWM from the results of seven NeWater case studies has been identified. The second part describe the tested and developed water management tools and their use in AWM, e.g. with tools for participation processes, uncertainties, monitoring, integrated assessment etc. The third part of the book consists of chapters summarising experiences from piloting and developing AWM in the seven NeWater river basins: Elbe, Rhine, Guadiana, Tisza, Orange, Nile and Amudarya. In association with the guidebook, an Uncertainty Guidance was developed, where concepts and tools that aid decision makers practitioners to deal with scientific and policy uncertainty are made available. In the context of capacity building, Train-the-Trainer (TtT) workshops have been held in seven Newater basins. Local practitioners, identified as potential trainers, participated. The intention is that these practitioners should disseminate their received skills further to a wider stakeholder community. Tools have been evaluated by the participating trainers with feedback also supplied by GWP regional representatives. The session will be strucutures as follows: NeWater Guidebook (Jaroslav Mysiak)
Training booklet (Peter van der Keur)
Uncertainty guidelines (Marcela Brugnach)
Plenum discussion & questions from audience Session organizer: Hans Jørgen Henriksen, GEUS | 
