Water museums play a key role in the transition towards a new sense of civilisation that connects with the dominant role of water in all its dimensions, including the vital, environmental and ecological, social, economic, cultural, artistic and spiritual. In turn, they play a fundamental role in placing sustainable and inclusive water management at the centre at all levels of governance of social imaginaries and educational, academic, political and economic agendas. The Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO for Latin America and the Caribbean, through its working group "Education and Water Culture", carries out the initiative of the regional chapter of the Water Museums of Latin America and the Caribbean, associated to the Global Network of Water Museums (WAMU NET). Through the exchange of experiences and best practices, the aim is to encourage people and institutions to implement actions to strengthen the relationship with the most precious liquid element on Earth within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this way, the aim is to develop new perceptions of water and more sustainable management models for the emergence of a "new water culture".

An important task for museums is to adapt to the rapid transformations of the planet and society, with their new demands. The digital world is a reality that demands constant changes and adaptation. These trends give rise to the need for this course.
This course, organised jointly with the Ibero-American Conference of Water Directors (CODIA) and the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AECID), aims to bring the participating public closer to the different disciplinary areas of water museums and to deepen the social and educational role that museums and heritage centres, in particular Water Museums, should have. To this end, professionals in museology and cultural management from leading museums in Ibero-America will present case studies and examples of good practices to achieve the desired social and educational objectives.
This training instance hopes to foster an approach to water museums and learn more about the professional work carried out in them.

Content:
The main topics of the course are the following:

1. Museums as a place of social impact
2. Educational programmes
3. Audiences and Marketing
4. Good practices

Organizer : CODIA & AECID
Venue : Online form Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of Start : 2022-02-21
Date of Ending : 2022-02-23
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