UNESCO-IHE launch its Open Course Ware platform at the start of the Open Education Week

UNESCO-IHE is committed to solving the world's water crisis by educating the water leaders of the future, particularly those from developing countries and countries in transition. The demand for water education far exceeds the number of professionals that the Institute can train. In order to bridge this gap somewhat, UNESCO-IHE aims to make available all of its modules as Open Courseware by 2017. This allows quality educational materials, including lectures and supporting materials such as course notes, PowerPoint presentations, exercises, tools, models and public domain software to be freely available and easily retrievable.