Project’s title

Groundwater for inclusive climate-resilient WASH (RECHARGE Vietnam)

Project’s partner/ collaboration: Water Resources Department, CENREs, Can Tho University

Sponsor/Donor: The Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

Project’s period/duration: 06/2023 - 12/2024

Principal Investigator (PI): Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyen Dinh Giang Nam

Project’s member:

• Dr. Huynh Van Da (coordinator)       

• Dr. Nguyen Anh Minh

• Dr. Nguyen Hong Duc

• Dr. Nigel Downes

• MSc. Nguyen Quoc Cuong

• Associate prof. Dr. Vo Quoc Tuan

Overall objective:

To generate new knowledge and tools supporting governments to develop and manage groundwater resources for inclusive, resilient services

Specific objectives: 

• Evaluation of potential for exploitation, restoration and protection of groundwater sources according to ecosystems in the Mekong Delta.

• Impacts of climate change on groundwater resources and impacts of gender inequality on groundwater exploitation.

• Develop priority indicators to support local managers in integrated management of groundwater resources towards sustainable development..

Contents:

a. Preparing stage

- Provide input into the study design, including research questions and sub-questions, choice of study site, research methods, general research plan, and assignment of roles and responsibilities.

- Meet with UTS partner to discuss project plan.

b. Data collection, analysis and learning

- Contribute to the development of data collection tools (surveys, interviews, and focus group question guides, etc.).

- Lead data collection and fieldwork activities for household surveys and in-depth interviews.

- Integrate household survey results with existing well data and urbanization/industrialization.

- Conduct fieldwork for operations with water service providers, including logistics and data collection (interviews and focus group discussions)

- Preside over stakeholder workshops to jointly develop priority indicator frameworks.

- Participating in regional academic seminars with research partners.

Expected outcome:

- Participating in the co-development of a priority indicator framework to assist organizations in monitoring and planning for comprehensive climate resilient resource management and services.

- Support UTS to develop 02 articles and research abstracts:

+ Articles on household coping strategies, gender perspectives, groundwater resources and climate response;

+ Research summary on household coping strategies, gender perspectives, groundwater resources and climate response;

+ Articles on the views of water service providers, management strategies and climate response;

+ Research abstracts on water service providers' perspectives, management strategies and climate response;

+ Indicator framework for planning and managing groundwater-based WASH services

Contact address:

• Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyen Dinh Giang Nam
• College of the Environment and Natural Resources, CanTho Unversity.
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