What we do
Training and capacity building
Training and capacity building
LIS-Water offers a variety of training and qualification programs for policy-makers and their advisory teams, top and middle managers of regulatory authorities and of other public administration, top and middle managers of water service management entities, and other professionals with interest in the water sector.
This area of activity includes:
Training of executives and professionals
Open or customized training programs (face-to-face, e-learning and blended-learning), which can be given in Lisbon, abroad or in an online format.
Training of organizations
Collaborative initiatives for training organizations.
Mobility and integration
Professional mobility programs (eg welcome, exchange and technical visits) and support for the integration of young people into the market.
Expected typology of training and empowerment programs
Public Policy Programmes
• The essentials about water services
Programmes on Regulation
• Regulation of water services for regulated entities
• Legal and contractual regulation
• Economic regulation
• Service quality regulation
• Regulation of water quality for human consumption
• Regulation of interaction with the consumer
Service Management Programmes
• Management of water services in island regions
Approach
Our training programs have a strong practical orientation, being designed based on implementation experience. The content of each module combines scientific fundamentals with practice, including the discussion of real cases of success (or failure) and recommendations for action, intending to enhance a broad discussion and reflection and provide greater networking. We also provide individual follow-up in a period after the training, to clarify doubts in the implementation.
Courses in various languages
- Portuguese
- English
- French
- Spanish
Courses
- Open for Registration
- Customized
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International network of experts
Our training programs benefit from the high experience and diversity of guest trainers. We have a multidisciplinary team of international specialists, from academia, public administration, management entities and industry.
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Main benefits
The participants have as main benefits:
To acquire a clear and integrated view of the water services
Acquire practical recommendations on how to improve your activity
Better understand the role of the various agents, organizational processes, and links between areas and between industry agents
Develop your contact network
Learn with experiences from different countries and realities
Share and discuss experiences with professionals with similar challenges
To acquire a clear and integrated view of the water services
Acquire practical recommendations on how to improve your activity
Better understand the role of the various agents, organizational processes, and links between areas and between industry agents
Develop your contact network
Learn with experiences from different countries and realities
Share and discuss experiences with professionals with similar challenges
Featured Programs
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We support professionals and organizations through training and capacity building.
LIS-Water Association
Lisbon International Centre for Water
NIPC: 515905623
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Welcome Message
The vision of Associação LIS-Water – Lisbon International Center for Water is to contribute to a better world through better water governance. It thus promotes more effective, efficient and resilient water supply and wastewater and rainwater management services, within the framework of sustainable development objectives.
These water services are essential for the well-being of citizens and for economic activities, with a clear impact on improving public health, environmental sustainability and mitigating risks, namely arising from climate change.. They generate benefits in terms of job creation, economic growth, increased social stability and reduced conflicts, contributing to a more developed, peaceful, equitable and healthy society.
LIS-Water’s mission is thus to reinforce public policies, regulation and management of water services for the benefit of society, integrating the best knowledge in management, economics, engineering, law, social sciences, communication and other relevant areas.
Together with its partners, the association intends to make available and produce the best and most up-to-date knowledge at an international level and to transfer it continuously to decision-makers, water professionals, industry and society.
In this way, we will make our contribution towards achieving the great goals of humanity regarding better water governance, for a better world.
The Board of Directors
Rita Brito
President of the Board of Directors
Eduardo Marques
Member of the Board of Directors
José Matos
Member of the Board of Directors
We take care of water services, essential to the well-being of society.
The members of LIS-Water represent the main players in the water sector in Portugal.
National Civil Engineering Laboratory (LNEC)
Public institution for research and scientific and technological development in Portugal, one of the largest civil engineering laboratories in the world.
Foundation for Studies and Training in Local Authorities (FEFAL)
Non-profit entity, formed by the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities, to carry out information, training, research, technical advice, international cooperation on relevant topics for Local Authorities.
Associação das Empresas Portuguesas para o Sector do Ambiente (AEPSA)
Business association that represents and defends the collective interests of private companies that intervene in the environmental sector, acting as a dynamic player in the development of the market in the environmental sector.
Portuguese Partnership for Water (PPA)
Network of entities that aims to develop synergies and maximize potential for the development of the water sector in the world, promoting alliances and partnerships between national institutions and nations committed to the sustainable use of water and the enhancement of water resources.
Grupo Águas de Portugal (AdP)
The AdP Group is responsible for the integrated management of the urban water cycle, providing services to Municipalities, which are simultaneously shareholders of the companies managing multi-municipal systems, and directly serving the population through municipal water supply and sanitation systems.