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
Testimonials
“ProAguas is a real 360 degree training program in the water area, covering themes we already know, enabling us to consolidate knowledge and enter new areas, which enables a global knowledge on everything related to water. It was worth it!”
“ProAguas is a very demanding program, with fantastic moments of reflection and knowledge sharing with some of the best professionals in the industry, showing the importance of balancing theory and practice in water services.”
“Values and gives visibility to an invisible infrastructure sector. Qualifies. The water path must go through here. Congratulations to the magnificent team!”
“Excellent opportunity for, in a condensed form, to be at the edge of all the particularities of the sector. The combination of the presence of such differentiated professionals and of such heterogeneous services enables a unique, effortless and full sharing of extremely useful content, to understand different realities, with common purposes”
“They were 6 weeks of very enriching training, where very comprehensive, diverse, interesting, pertinent and very well presented themes were addressed. With reputable trainers, very proactive and with a great knowledge and taste for what they do. It has awakened me to some subjects that I had not yet thought about. I really enjoyed it!”
“ProAguas is a very demanding program, with fantastic moments of reflection and knowledge sharing with some of the best professionals in the industry, showing the importance of balancing theory and practice in water services.”
“ProAguas was an excellent opportunity to work on useful management skills. Developed networking, acquired knowledge and global vision of water services are important key value drivers for the success of this program.”
“ProAguas is without doubt a unique initiative, of great merit and essential for the evolution and training of the water sector in Portugal!”
“I was delighted to participate in the ProAguas of the North Region. The Program clearly exceeded my expectations and was an excellent opportunity to learn and share knowledge and experiences. I am grateful to have been with you. Well done.”
“I believe that ProAguas should be a compulsory training for all professionals in the water sector! I would highlight the excellence and generous availability of all trainers, as well as the cross-sectional scope of the program, which touches all essential skills, in a practical perspective very well supported in the excellent supporting material provided. Even in the online format, it has enabled a very fruitful exchange of experiences with trainers and among colleagues. Thank you very much for the initiative!”
“For any function that is performed in the water sector, a comprehensive set of knowledge is required, which the ProAguas course provides, enabling a process of continuous improvement”
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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.
Sérgio Lopes
Águas e Energia do Porto, E.M.
Sandra Soares
Águas do Douro e Paiva
Otília Sousa
Águas da Figueira
Miguel Lemos
Águas de Gaia
Lino Moreira
Águas de Gondomar
Joana Barbosa
Indaqua - Indústria e Gestão de Águas, S.A.
Carla Morais
Águas do Norte
Alfeu Sá Marques
Universidade de Coimbra
Ana Luísa Guimarães
Sérvulo & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, RL
Rui Rodrigues
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Rita Ribeiro
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Eduardo Marques
Indaqua - Indústria e Gestão de Águas, S.A.
Ana Catarina Martins
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Álvaro Ribeiro
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Dalila Pinto Almeida
DPA Consultoria
Pedro Jorge
F9 Consulting - Consultores Financeiros SA
Mário Raposo
NOWA - No Waste Marketing
Sofia Cordeiro
ADENE - Agência para a Energia
Miguel Feliz
S317 Consulting
Joaquim Beleza
DouroECI - Engenharia, Consultoria e Inovação, Lda
Pedro Vieira
Águas e Energia do Porto, E.M.
Gertrudes Rodrigues
Be Water S.A.
Catarina Sousa
AQUAPOR - Serviços, S.A.
Lídia Lopes
Serviços Municipalizados de Água e Saneamento de Sintra
Rita Brito
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Maria do Céu Almeida
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Marta Rodrigues
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Luis Portela
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Rui Cortes
Universidade de Trás os Montes e Alto Douro
Domingos Gomes
Águas do Norte
Cláudio Costa
TRATAVE - Tratamento De Águas Residuais Do Ave, S.A.
Joana Frada
Indaqua - Indústria e Gestão de Águas, S.A.
Filipa Newton
ADENE - Agência para a Energia
Elsa Luz
AdP - Águas de Portugal
Luís Branco
AQUASIS - Sistemas de Informação, S.A.
Carlos Martins
EPAL - Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres
Joaquim José Oliveira Sousa
Universidade de Coimbra
Sérgio Teixeira Coelho
Baseform
Amparo Sereno
ISCAL - Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa
Francisco Taveira Pinto
FEUP - Faculdade de Engenharia da Univerdidade do Porto
Tiago Sousa D'Alte
IDEFF - Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa
Catarina Silva
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Teresa Ferreira
ISA - Instituto Superior de Agronomia - Universidade de Lisboa
Susana Neto
IST - Instituto Superior Técnico
Paulo Ramísio
Universidade do Minho
Dália Loureiro
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Rui Sancho
Universidade do Algarve
Ana Rita Ramôa
ENGIDRO Engineering Solutions
Rosário Coelho
AdA - Águas do Algarve
Dídia Covas
IST - Instituto Superior Técnico
António Gonçalves Henriques
IST - Instituto Superior Técnico
Alexandra Serra
AdTA - Águas do Tejo Atlântico
Francisco Narciso
Simarsul - Saneamento da Península de Setúbal, S.A.
José Peças
AQUAPOR - Serviços, S.A.
Eduarda Ferreira
Be Water S.A.
Paula Freixial
ERSAR - Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços de Águas e Resíduos
José Vieira
Universidade do Minho
José Pires
Casa Ermelinda Freitas
Leonor Freitas
Casa Ermelinda Freitas
Cristina Santos
Simarsul - Saneamento da Península de Setúbal, S.A.
Filipa Veríssimo
Cromotorres - Zincagem e Lacagem
Luís David
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Ana Luisa Cabrita
Cushman & Wakefield – Consultoria Imobiliária, Unipessoal, Lda
Rui Viegas
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Maria João Rosa
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Paula Vieira
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
João Feliciano
AGS - Administração e Gestão de Sistemas de Salubridade, S.A.
José Colarejo
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José Saldanha Matos
IST - Instituto Superior Técnico
Marta Fernandes
EAmb - Esposende Ambiente, EM
Luís Brás
Janz - Contagem e Gestão de Fluídos S.A
Filipe Vasconcelos
S317 Consulting
Rita Almeida
Royal HaskoningDHV
Nuno Maricato
Serviços Municipalizados de Castelo Branco
Rodrigo Oliveira
IST - Instituto Superior Técnico
Filipa Ferreira
IST - Instituto Superior Técnico
António Monteiro
IST - Instituto Superior Técnico
Alexandra Roeger
EAmb - Esposende Ambiente, EM
Rui Cunha Marques
RPG Consult
Diogo Faria de Oliveira
Defining Future Options
Miguel Águas
AdP Energias
Joana Coelho
AdP - Águas de Portugal
Alexandra Cunha
ERSAR - Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços de Águas e Resíduos
Paulo Faroleiro
ERSAR - Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços de Águas e Resíduos
João Cabrita
ERSAR - Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços de Águas e Resíduos
Isabel Andrade
ERSAR - Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços de Águas e Resíduos
Nuno Medeiros
EPAL - Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres
Célia Neto
EPAL - Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres
Anita Ferreira
EPAL - Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres
Paulo Fonseca
DECO - Associação Portuguesa para a Defesa do Consumidor
Jaime Baptista
LIS-Water - Lisbon International Centre for Water
Rita Amaral
LIS-Water - Lisbon International Centre for Water
Luís Simas
ERSAR - Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços de Águas e Resíduos
João Simão Pires
PPA - Parceria Portuguesa para a Água
Helena Alegre
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Rafaela Matos
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Jaime Baptista
LIS-Water - Lisbon International Centre for Water
Rita Amaral
LIS-Water - Lisbon International Centre for Water
Luís Simas
ERSAR - Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços de Águas e Resíduos
João Simão Pires
PPA - Parceria Portuguesa para a Água
Helena Alegre
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Rafaela Matos
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
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Águas de Portugal
ADENE - Agência para a Energia
ERSAR - Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços de Águas e Resíduos
Chimp, Comunicação Especializada Unipessoal, Lda.
INOVA - Empresa de Desenvolvimento Económico e Social de Cantanhede
ENGIDRO Engineering Solutions
S317 Consulting
ERSARA - Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços de Águias e Resíduos
Global Institute for Water Security
CTGA - Centro Tecnológico de Gestão Ambiental, Lda
COBA - Consultores de Engenharia e Ambiente, SA
APDA - Associação Portuguesa de Distribuição e Drenagem de Águas
AQUASIS - Sistemas de Informação, S.A.
IGAMAOT - Inspeção-Geral da Agricultura, do Mar, do Ambiente e do Ordenamento do Território
VEOLIA Portugal, S.A.
ZERO - Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável
DouroECI - Engenharia, Consultoria e Inovação, Lda
TPF - Consultores de Engenharia e Arquitetura, S.A.
Hidromod, Modelação em Engenharia, Lda.
Indaqua - Indústria e Gestão de Águas, S.A.
Janz - Contagem e Gestão de Fluídos S.A
CAP - Confederação dos Agricultores de Portugal
Xylem - Water Solutions Portugal Lda
Cuidar da Casa Comum
GreenTech Challenge
Baseform
CESO Development Consultants
APEMETA - Associação Portuguesa de Empresas de Tecnologias Ambientais
APPC - Associação Portuguesa de Projectistas e Consultores
FCB Advogados
FEUP - Faculdade de Engenharia da Univerdidade do Porto
ITA - Universitat Politècnica de València
Lisboa E-Nova - Lisbon's Energy and Environmental Agency
Gotas Digitais, Lda - SCUBIC
Miranda & Associados - Sociedade de Advogados, RL
CMMartinho Consulting, Unipessoal Lda
FENAREG - Federação Nacional de Regantes de Portugal
IPL - Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
AQUAPOR - Serviços, S.A.
NOLASCO & Assoc. Inc.
PROCESL - Engenharia Hidráulica e Ambiental, SA
NEMUS - Gestão e Requalificação Ambiental, Lda.
WWP - World Water Policy
Freguesia de Trute
Ordem dos Engenheiros
Resíduos do Nordeste, EIM S.A.
UFRGS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
ATR - Agência Tocantinense de Regulação, Controle e Fiscalização de Serviços Públicos
Tecnilab Portugal, S.A.
Câmara Municipal de Óbidos
CESAM - Centre of Environmental and Marine Studies
Sérvulo & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, RL
CIMBSE - Comunidade Intermunicipal das Beiras e Serra da Estrela
Cátedra CIPSH e UNESCO de Estudos Globais
Sharevalue, Lda.
UGC - União Geral de Consumidores
NAVIA - Business and Operations Intelligence
WaterLex
WSCM – Water Services Consulting and Management, Lda
AQVAMORE - Portugal Ventures
Better2Earth, Lda
Clean Water Wave
EAS Projetos
ANA - Agencia Nacional de Aguas e Saneamento Basico
Our Future Water
RCUWM - Regional Centre on Urban Water Management
APESB - Associação Portuguesa de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental
LPN - Liga para a Protecção da Natureza
ABAR - Associação Brasileira de Agências de Regulação
DECO - Associação Portuguesa para a Defesa do Consumidor
ISA - Instituto Superior de Agronomia - Universidade de Lisboa
Agência Reguladora dos Serviços de Saneamento das Bacias dos Rios Piracicaba, Capivari e Jundiaí
APRH - Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos
APA - Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente
Associação Aquashare
ADERASA - Asociación de Entes Reguladores de Agua Potable y Saneamiento de las Américas
AGS - Administração e Gestão de Sistemas de Salubridade, S.A.
RPG Consult
Universidade da Beira Interior
ÁguaSistemas, Lda.
Africa Forum for Utility Regulators
Luís Simas
ERSAR - Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços de Águas e Resíduos
João Simão Pires
PPA - Parceria Portuguesa para a Água
Helena Alegre
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Rafaela Matos
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
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.