India-UK Water Centre

Six IUKWC workshops were held, 3 in the UK and 3 in India. Scientists (including students), and where possible, members from NGOs and State government, were brought together to: discuss the current state of knowledge in a particular area and identify the future requirements/ideas for joint research.

Workshop topics were selected through Open/Focused calls to the members of the Open Network, or where required commissioned by the IUKWC Management Board. Topics needed to address at least one of the IUKWC themes. Workshop leads were selected based on relevance of topic, expertise of the applicant to the topic, and motivations and expected aims. Leads were responsible for developing the agenda and running the event, and IUKWC provided funding and logistical support, as well as agreeing on the agenda, participants for the workshop and marketing the event.

Participants were selected from the Open Network, through calls to participate. A prioritisation criteria was used to take account of the experience/relevance of the applicant’s research area, their motivation and expected contribution to the aims of the workshop and the likely benefit they wished to derive from attendance. The IUKWC ensured a spread of leads and participants across organisations.