This is an international waters global governance project that is examining both fresh water and marine experiences through the identification, collection, analysis, adaptation and replication of beneficial practices found in the legal and institutional frameworks that govern such waters. The objectives are to strengthen and promote multi-country cooperation, and to enhance the transboundary regime development in an eco-systemically sustainable manner. The project is developing a South South network of professionals and practitioners working on all aspects of transboundary waters.

The project has three principal components:

To identify and analyze legal and institutional beneficial practices in International Waters, in order to increase the understanding and knowledge of the frameworks necessary for conservation, good governance and wise decision-making.

To develop and validate new experiential learning tools and teaching guides, in order to establish a cohort of local experts to enable tool delivery. Tools will include case studies, negotiations, role play simulation exercises, and interactive DVDs.

To develop local expertise in training and tool delivery, in order to ensure replication and to develop local ownership and control of the tools.

The principal project partners are the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada and El Colegio de México, Mexico City, Mexico. A number of other partners work with the project on a regional level.