摘要: Acknowledging the special character of water, knowledge, and knowledge about paper postulates need for efforts to promote sustain knowledge-generating systems. Taking global divide as a starting point, explores how demand can drive adoption adaptation innovations, formulating new research agendas developing curricula postgraduate education aimed train type water manager. This is illustrated by describing regional capacity-building network that pools offers joint Master's program, conducts disseminates findings. The ultimate aim should be institutions govern become more responsive their environments, they are open signals change, define problems better seek creative answers solutions – all this in order able remain relevant changing context. After making plea North up share its resources with South, concludes sharing prerequisite sharing, prioritized. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.