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Agua 2.0: empresas eficientes para el siglo XXI (edX)

Agua 2.0: empresas eficientes para el siglo XXI (edX)

Obtén una visión integral de la gestión sostenible de empresas prestadoras de servicios de agua y saneamiento, y descubre AquaRating: un modelo de éxito internacional para incentivar la transformación de este tipo de empresas. ¿Eres un profesional o actor activo del sector del Agua y Saneamiento? o simplemente, ¿te interesa conocer cómo es la gestión del agua en tu ciudad?

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Este curso busca fortalecer tus conocimientos y capacidades, de manera que puedas ser parte activa de la transformación que está viviendo el sector en todo el mundo; en particular, en los siguientes aspectos esenciales, como:

  • Gestionar los procesos empresariales de manera integral.
  • Gerenciar de manera estratégica con una visión de largo plazo.
  • Incorporar nuevas herramientas de gestión de innovación, gobierno corporativo, transparencia, entre otros.

El curso se complementa con las mejores prácticas internacionales en gestión de empresas de agua y saneamiento, contenidas en el estándar AquaRating , y fue diseñado en base a los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) para el sector, como el ODS 6: garantizar la disponibilidad de agua y su gestión sostenible y el saneamiento para todos.

What you'll learn

  1. Reconocerás los ODS y las condiciones y desafíos que las empresas prestadoras de servicio de agua y saneamiento de América Latina y el Caribe deben afrontar para alcanzarlos.
  2. Reconocerás principios y herramientas de gestión estratégica para conducir a las empresas prestadoras del servicio de agua y saneamiento de América Latina y el Caribe a su transformación y optimización para el logro de los ODS del sector.
  3. Reconocerás buenas prácticas e indicadores de calidad (AquaRating) de las actividades primarias de la cadena de valor y de la gestión ambiental, de los servicios de agua y saneamiento y su importancia para garantizar el cambio de estas empresas para el logro de los ODS en América Latina y el Caribe.
  4. Reconocer las buenas prácticas e indicadores de calidad (AquaRating) de las actividades de soporte de la cadena de valor de los servicios de agua y saneamiento y las capacidades empresariales fundamentales para apalancar el cambio de las empresas del sector para el logro de los ODS en América Latina y el Caribe.

Syllabus

Módulo 1 - Las empresas de agua y saneamiento en América Latina y el Caribe
Módulo 2: Gestión estratégica de empresas de agua y saneamiento
Módulo 3 - Los servicios de prestación de agua y saneamiento
Módulo 4 - Funciones transversales y capacidades empresariales para el siglo XXI

Prerequisites:
Este curso* esta dirigido a funcionarios y funcionarias que trabajan en empresas públicas y/o privadas prestadoras del servicio de Agua y Saneamiento, en agencias públicas y/o privadas relacionadas con la gestión del agua urbana o el urbanismo, personal del ámbito académico, docentes, investigadores y estudiantes de ingeniería civil, sanitaria, ambiental o desarrollo urbano, Ingeniería Hidráulica, Mecánica, Electro metálica, Químicos, Civil, Industriales, Ambientales; entre otros, funcionarias y funcionarios del BID que diseñan proyectos relacionados con temas de agua y saneamiento, consultoras y consultores que ofrecen sus servicios para la gestión de aguas urbanas, personas independientes, miembros de organizaciones internacionales o gobiernos, agencias reguladoras y/o de vigilancia.

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