A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Design for Inclusive and Adaptive Delta Management, including integrated and sustainable port planning, will be co-produced and delivered through the international EdX platform. The envisaged participants are future and practicing engineers, ecologists and planners interested in deepening their knowledge on delta management. Here the concept of a delta extends beyond the bio-geophysical entity at the confluence of rivers and sea to represent a meeting space for new governance forms at the interface between decision makers, local stakeholders and transdisciplinary scientists. The theoretical components of the course (Units 1, 2, 3) will teach the conceptual foundations of stakeholder-inclusive, ecosystem-based, future-proof design and management. Participants will complete quizzes to check their understanding and undertake graded assignments. Unit 4, the case study component of the course, will offer a range of international material. Case material on planning for sustainable port development from Tema Port and the Volta Delta in Ghana will be included, as will case material from the Netherlands (e.g. Maasvlakte 2 expansion of the Port of Rotterdam, Port of Harlingen), together with illustrative examples from South Africa. The participants will undertake a final design assignment in which they apply the theoretical knowledge they have gained in the first three units to the case study material, developing their own design for inclusive and adaptive delta management. On completing the final design assignment participants will receive feedback on their design and a final grade. While consortium members will contribute theory and case study material, the consortium will draw on the expertise of the TPM Faculty of TU Delft for the design and delivery of the course. All participating universities and training organisations will receive the digital material for ongoing use in campus-based and bended education, so as to ensure sustained capacity development effects.

Ga West municipality faces compounding issues in soil productivity, land degradation, livelihood loss, food security and waste management. Using strategies that source existing and proven practices with scientific analysis and methods, the project?s innovation is drawn from a composition of creative instruments to address known problems. Training and enabling local government agricultural extension officers and five farmers? groups in composting and sustainable soil management will boost their capability to increase yield and tackle fertility issues. Building the infrastructure and organizational capacity of a youth-operated waste collection and compost production will contribute to youth economic development, the availability of accessible organic fertilizer, soil fertility of local community farms and municipal waste management. The consortium has strong and extensive ties with existing organizations and projects implementing similar, though separate and contextually distinct, strategies. It will source their experiences coupled with its own expertise to build a strong model for future expansion.