Spanish Pilot: Altiplano de Granada

ITP >> Local training >> Communities’ engagement to restore and valorize irrigation networks

Targets: tourism professionals, local administrators, economic operators, cultural heritage managers

A training programme dedicated to local stakeholders is organized by University of Granada, in the form of a series of encounters and field work for restoring water routes and learning about water management, addressing volunteers, students and communities of the area of Altiplano de Granada.

The calendar of the training events is provided below:

EVENT:DATE:
Escuela de Balates (Dry Stone Balates School), Jérez del Marquesado29-30 January 2022
Recovering abandoned spaces in the rural area near GranadaFebruary 2022
Irrigation channel cleaning in Jérez del Marquesado and Cáñar5 March 2022
Annual cleaning of the Acequia del Barranco de Poqueira2-3 April 2022
Trail mapping work for digitisation of irrigation ditch networksMay 2022
Water route in Cogollos de la Vega (Granada)25 June 2022
Recovery of the Aynadamar irrigation channelOctober-November 2022