The E-learning course titled ‘Blue Governance of Bangladesh Delta’ focuses on the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, Bangladesh. This course has been developed by the University of Portsmouth’s Centre for Blue Governance (UK) in collaboration with the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Bangladesh (BSMRMU). The course forms part of a wider project by the two project partners that applies the blue governance approach to improve the resilience and health of delta social-ecological systems by developing governance mechanisms that account for specific land-sea processes and challenges. This is especially vital to developing countries, like Bangladesh, where more than 100 million people live on the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta, of which 30 million live in poverty. People depend on river flows and natural tides for ecosystem services, so governance of deltas must encompass the interactions at the interface of land and sea. However, current management is typically an extension of land or sea policies and has limited accounting for interactions between the two systems. Blue governance is a holistic and multidisciplinary approach facilitating the decision-making structures and processes for the sustainable development of aquatic resources. It is an ideal approach to develop policies bridging land and sea systems to improve the governance of deltas.

Target Audience
The intended audience of this course is early-career professionals, researchers, stakeholders, teachers, students and any individuals with an interest in blue governance, resource management and specifically the governance of Bangladesh Deltas.