Nexus Game
Applications
The Nexus Game offers a unique opportunity to explore the challenges of water management for energy and food production. Participants are put into the roles of key ministries of two countries sharing the same river. From this perspective, they may brainstorm and collaborate to creatively form and verify a number of policies. As they try to meet the growing water demands, they still have to remember about ecological and economical balance within and across the borders. The simulation is foremost targeted at water, energy, and agriculture sector professionals: ministries, power plants, capacity building institutions, etc. It is designed to be used within capacity development programs, both as a training tool and a policy exercise.
The game met with an enthusiastic reception from players in many countries around the world, including:
Ivory Coast (African Development Bank),
Republic of South Africa (Southern African Systems Analysis Centre),
Egypt (Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology),
Pakistan (Lahore University of Management Sciences)
and Morocco (9th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference).
Benefits
Learn
how to balance increasing water demand and solve water-supply conflicts between different sectors and countries
Experience
challenges connected with transitions in complex systems where multiple stakeholders’ interests collide
Discover
and exploit the potential of innovative technologies for increasing energy and water use efficiency
Practice
collaboration among various organizations and groups of interest whose individual and collective goals differ
News and Articles
Nexus Game workshop at 9th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference
Magdalena Liszka and Piotr Magnuszewski flew all the way to the Marrakech, Morocco. But not to sightsee and relax! Centre for Systems Solutions was invited to the 9th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference!
UNDERSTANDING THE NEXUS APPROACH
The nexus approach can guide a transition to sustainability, by reducing negative impacts within the system and producing gains that outweigh the costs connected with investing in better policy and “greener” technology.
ZAMBEZI SCENARIO WORKSHOP
Piotr Magnuszewski co-organized and co-conducted a workshop on nexus approach in the Zambezi Basin as part of the ISWEL project (Integrated Solutions for Water, Energy, and Land), led by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
NEXUS GAME SESSION AT AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK IN ABIDJAN
While playing as stakeholders from two bordering countries, players discovered that the game shares many similarities with the situations and problems they challenge in their day-to-day work.
What participants say
Technical details
3-4 hours
8-12 players
3 tables
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Contact us
The game was developed by the Centre for Systems Solutions in collaboration with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and the Sustainable Energy for All initiative.
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