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Online master courses were held along with continued methodological preparation for field work based dissertations. Seminars presenting WCNREG research conducted by master students, post docs and senior staff was presented in seminars at the University of Zimbabwe and the University of Nairobi. WCNREG members arranged "Plenary Session 2: Plural Water Rights and Food Security of Disadvantaged Groups in the Context of Climate Change" at AIDA’s international Water Law Conference in Oslo.

The Cohort 1 master students submission and defense of their fieldwork based dissertations was a milestone in the WCNREG’s aim of enhancing both staff and students’ capacity to conduct evidence-based research in environmental governance. The WCNREG research coordinator gave a key note lecture at the Institute of Women’s Law in Oslo’s 50 year anniversary. The Faculty of Law in Nairobi hosted a meeting with the Norwegian Embassy to discuss areas of cooperation. 35 scholarships to Cohort 2 master students were awarded.

Online master courses on research design and elective courses on topic like indigenous knowledge, livelihood and climate change and corporate responsibility and climate change were held. The Nairobi Faculty of Law’s Research conference Emerging Research and Technologies for Sustainable Development in Society was arranged by the WCNREG program. Kenyan PhD WCNREG scholar spent two months at UiO.

The University of Nairobi Board approved the proposed Regulations and Syllabus for the Degree Master in Arts in Women, Children and Nature Rights in Environmental Governance. 35 master scholarships in the WCNREG program for participants from Malawi, Kenya and Zimbabwe was awarded in June. Among the online core courses were environmental governance, nature’s rights, women’s rights and research methodology starting to prepare students for their field work based dissertation.

Curriculum development was the core activity. The national teams in Kenya, Malawi and Zimbabwe held conferences with relevant stake holders that made input to the program. Stakeholder consultations were followed up by face to face curriculum design workshops arranged by the national leadership teams at the four participating universities. Online teaching methods were discussed and developed Core courses and elective courses were designed and course leaders and teaching staff was appointed.

Key activities were academic and administrative team building in the cooperating institutions. The Faculty of Law at the University of Nairobi appointed a leadership team that set out a work plan for the building of a new interdisciplinary master and program in the field of women, children and nature rights in environmental governance. The plan was approved by the Department of Public and International Law in Oslo and the partners in Malawi and Zimbabwe.