The Inaugural address of Chris Zevebergen, Professor of Flood Resilience of Urban Systems, will take place on December 14th at 4 p.m. at UNESCO-IHE’s auditorium. The address, entitled Adapting to change: towards flood resilient cities, will analyse how cities are increasingly vulnerable to floo...
UNESCO-IHE hosted the International Symposium Water for a Changing World: Enhancing Local Knowledge and Capacity in June 13-15, 2007, in Delft, the Netherlands, to assess the priority challenges in the water sector and to recommend principles and strategies for enhancing knowledge and capacity...
UNESCO-IHE has signed an agreement to train 2,100 Iranian professionals in water and wastewater technologies, planning and management. The training consist of 59 courses to take place in 2008 and beginning of 2009.
UNESCO-IHE will host a seminar on Trends in Environmental Biotechnology on December the 4th, 2007, in Delft. The seminar, organised in the context of the International Year of Sanitation 2008, will address the role of sanitation in achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
Professor Huub Savenije, Professor of Integrated Water Resources Management at UNESCO-IHE and chairman of the Netherlands National Committee IHP-HWRP, will be awarded the Henry Darcy Medal of the European Geosciences Union (EGU).
UNESCO-IHE joins with the world community in congratulating Intergovernmental Programme on Climate Change and Al Gore on the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
With a suitcase full of expectations, 155 students from 55 countries arrived to Delft to follow the Master programme for the next 18 months. These mid-career engineers, environmentalists and managers, who are essential for the development of their countries, will address the most critical water...
Professor Donald Huisingh, a renowned expert in Cleaner Production with 37 years of professional experience, discussed on Thursday the 11th about the challenges for sustainable development and the need for a paradigm shift if the world is to prevent tragedy. (See an interview with Prof. Huising...
On Monday 15 october UNESCO-IHE and Unie van Waterschappen will host a mini-symposium on Sanitation Technology.
The Inaugural address of Dano Roelvink, Professor of Coastal Engineering and Port Development, will take place on October the 12th at UNESCO-IHE auditorium. The address, entitled Living on the edge, will analyse coastal systems under increasing pressure by urbanization and climate change.
