An international workshop on Post-processing and Verification of Hydrological Ensemble Predictions was held at UNESCO-IHE from 7 to 9 June 2011. Ensemble predictions are probabilistic predictions, to provide water managers with information to take risk-based decisions. The real-time information...
Are you a young water professional or PhD student working in the area of urban water management or urban planning? Then the Young Scientist Workshop is interesting for you! Kindly also forward this announcement to others who may be interested.
Currently an interdisciplinary research project 'Hydropower‐to‐environment water transfers in the Zambezi basin' is carried out by UNESCO‐IHE Institute for Water Education, Eduardo Mondlane University, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, WaterNet and WWF.
The project aims to improve the su...
155 Masters of Science participants from 40 countries received their degree during the annual UNESCO-IHE graduation ceremony on 27 April.
Professor Philip O’Kane was awarded the UNESCO-IHE Honorary Fellowship in April during the Institute’s Master of Science academic graduation ceremony.
On the 27th of April 2011, Mr. Tarek Kamal Abdalla Waly successfully presented and defended his PhD thesis and was awarded with a Doctoral degree. Professor dr. G.L. Amy and Prof. dr. G-J. Witkamp were his promoters. The PhD research focused on 'Minimizing the Use of Chemicals to Control Scaling...
A new agreement between the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment and UNESCO-IHE was signed on 27 April.
The largest online water video portal TheWaterChannel.tv has become even better. The site is now more user-friendly, making it even easier to find videos that you find interesting and relevant.
This week, 63 new short course participants arrived at the Institute from various countries in Africa, South America, Asia and Europe to take part in ten Short Courses. The courses run from 25 March to 16 April and they will be joining the current batch of MSc participants in various modules.
On World Water Day, 22 March, Dutch artist and filmmaker Ap Verheggen, was nominated Cultural Ambassador to UNESCO-IHE. Verheggen became internationally known for his ‘cool(E)motion’ art project in March 2010, whereby he placed two sculptures on melting icebergs in the arctic.
