The 3rd International Congress on Biotechniques for Air Pollution Control is held from 28-30 September. Over 110 participants from universities and industries will be attending the 3-day meeting at UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in Delft. The meeting provides an opportunity for profess...
On 22 September 2009, the 58 members of UNESCO’s Executive Board designated Irina Gueorguieva Bokova (Bulgaria) as candidate to the post of Director-General. On 15 October, the nomination will be submitted to the approval of the General Conference, which brings together representatives of the Or...
Professor András Szöllösi-Nagy, newly appointed Rector at the Institute for Water Education, addressed staff in the Institute’s auditorium on 15 September 2009, introducing himself and giving a brief overview of his ideas for the future.
On 4th of September 2009, Mr. Gerald Augusto Corzo Perez from Colombia successfully defended his PhD thesis and was awarded his Doctoral degree. Professor Solomatine was his promoter. The PhD research focused on ‘Hybrid models for hydrological forecasting: Integration of data-driven and conceptu...
The 2009 World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden from 16 to 22 August, themed ‘Accessing Water for the Common Good’ had a special focus on Transboundary Waters. The 2009 WWW will be the first under a new three-year niche entitled “Water: Responding to Global Change”. True to tradition, UNESCO-IHE...
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education announces a change in leadership. The new Rector, Professor András Szöllösi-Nagy, will start his appointment on 5 September 2009.
The International Spate Irrigation Network (SpN) and UNESCO-IHE have signed a formal Cooperation Agreement to jointly explore opportunities in research, projects and capacity building on sustainable development and management of flood-based irrigation systems, water and environmental resources m...
UNESCO-IHE's Water Engineering Department acquired a new project to develop and deliver a tailor-made training in port operations for 15 participants coming September. The training will be for the Maritime Studies Department of the King Abdul-Aziz University (KAU) in Saudi Arabia.
Professor Richard Meganck, Rector of UNESCO-IHE, celebrated his retirement on 2 July, 2009, with staff and students, after having served a six-year period as Rector at the Institute for Water Education in Delft, the Netherlands. He will officially retire on 4 September 2009.
On 29 June 2009, Mrs. Hong Li from China successfully defended her PhD thesis and was awarded the doctoral degree cum laude. The PhD research focused on “spatial pattern dynamics in aquatic ecosystem modelling”. Aquatic ecosystems are sensitive to rapid economic development, urbanisation, popula...
