Zaki Shubber has recently started her career at UNESCO-IHE as lecturer in law and water diplomacy in the Integrated Water Systems and Governance department. By doing so she changed the course of her career completely having come from the corporate world. Read her story here.
On 14 February 2013, twelve students graduated from the two-year MSc programme on Integrated Lowland Development and Management Planning (one year at the Sriwijaya University, Indonesia and one year at UNESCO-IHE, Land and Water Development).
Bipin Dangol is studying Environmental Science at UNESCO-IHE. He has been interviewed for the Study in Holland programme of Nuffic about why he decided to come to study in Holland. Watch the video testimonial of Bipin Dangol here.
On 11 February, the youth event for the launching of the 2013 International Year of Water Cooperation organized by UNESCO took place in Paris. Twenty MSc and PhD students of UNESCO-IHE attended this event to share their knowledge and ideas on water cooperation.
On 6-7 February 2013, the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education convened an expert meeting on capacity development and water-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The meeting gathered 25 international experts and was held in order to contribute the institute's expertise in water secto...
On 11 February 2013, the International Year of Water Cooperation was officially launched at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Given the intrinsic nature of water as a transversal and universal resource, a multidisciplinary approach is needed where social scientists, water managers, policy makers, me...
On 6 February 2013, Mr. Collin Calvin Mabiza successfully presented and defended his PhD thesis and was awarded with a Doctoral degree. Professor Pieter van der Zaag was his promoter. The PhD research focused on integrated water resources management, institutions and livelihoods under stres...
On 4 February, Prof.Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Motaleb, Chairman of the National Water Research Center (NWRC) of Egypt and Dr. Entisar Ghurab visited UNESCO-IHE. The NWRC comprises of 12 research institutes specialized in i.e. Nile research, water management research and channel maintenance research. The...
Kenechukwu Okoli started his MSc in Hydraulic Engineering last October at UNESCO-IHE. In a blog published on Rotary Voices, the blog website of Rotary International, he comments on his experiences as a student in the Netherlands.
The Roth Family Foundation offers 10 fellowships for online water courses to West-African women in subjects related to Environmental Science, Municipal Water and Infrastructure, Water Management or Water Science and Engineering.
