The Awarding and Closing Ceremony for the Academic year of 2006-2008, which took place on Thursday 24 April 2008 at Theatre De Veste in Delft, was an opportunity to look back at events from the last 18 months.
UNESCO-IHE's Annual Report 2007 is now available online.
The first 18 students following the Master of Science programme in Water Resources and Environmental Management at the National University of Rwanda have just graduated. The Master in WREM started running in 2006 and after having completed the 2-year programme, the 18 students received their di...
Ali Dastgheib, a lecturer and PhD fellow at the Coastal Engineering and port Development group, received the IADC Award for best paper written by a young author for his contribution to COPEDEC 2008.
Researchers can now read scientific articles on drinking water treatments for free in the online DWES journal. The aim of this joint initiative of TU Delft and UNESCO-IHE is to increase accessibility to scientific publications, especially for researchers in developing countries.
In accordance with the International Year of Sanitation, proclaimed by the United Nations for 2008, World Water Day will focus this year on sanitation. It will be celebrated on 20 March.
On 18 March 2008, TU-Delft and UNESCO-IHE organised a conference on virtual water and bio-fuels and their impact in water trade.
On March 11, 2008 Mr. Cheevin Limsiri successfully defended his PhD thesis and propositions on Very soft organic clay applied for road embankment: modelling and optimisation approach.
18 March 2008, UNESCO-IHE will host a symposium on Virtual Water Trade: Geopolitical aspects of Water Trade and upcoming Biofuels.
On Thursday 6 March, the Institute hosts the Symposium Cities of the Future-Strategic Planning for Water Sustainability’.