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A new project, In Search of Sustainable Catchments and Basin-wide Solidarities; Transboundary Water Management of the Blue Nile River Basin, will identify and analyse the factors contributing to sustainable practices in upstream catchments and will investigate how this knowledge can be used for...
Many nations share their water resources. More than 250 major rivers, lakes and aquifers cross national borders, and these are potential sources of conflict, raising serious issues for peace and security.
The application deadline for most FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMMES for the UNESCO-IHE master programmes will be open a few more weeks from now. So, if you wish to apply for one of the UNESCO-IHE master programs, you have to send your application to UNESCO-IHE immediately. Don’t miss your deadline!
On January 23rd 2008 Margaret Abira successfully defended in public her PhD thesis 'A Pilot Constructed Wetland for Pulp and Paper Mill Wastewater'. Her promotor was Professor Patrick Denny (Emeritus Professor of Wetland and Aquatic Ecology, UNESCO-IHE), and co-promotor was Dr. Hans van Bruggen...
On the 17th of October 2008, William Joseph Ntow from Ghana successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘The use and fate of pesticides in vegetable-based agreoecosystems in Ghana.’
UNESCO-IHE entered 2008 with the traditional New Years speech by the director of the Institute. Richard Meganck reviewed the successes and difficulties of last year and the challenges and prospects the Institute will encounter in the coming months and years.
The New Year brought the kicked-off of WETwin, a project to enhance the role of wetlands in integrated water resources management in the European Union, Africa and South America. The project, involving a consortium of nine international partners including UNESCO-IHE, will identify strategies an...
In May 2008 UNESCO-IHE will offer a new online course on sanitation-related urban groundwater pollution.
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.
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