Jan Luijendijk

Ir. J. Luijendijk has over 30 years professional experience in the field of Land and Water Engineering, Integrated Water Resources Development and Capacity Building Programs for the water sector. He worked for 10 years as Associate Professor in Land and water Development at the Delft University of Technology. For the last 20 years he joined UNESCO-IHE where he had a variety of scientific and management positions. For two terms (8 years) he was Vice-Rector of IHE and Head of the Hydraulic Engineering Department. At the moment he is Head of the Hydroinformatics and Knowledge Management Department. He has been senior Project Director of several of IHE’s strategic long-term Capacity Building Programs in developing countries for the last 15-20 years in Asia, East-Africa and the Middle East.

Key qualifications

– Professional expert in Integrated Water Resources Management

Specialized in Drainage, Irrigation, Hydroinformatics and Knowledge Management

– Capacity Building expert for the water sector

Extensive international experience in Capacity Building activities through participation in short (feasibility, formulation, review and evaluation) missions for World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Dutch Government and others to the following countries: Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Israel, Kenya, Libya, Peru, South Korea, Sudan, Surinam, Tanzania, Uganda and Yemen.

– Expert in developing Knowledge Networks

During the last 10-15 years increased experience with the development of professional networks (Knowledge networks and Communities of Practice) to activate and stimulate applied research and other collaborative work, like joint curriculum development. Special emphasis is on the Nile region (Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, D.R. Congo and Uganda) and Indonesia.

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