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IHE Delft welcomes new Governing Board member
Meike van Ginneken, a water leader with 25 years of experience spanning five continents, has joined the IHE Delft Governing Board. She will be part of the Board’s Risk and Audit committee.
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Remembering Dr. Mohammed Abdul Quassem (1943-2023): An icon in water resource management
IHE Delft alumnus and Bangladeshi water resources management expert Dr. Mohammed Abdul Quassem passed away on April 15, 2023. He was known for his friendly and approachable demeanour, often encouraging his colleagues to refer to him simply as Quassem or "Q". His passing is a loss to the field of water resources management and his colleagues at IHE Delft who held him in high esteem.
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IHE Delft's Project Connexion awarded funding to explore interlinkages between water, agriculture and human health
A new project that aims to explore the interlinkages between water, energy, food, the wider socio-ecological environment, and human health in South Africa recently was awarded funding from the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The project, CONNEXION, is led by Deltares, with IHE being a key partner. The project includes a consortium of Dutch and South African institutes.
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Extended deadline for MENA and Horn of Africa, Sahel, and SIDS Scholarships
The IHE Delft Water and Development Partnership Programme (DUPC2), funded by DGIS, the development cooperation agency of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is providing scholarships to enroll in IHE Delft's MSc in Water and Sustainable Development to early and mid career water professionals from three regions. The application deadline has been extended to 1 June 2023.
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New funding call open for all non-European low-and middle-income countries: Water and Development Partnership Programme
The Water and Development Partnership Programme today launched a call for proposals open to applicants from all non-European low-and middle-income countries. Ten projects with budgets up to 400,000 euro and a working-duration of 3.5 years will be selected.
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Water and Development Partnership Programme: Six projects selected for funding
The proposals were reviewed in a two-stage process in which applicants received feedback to develop their initial ideas in line with the focus of the call and the philosophy of the programme. The total budget for the six projects together is 10.5 million euros.
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Rotary scholarships available for MSc in Water and Sustainable Development
Through a strategic partnership between The Rotary Foundation (TRF) and IHE Delft, full scholarships will be awarded to young and mid-career water professionals from all over the world to enroll in IHE Delft's MSc in Water and Sustainable Development.
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Education and training needed for better wastewater treatment in the fashion industry
The fashion industry is in urgent need of decreasing their emissions to protect water resources and the environment, in particular due to the release of hazardous chemicals into their effluents. At an online side event held 21 March as part of the UN 2023 Water Conference, Carlos López Vázquez, IHE Delft Associate Professor of Sanitary Engineering shared insights on the importance of capacity development in industrial wastewater treatment.
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New book: Examples and exercises for biological wastewater treatment
A new open-access book on biological wastewater treatment focuses on the latest developments in the field of wastewater treatment. The book aims to help young water professionals engage with the scientific and bioprocess engineering principles of wastewater treatment science and technology.
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IHE Delft and FAO launch online course on Environmental Flow requirements
IHE Delft partners with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to launch a new open online course on Environmental Flow requirements in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 6.4.2. The self-paced course is free of charge and available in English, French and Spanish.