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In 2017, IHE Delft celebrated 60 years of solving water challenges worldwide. Starting in 1957 with its first course, IHE Delft has worked to increase the capacity of developing countries to manage their water resources, increasing security from disaster and expanding access to clean water and sanitation. Today, IHE Delft is the largest graduate water education facility in the world with over 15,000 alumni from around 160 countries.

We celebrated our 60 anniversary by organizing a conference where we explored, together with invited guests, how to further adapt to the changing geopolitical, economic and cultural global landscape. This is needed to meet challenging water related issues in a development context. In addition, we organized an Open Day for the people of Delft and staff with their families to come and see what we do at the Institute.

MapathonWorld Water Day

Alumni Exhibition International Sports Day

Dear Readers,

2017 was a memorable year for IHE Delft – we celebrated 60 years of our existence and took time to consider how, as an education institute, we should respond to the changing landscape around us. The 60th anniversary conference https://www.un-ihe.org/impact-ihe-delft-changing-landscape provided us with our first opportunity to gather ideas and suggestions and we spent the next few months conducting other events to gather feedback. The responses were considered when we drafted the updated strategy for the Institute, which will be finalised in May 2018.

As part of the celebrations, we commissioned Gil Garcetti, photographer and cultural ambassador, to capture in images a selection of our alumni, what they are doing and the impact they are having on water issues back home. We were fortunate that Gemeente Delft hosted the exhibition for a number of weeks in the new town hall and in June 2018 it will be also hosted at UNESCO in Paris.

Our new Rector, Professor Eddy Moors, was appointed and took up his post in July 2017. Eddy Moors was head of the research team ‘Climate change and adaptive land & water management’ at Alterra (the Wageningen Environmental Research group). He is also Professor of Water and Climate at the VU University Amsterdam. His inaugural lecture focused on the topic ‘Water, wrestling with wicked problems’.

We realised that many Delft residents do not know what goes on behind the doors of IHE Delft so we organised an Open Day on June 10th to tell all. Visitors enjoyed the talks and demonstrations and the children played water related games outside, thanks to the good weather.

World Water Week in Stockholm is the annual focal point for global water issues. In 2017, the theme was ‘water and waste – reduce and reuse’. IHE Delft was present and co-organized sessions on citizen observatories, sanitation and water and waste management. It is always a good opportunity to greet some alumni there and find out how their careers are progressing in the world of water.

In the spirit of connecting science with music, IHE Delft was pleased to take part in a Stichting Delft In-ovatie ‘huiskamerconcerten’ initiative, where PhD fellows presented their thesis topics accompanied by suitable music. Three of our fellows took part in different locations along Oude Delft.

As always, all our activities were linked to and in pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly, but not exclusively, SDG 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

So, all in all, a significant year in IHE Delft’s history and one with a number of positive changes. Importantly, we are entering a stable period where the Institute can focus all its energy on contributing to overcoming the water challenges throughout the world.

With best regards,

Prof. Eddy Moors, RectorDr. Johan Aad van Dijk, Business DirectorProf. Charlotte de Fraiture, Vice Rector

Message from the Rectorate

IHE Delft educates Master of Science students with a strong interest in water and development, to become creative problem-solving professionals. Teaching staff and students come from all over the world, and partnerships with related institutes and universities play an important role in the day-to-day teaching. In addition to the Master programmes, the Institute offers a wide range of short courses, specialized (online) courses and provides tailor-made training, catering directly to the needs of each client.

MSc GraduationsErasmus Mundus Graduation ceremonies

Over a hundred Master students received their diploma in one of the four 18-month MSc programmes the Institute offers. Most of them returned to their home country to use the knowledge gained to further their career in the water sector. As members of the IHE Delft alumni community, the largest global network of water professionals in the world, the graduates actively support the implementation of the UN Global Water Agenda.

The Erasmus Mundus programmes ‘Flood Risk Management’ and ‘Groundwater and Global Change – Impacts and Adaptation’, known as GroundwatCh, celebrated the graduation of 21 and 13 students respectively. The programmes are offered in collaboration with other European universities and funded by the European Commission. For the GroundWatCh programme this graduation was the first one. The first students started their journey four years

ago, when IHE Delft, IST Lisbon, and TU Dresden agreed on the need for an international master programme that would tackle a wide range of topics relating to groundwater.

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MSc graduates194

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Alumni activitiesThe Institute is committed to ensuring that our alumni are engaged in lifelong learning. IHE Delft received grants from Nuffic to fund refresher courses for alumni in 5 different countries and organize 4 Thematic Alumni Events. Together with TheWaterChannel, we also promoted 4 alumni & partners online seminars under the DUPC2 programme. These initiatives are developed with the purpose of supporting ongoing education, training, and research opportunities for our former students. 18 alumni gatherings were organized all over the world in 2017 and alumni are actively engaging with each other on social media in 23 Facebook and LinkedIn groups.

Photo Exhibition Our alumni are a real and tangible reflection of our education activities. The impact that their work has in their communities and their countries was highlighted in the ‘Alumni in Action’ photo exhibition, which graced the halls of the Institute and the building of Delft’s Municipality. The photos were taken by IHE Delft’s cultural ambassador Gil Garcetti.

Alumni Award 2017 Dr. Arie Setiadi Moerwanto from Indonesia is the winner of the IHE Delft Alumni Award 2017. He is the Director General of Highway Engineering at the Ministry of Public Works and Housing in Indonesia. He completed his MSc in Hydraulic Engineering at IHE Delft in 1990 and he is the first alumnus from Asia to receive this award.

Saad KibriaProgramme: Water Management and GovernanceSpecialization: Water Resources ManagementCountry: Pakistan

“One of the benefits of studying at IHE Delft is the multicultural environment that one gets to live in. It is amazing to interact with different people from all over the world, with different backgrounds, experience and age. It is really an academically, professionally and culturally enriching experience.”

Titus Adeyemi AlongeProgramme: Water Science and EngineeringSpecialization: Land and Water Development for Food Security Country: Nigeria

“Studying at IHE Delft equips me with the experience required to solve challenges facing water and agriculture in Nigeria. Being here gives me the opportunity to make international friends and broaden my network. The lecturers at IHE Delft are very easy to approach, friendly and they welcome questions from students. The learning style at IHE Delft requires working in groups to help each other.”

Maria Wünsch De AlvarengaProgramme: Urban Water and SanitationSpecialization: Sanitary EngineeringCountry: Brazil

“At IHE Delft I get a more holistic view of sanitary engineering. The teaching staff is involved in projects all over the world and have a lot of experience. They really care and have the patience to answer our questions. They see us as drivers of change and believe in us. That motivates us to give our best every day. We are not studying for a title, but to understand and solve real problems.”

MSc student reflectionsLaunch of 12 month Master in SanitationIn partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, IHE Delft has launched a new MSc Programme in Sanitation. It is a unique and accredited programme designed for completion in 12 months. The programme has scholarships available for top talent and is Delft-based with thesis work abroad. The first 15 students coming from 12 different developing countries start on 23 April 2018.

Expanding our online education Embracing the opportunities of digital technologies, IHE Delft is expanding its online education efforts, making it more flexible and accessible. Online education products are already part of the Institute’s educational portfolio, such as accredited online courses at MSc level, a Graduate Professional Diploma Programme (GPDP) and an OpenCourseWare (OCW) platform with free open educational resources. Four new OCW courses were launched in 2017 on the topics: Urban Water Distribution, Faecal Sludge Management, Data Sharing for Water Sector Organisations and Chemistry. IHE Delft is expected to launch its first MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) in 2018.

Global premiere: first formal QGIS certificates awarded at IHE Delft The first ever awarding of formal QGIS training certificates took place last September. QGIS is a cross-platform, free and open-source desktop geographic information system (GIS) application that supports viewing, editing, and analysis of geospatial data. The participants that followed IHE Delft’s short course on the use of QGIS, received the certificates at the end of their training week, jointly awarded by IHE Delft and Geo Academie.

IHE Delft’s presence at international education fairsThe Communication & Marketing team of IHE Delft, in collaboration with alumni, visited international education fairs in Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi (India), Accra (Ghana) and Lagos (Nigeria) to share the latest information about our education and training programmes with interested potential students.

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The research and innovation activities of the Institute aim to develop problem orientated researchers and the knowledge to solve complex water related problems. PhD fellows are a valuable asset for the Institute. The Graduate School provides a stimulating and dynamic research environment to ensure and improve the development of their scientific and interpersonal skills. In 2017, a total of 152 PhD fellows were doing research, of which 15 successfully defended their dissertation. Over the past three years, the percentage of female fellows increased, from 34% in 2015 to 41% in 2017.

Estimating the Impacts of Urban Growth on Future Flood RiskBy William Veerbeek, senior lecturer and researcher at IHE Delft

The unprecedented growth of cities has a significant impact on future flood risk, that might exceed the impacts of climate change in many metropolitan areas across the world. Although the effects of urbanisation on flood risk are well understood, assessments that include spatially explicit future growth projections are limited.

This comparative study provides insight into the long term development of future riverine and pluvial flood risk for 18 fast growing megacities. For these cities a spatially explicit urban growth model has been developed, capable of identifying and extrapolating

spatial development trends into growth projections for the short, medium and long term.

For some cities like Dhaka or Lahore, the outcomes are alarming, while others show an implicit tendency for flood adverse urban growth. The outcomes not only provide a baseline absent in current practice, but also a strategic outlook that might better establish the role of urban planning in limiting future flood risk.

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Chris Zevenbergen, Professor of Flood Resilience of Urban Systems / promoter of William Veerbeek:

“Are cities deterministic? How cities grow and the pathway they follow can be influenced. Veerbeek’s work on urban growth modelling is instrumental in providing support to cities to follow pathways allowing them to evolve into less (flood) risky places.”

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Dhaka, Bangladesh: one of the megacities where a disproportionate growth is projected in flood prone areas.

• Rubio Rincòn - Effect of Sulphide on Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal

• Delos Reyes - Modernization Strategy for National Irrigation Systems in the Philippines: Balance and Sta. Maria River Irrigation Systems

• Mawiti Yekti - Role of Reservoir Operation in Sustainable Water Supply to Subak Irrigation Schemes in Yeh Ho River Basin

• Vorawit Meesuk - Point Cloud Data Fusion for Enhancing 2D Urban Flood Modelling

• Chiara Cassarini - Anaerobic oxidation of methane in the presence of different electron acceptors

• Maria Reyes Perez - Water Supply and Demand Management in the Galapágos Islands- a case study of Santa Cruz Island

• Nadejda Andreev - Lactic Acid Fermentation of Human Excreta for Agricultural Application

• Abdulai Salifu - Fluoride Removal from

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Meseret TeweldebrihanIn 2016, Meseret started her PhD journey. Her research is on the dynamics of lake and groundwater interaction. Meseret believes that IHE Delft is a boundless institute which offers great opportunities on the educational level as well as the cultural. “The Institute offers high-quality education in the field of water and is also a great place to meet students and professionals from all over the globe.’’

Christiana Metzker Netto Christiana’s research is on water utilities and focuses on water loss. She is trying to understand how the water utilities are managing the knowledge (capacity development and ensuring the best use of the knowledge) to reduce the loss of water in the system. After her PhD she wants to work at a consultancy company to advise water utilities in Brazil. “IHE Delft is a great Institute with many possibilities. Not only your professional life, but also your personal life will change. It is very unique here, the whole world is at IHE Delft.”

Angélica Rada ArizaAngélica is researching the interactions between microalgae and aerobic bacteria, with the aim of better understanding this symbiosis. This will allow the development of a new type of treatment for wastewater called “Photo-Activated Sludge System”, which so far has shown promising results. After Angélica’s defence, she plans to return to Colombia, to finally apply all the knowledge gained on sanitation. “I would like to work in projects that boost the treatment of wastewater in Colombia, whether it is in industry or government, the most important thing is to use new technologies that are adapted to our situation and climate.’’

Book ‘Experimental Methods in Wastewater Treatment’, was co-published by IHE Delft’s Professor Damir Brdanovic and Associate Professor Carlos Lopez Vazquez.

Uta Wehn, Associate Professor of water innovation studies, guest edited the Special Volume of the Journal of Cleaner Production on the dynamics of water innovation with Carlos Montalvo (TNO).

www.iwapublishing.comISBN 9781780404745 (Hardback)ISBN 9781780404752 (eBook)

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Carlos M. Lopez-VazquezDamir Brdjanovic Eldon R. ReneElena FicaraElena TorfsEveline I.P. VolckeGeorge A. EkamaGlen T. DaiggerGürkan SinHenri SpanjersHolger DaimsIlse Y. SmetsImre TakácsIngmar NopensJeppe L. NielsenJiři WannerJuan A. BaezaKartik ChandranKrist V. GernaeyLaurens WellesMads AlbertsenMari K.H. WinklerMark C.M. van LoosdrechtMathieu SpérandioMorten S. DueholmNancy G. LovePer H. NielsenPeter A. VanrolleghemPiet N.L. LensRasmus H. KirkegaardRobert J. SeviourSebastiaan C.F. MeijerSophie BalemansSøren M. KarstSylvie GillotTessa P.H. van den BrandTommaso LottiYves Comeau

Over the past twenty years, the knowledge and understanding of wastewater treatment has advanced extensively and moved away from empirically-based approaches to a fundamentally-based � rst-principles approach embracing chemistry, microbiology, and physical and bioprocess engineering, often involving experimental laboratory work and techniques. Many of these experimental methods and techniques have matured to the degree that they have been accepted as reliable tools in wastewater treatment research and practice.

For sector professionals, especially the new generation of young scientists and engineers entering the wastewater treatment profession, the quantity, complexity and diversity of these new developments can be overwhelming, particularly in developing countries where access to advanced level laboratory courses in wastewater treatment is not readily available. In addition, information on innovative experimental methods is scattered across scienti� c literature and only partially available in the form of textbooks or guidelines. This book seeks to address these de� ciencies. It assembles and integrates the innovative experimental methods developed by research groups and practitioners around the world and broadly applied in wastewater treatment research and practice.

Experimental Methods in Wastewater Treatment book forms part of the internet-based curriculum in sanitary engineering at UNESCO-IHE and, as such, may also be used together with video recordings of methods and approaches performed and narrated by the authors, including guidelines on best experimental practices. The book is written for undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, laboratory sta� , plant operators, consultants, and other sector professionals.

“This book will make a major contribution to the establishment of a common language between scientists and wastewater treatment practitioners, enhancing communication beyond

their specific field of expertise and on a global scale.” Prof.Dr. Helmut Kroiss, President IWA

Mark C.M. van LoosdrechtPer Halkjær Nielsen

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Scientific publications

PhD fellows about their researchAnnual PhD SymposiumThe annual PhD symposium 2017 held at IHE Delft was on the theme “Climate extremes and water management challenges”. It provided a great opportunity for PhD fellows to present and share their latest research findings to their peers and the wider community of IHE Delft. More than 80 participants attended the Symposium, including PhD fellows, professors, lecturers, MSc students, staff and external participants from other universities. The programme included presentations, poster sessions, workshops, a trivia pub quiz, a wicked debate, and keynote talks by guest speakers.

Wicked debates A group of enthusiastic PhD fellows organized a series of ‘wicked debates’. These debates aim to discuss a complex issue, with debaters contributing differing, sometimes opposing viewpoints to the problem. We will continue the successful wicked debate series in 2018.

Topics in 2017 included: • Changing dynamics of development

aid in the age of climate change (and Trump): activism, solidarity and science

• A tale of two disciplines: A conversation between sociohydrology and hydrosocial research to understand the dynamics of water and humans.

• For What It’s Worth: Subjective vs Objective Perspectives on Valuing Water

IDA Innovation Award The research paper, “a new method of assessing bacterial growth in seawater reverse osmosis systems: method development and applications”, received the Innovation Award in October after its presentation at the International Desalination Association (IDA) World Congress in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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• Pradeep Narrain - Low Head Hydropower for Local Energy Solutions

• Mohanasundar Radhakrishnan - Flexibility in Adaption Planning: When, Where and How to Include Flexibility for Increasing Urban Flood Resilience

• William Veerbeek - Estimating the Impacts of Urban Growth on Future Flood Risk.

• Nirajan Dhakal - Controlling Biofouling in Seawater Reverse Osmosis Membrane Systems

• Chunqing Wang - Numerical Modelling of Ice Floods in the Ning-Meng Reach of the Yellow River Basin

• Lea Chua Tan - Anaerobic treatment of mine wastewater for the removal of selenate and its co-contaminants

• Shrutika L. Wadgaonkar - Novel bioremediation processes for treatment of seleniferous soils and sediment

IHE Delft strives to strengthen the programmes of universities and research institutes, as well as the knowledge and capacity base of ministries and other water sector organizations in Africa, South-America and Asia/Pacific. We do this by training water professionals on-the-job, creating water education networks, joint research, policy advice, distance & e-learning, participation in innovative projects and facilitating knowledge sharing.

Global partnership programme - DUPC2

Desalination, Diplomacy and Water reuse in the Middle East project

Working in partnership on education and training, research and capacity development is a key approach of IHE Delft. This approach has considerably increased the impact of the Institute and its partners at global and local levels. The DUPC Global Partnership programme is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and entered its second phase in 2016. Since then, more than 80 projects have been initiated worldwide with an education, research or knowledge sharing focus, which have, or will have, practical impact on the ground.

The Desalination, Diplomacy and Water reuse in the Middle East project addresses water scarcity caused by increasing population, refugee influx and climate change. Jordan opened its first seawater desalination plant on 18 March 2017. This sea water reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant was inaugurated by Prime Minister Hani Mulki of Jordan and is set to demonstrate that membrane-based

desalination can be successfully applied there to generate fresh water. Prior to the opening, IHE Delft delivered a 4-day intensive course on the design, operation and maintenance of SWRO systems for 25 engineers and scientists from various organisations. The training was funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ).

The Dengue, Water and Households project is led by Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique. ‘Chasing the Mosquito’ explores the relationship between water, social power, and vulnerability to diseases transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection that can sometimes have lethal consequences. In past years there were various dengue outbreaks reported in Mozambique, due to poor water supply and unplanned urbanisation of rural areas. In the second semester of 2017, a team of Mozambican students and researchers started doing fieldwork in the cities of Maputo and Pemba. They conducted house to house ethnographies in neighbourhoods that are most affected by the dengue epidemic. The students investigated the connections between intermittent water supply, water storage practices, and Aedes aegypti.

www.chasingthemosquito.com

Institutional strengthening

Wim Douven, DUPC programme coordinator:

“This phase of the programme has now been running for two years and is producing very interesting education and research activities, following various approaches towards creating impact. This results in a wealth of experience and lessons to be learned and shared.”

Dengue, Water and Households project

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Unlike cities which regularly endure floods because of tropical weather patterns, the city of Alexandria in Egypt suffers from occasional floods. Because these floods happen sporadically, there are no mechanisms in place that can alert local authorities. This means that when such a flood happens, it is an unexpected event that can bring deadly consequences. IHE Delft and partners are preparing Alexandria for the effects of extreme rainfall and are implementing innovative infrastructure solutions to enhance the flood resilience of the city.

Citizen science is on the increase. Using their own observations and mobile devices, citizens can provide a new data stream of local information about their environment, complementing existing systems and data sources. The Ground Truth 2.0 project recognises the importance of real-life interaction between people and technology to set up a successful system. Its innovative approach combines the social dimensions of citizen observatories with enabling technologies, so that the implementation of the respective

citizen observatories is tailored to their envisaged societal and economic impacts. In 2017, the project organized many co-design sessions with local stakeholders in 4 European and 2 African cities. In addition, the first Ground Truth 2.0 citizen observatories were launched in Belgium and Spain. Citizens monitored local air quality and noise, and provided insights into the impact of climate change on nature.

http://gt20.euThis project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No.689744.

BEGIN project

The impact on people and the environment caused by climate change, has been given much attention in and outside the academic world. The recent turn of events concerning the Paris Agreement makes it all the more clear that Europe will have to take an important lead in this matter. Climate adaptation is not something you simply impose, you do it in collaboration and it requires the active support of people and communities. That is exactly what the BEGIN project focuses on. Sixteen organizations from six European countries, are working together to better prepare cities for the effects of climate change, such as heavy rainfall.

BEGIN stands for ‘Blue Green Infrastructures through Social Innovation’. The conventional grey infrastructure (e.g. sewer systems and the like) needs additional so-called ‘blue green’ solutions. ‘Blue’ means: for instance more capacity for water storage and drainage. ‘Green’ means: less pavement, for example. These blue green measures not only help cope with the extreme weather conditions, they also contribute to a more attractive and enjoyable living environment. In 2017, IHE Delft has implemented a city-to-city learning programme for the project. More intensive cooperation between the cities took shape in a series of exchange workshops on the theme of ‘green-blue facilities to limit the consequences of extreme weather conditions’. These workshops ran throughout February in each of the cities.

www.northsearegion.eu/begin

Project co-funded by theEUROPEAN UNION

Anticipatory Flood Management in Alexandria (AFMA) project

The Ground Truth 2.0 project

Open Water Diplomacy project. Media, science and transboundary cooperation in the Nile basinIHE Delft published its first podcast in 2017. The ‘searching for the sources of the Nile’ podcast series is an initiative of the Open Water Diplomacy project. Media, science and transboundary cooperation in the Nile basin. Four episodes are online since the launch: ‘The art and science of water diplomacy’, ‘An emotional dam?’, ‘Nile day: what Egypt should celebrate’ and ‘Sudan: caught in between’.

Water, Peace and Security Initiative The Water, Peace and Security Initiative (WPSI) was launched in 2017 by IHE Delft, World Resources Institute (WRI), Deltares and the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) with support from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The initiative is a response to the urgent threat the reduction in water security globally causes to human security and social stability and is embarking on a pilot project for two years.

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The balance sheet shows a ratio of 17/83 between equity and borrowed capital, which corresponds to a solvency ratio of 17%. This ratio improved significantly over the past five years. Solvency needs to grow towards a targeted 20%, which will be accomplished through savings and efficiency improvements in IHE Delft’s operations.

The income of IHE Delft originates from three main sources:• Base funding from the

Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science

• Tuition fees received for MSc, PhD, short-course and module participants (regular programmes)

• Project revenue (irregular programmes)

IHE Delft makes a distinction between programme and non-programme expenditures. Programme expenditures relate to direct output of the Institute’s activities and revenue items of education, training and projects. The non-programme expenditures concern general costs such as staff, building, facilities and other indirect or overhead costs.

In 2017, the total income of IHE Delft was about € 37 million, with an overall result of € 40k. This is lower than in previous years due to increased expenditures not directly attributable to good and services sold, the so-called non-programme expenditures, and as a result of lower project and tuition fee income. A snapshot of the 2017 financial situation of IHE Delft is presented below.

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IHE Delft OnlineFacebook likes

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E-newsletter subscribers

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Unique visitors344,425

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Water Sector Market60th Anniversary Conference

Opening Academic Year International Women’s Day

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Open Day event for the Delft public

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education is the largest international graduate water education facility in the world and is based in Delft, the Netherlands. The Institute confers fully accredited MSc degrees, and PhD degrees in collaboration with partners. Since 1957 the Institute has provided graduate education to more than 15,000 water professionals from over 160 countries, the vast majority from the developing world.

The mission of IHE Delft is to contribute to the education and training of professionals, to expand the knowledge base through research and to build the capacity of sector organizations, knowledge centres and other institutions active in the fields of water, the environment and infrastructure in developing countries and countries in transition.

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are important and ambitious goals that keep us at IHE Delft focused on our role in addressing water and development challenges.

As a water education institute providing training, research and capacity development in water-related topics, one of our most important goals is ‘Clean water and sanitation’. However, water cannot be seen in isolation and is often a precondition for other goals. Therefore, together with our partners, we are also contributing to other SDGs, such as: zero hunger, gender equality, affordable and clean energy, and sustainable cities and communities, among others.

By introducing new monitoring techniques and developing innovative solutions, we will help to achieve ambitious goals such as a 25% increase in water productivity by 2030. IHE Delft’s main focus as we approach 2030 will be to further strengthen the connections between our different project activities. We will do this by emphasizing our inter- and transdisciplinary approach in all our activities. We are looking forward to doing this together with our partners and we welcome any ideas for collaborative initiatives.

Cover photos

Delhi’s projected urban growth for the 2010 - 2060 period superimposed on an extreme flood event (blue zones).

Graduates of the academic period 2015-2017 show their MSc diploma during the Graduation Ceremony in April 2017.