| Delta Alliance present at Stockholm Water Week 2015 Join us at the Climate Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction session during the Stockholm Water Week on Monday 24th of August, 14.00 – 15.30 h, Room FH202. The session is organised by The Hague Institute for Global Justice, Deltares in collaboration with the Delta Alliance. Delta Alliance Secretary, Thursday 13 August 2015 |
| Workshop 'Urban-Environmental Scenarios for Lower Parana Delta' Workshop held on 24 April 2015 to create an environment for stakeholder participation through scenario development and joint fact finding, in order to improve the level of integration of the spatial planning context. The activities were focused on the Lower Parana Delta. Delta Alliance International Secretariat, Friday 10 July 2015 |
| Active Discussion Session on Adaptive Delta Management In this session, it was explored how science and practice can be reconnected to advance Adaptive Delta Management and how transferable ADM is to other Deltas in the world. Speakers from government, knowledge institutes and businesses shared their experience and put forward propositions as a starting point for an interactive debate with the audience. The session was organised by Delft Infrastructures & Mobility Initiative (DIMI) of Delft University and the Delta Alliance.
The presentations marked a start of an active and lively discussion amongst the participants. The Dutch partners in the Delta Alliance will organise follow-up discussion sessions on how ADM, as a tool, could fill the knowledge gap on integrated planning and governance. Delta Alliance, Tuesday 30 June 2015 |
| Workshop held to explore opportunities for international cooperation within a new Dutch Water and Climate program The Dutch Wing of Delta Alliance organised a workshop on 21 April 2015 to explore the opportunities for international cooperation within research that will be carried out under the new Knowledge and Innovation program for Water and Climate (NKWK) in the Netherlands. Delta Alliance Dutch Wing, Monday 4 May 2015 |
| Delta Alliance Poll results, a summary Delta Alliance has been active since 2010 as an international knowledge-driven network organization with the mission of improving the resilience of the world’s deltas. The International Secretariat of the Delta Alliance seeks to strengthen the Delta Alliance’s function as a knowledge platform and facilitator of collaboration between deltas, particularly between its member deltas, the Wings. An online poll was designed to assist in this. Delta Alliance International Secretariat, Thursday 30 April 2015 |
| Workshop on Urban flooding in Ganges Delta, 10 May 2015, Dhaka, Bangladesh The Delta Alliance Bangladesh Wing is organising a workshop on ‘Urban Flooding in the Ganges Delta’ on 10th of May. The tentative programme is attached for your reference. For further information, please consult Prof.Dr. M. Monowar Hossain, the coordinator of the wing (mnh@iwmbd.org). Delta Alliance Bangladesh Wing, Thursday 23 April 2015 |
| Poll on challenges and opportunities in worldwide deltas Delta Alliance would like to ask 10 minutes of your time to fill in a poll on challenges and opportunities faced by the deltas of the world. Delta Alliance Secretary, Friday 20 February 2015 |
| Delta Alliance supports Mekong Delta in Viet Nam taking the next step in safeguarding the delta’s values At the Mekong Delta Forum, held in HCMC on 2nd and 3rd of February, Delta Alliance’s chairperson Mrs. Tineke Huizinga spoke on the importance of integrating sectoral interests and joint planning and financing. As Dutch minister for Water she supported the development of the Mekong Delta Plan that was presented in December 2013. Delta Alliance Secretary, Thursday 12 February 2015 |
| Balance Island goes international Dutch consortium investigates potential of Balance Island concept for deltas of Bangladesh and Viet Nam. Delta Alliance / Grontmij, Tuesday 10 February 2015 |
| Launch new call for proposals Urbanising Deltas of the World The NWO research and innovation programme Urbanising Deltas of the World (UDW) has launched a new call for proposals (€3M), which aims to fund projects that address business challenges in deltas in developing countries. UDW invites interested parties to apply for preliminary proposals, which can be submitted until 16 March 2015. NWO, Wednesday 14 January 2015 |
