| Report Delta Planning Training Workshop - Myanmar 21-25 October 2013 The aim of the training workshop was to bring together professionals from river deltas like the Mekong Delta, Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, Ayeyarwady Delta, Nile Delta and Ciliwung Delta who play / or will play key roles in delta planning and make them aware of different types of planning approaches, identify feasible approaches and methods given the local contexts and share experiences including those from the Netherlands. UNESCO-IHE, Wageningen UR, Delta Alliance and others, Friday 22 November 2013 |
| New Director of the Delta Alliance We are pleased to inform you that Mrs Renske Peters has accepted her nomination by the International Governing Board as new Director of the Delta Alliance. Delta Alliance Secretary, Friday 22 November 2013 |
| Call for Workshops Deltas in Practice now open! Invitation to organise a Deltas in Practice Workshop: The conference will offer participants around thirty workshops tailored to practitioners and policy makers. In the call we invite you to submit a proposal for a Deltas in Practice Workshop (submission deadline 15 January 2014).
The call for scientific abstracts Deltas in Depth will be open from mid November.
Deltas in Times of Climate Change II, September 2014, Wednesday 23 October 2013 |
| International Governing Board Meeting 2013 The International Governing Board has met on June 27, 2013. The Board was pleased with the progress since the 1st meeting and the international positioning of the Delta Alliance. The Board is also aware of the challenges that Delta Alliance has to face for the future. Delta Alliance Secretary, Monday 2 September 2013 |
| Vulnerability assessment of the Irrawaddy Delta in Myanmar Delta Alliance has been asked to realize a vulnerability and resilience assessment for the Irrawaddy Delta in Myanmar, comparable to the “Comparative Assessment of the Vulnerability and Resilience of 10 Deltas” executed in 2010/2011 for 10 other deltas in the world. Delta Alliance Secretary, Monday 8 July 2013 |
| Workshop held on Building Climate Resilience in The Nile Delta Urban Water Management for Effective solutions (Cairo, 16/17-06) The workshop was organised within the framework of the development of the ‘Enabling Delta Life Initiative’, a joint Global Program of Action on Deltas of Delta Alliance and the Global Water Partnership. Its main purpose was to identify elements of a program of action that can strategically complement and add value to on-going activities in the Nile delta. Delta Alliance International Secretariat, Friday 28 June 2013 |
| Water cooperation helps preserve water resources and protect the environment Delta Alliance together with Deltares and UNEP convened a session on the subject ‘Water cooperation helps preserve water resources and protect the environment’ during the World Water Day on 22 March 2013 in The Hague, the Netherlands. Delta Alliance International Secretariat, Monday 8 April 2013 |
| Delta Alliance is co-organising jointly with UNEP and Deltares a break out session during the World Water Day 22 March 2013 Delta Alliance is convening and presenting in the 3rd Break-out session on the subject of Water cooperation helps preserve water resources and protect the environment, during the World Water Day 22 March 2013. Delta Alliance Secretary, Wednesday 20 March 2013 |
| Conference Deltas in Times of Climate Change II Announcement Sept 24-26, 2014 As more knowledge is gained, climate adaptation strategies have been developed and measures taken. Yet a great deal remains to be done. How can risk analysis be improved? Which measures are most effective? How should they be best financed and implemented? Which stakeholders should be involved? These topics and many more will be discussed in a lively setting during the conference in 2014, Deltas in Times of Climate Change II. Deltas in Times of Climate Change II, Monday 18 March 2013 |
| JCAT team co-organised a session at 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction In October 2012, the Jakarta Climate Adaptation Tools (JCAT) team co-organised a session at the 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Delta Alliance Secretary, Friday 1 March 2013 |
