The Seminar "Innovative Strategies in basins and deltas and their implementation mechanisms" was held on October 25th in Buenos Aires. It was co-organized by Delta Alliance Argentinean Wing, Fundación Humedales - Wetlands International and Fundación Torcuato Di Tella, with the support of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Buenos Aires.

The seminar consisted of a series of presentations by international experts on innovative cases of intervention in urban deltas and basins and their implementation mechanisms. The invited international experts were Prof. Dr. Ir. Han Meyer (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands), Dr. Machiel van Dorst (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands) and Prof.PhD Lisa Diedrich (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden).
The Seminar was opened by representatives of the organizer institutions; Mr. Daniel Blanco spoke on behalf of Fundación Humedales - Wetlands International, Lic. Hernan Carlino did it on behalf of Fundación Torcuato Di Tella, MSc.Arch.PhD (c) Verónica Zagare spoke on behalf of Delta Alliance Argentinean Wing and Plv. Chef de Poste / Ambassaderaad Marc Hasselaar welcomed the audience on behalf of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Buenos Aires.

Prof. Dr. Ir. Han Meyer presented "Parana Delta - an exceptional case". Through a presentation of examples from the current practice in the Netherlands, Dr. Meyer reflected on the three main issues concerning the Agenda for water systems of the 21st century:  Restore the natural resilience capacity, combine flood risk strategy with other agendas and make the system adaptable. After revisiting current strategies applied in the Netherlands he opened a discussion on the Parana Delta.

Dr. Machiel van Dorst presented "To find the combination of ecological and social resilience: how do we connect our global and long-term goals for resilient deltas to the residents-perspective -here and now-". Following a holistic approach, the presentation started with a review of the basis of ecological, environmental and social resilience, and ended with the presentation of cases of "holistic resilient delta design" around the world.
Prof.PhD Lisa Diedrich presented "Future urban water landscapes - site-specific design approaches". After introducing the challenges for urban landscapes, she presented a series of publications and examples of interventions in the Netherlands, Germany and the United States of America.
After the presentations there was a space for questions and reflections on the theme of the seminar regarding the potentialities of applying innovative strategies in the Parana Delta. The invited to attend the seminar included national, provincial and municipal authorities, as well as academic institutions, research centres and civil organizations. The seminar was held in the auditorium of the Torcuato Di Tella University.

For more information: http://www.deltasud.org/en/research-development.html