| International conference on Coastal Management (24-26 September 2019, France) This ninth coastal management conference will look at how new approaches to coastal engineering can integrate with local planning and ‘place-shaping’ to encourage visionary adaptation to coastal change. Institution of Civil Engineers |
| Cairo Water Week (20-24 October 2019, Egypt) Cairo Water Week 2019 will address the main theme “Responding to Water Scarcity” through five sub-themes overarching a broad spectrum of the water scarcity. |
| Delta Design in Times of Climate Crisis - International Conference (5-6 March 2020) The conference will focus on urbanization in delta's from the perspectives of architecture, ecology, engineering and policy. Delta design is discussed here not only as an approach to deal with highly dynamic landscapes but rather as a fundamental shift in the way urbanization is addressed by design — as a driver of environmental change. Delta Urbanism |
| Benin Platform meeting (12 March 2020) Are you looking for an update on Benin’s water sector? Want to discuss reasons to continue working in Benin after bilateral funds (related to water) from the Embassy of the Netherlands phases out in 2021 and how to do this? Want to know more about possible partnerships and funding opportunities? Then you are invited to register. Netherlands Water Partnership |
| Source-to-Sea: connecting the dots between land and ocean (4 February 2020) In preparation for the upcoming UN Ocean Conference, the Kingdom of the Netherlands organises a lunch meeting in which the importance of a holistic land-ocean-water approach will be discussed. Invitees are Heads of Delegation, Permanent Representatives and Experts attending the UN Preparatory Meeting for the 2020 UN Ocean Conference. Delta Alliance Secretariat |
| Covenant of Mayors webinar: 'Financing adaptation actions' (6 February 2020) The Covenant of Mayors - Europe Office is organizing this webinar to provide an overview of various opportunities for financing climate change adaptation in municipalities. Besides an overview will be given of several resources that feature practical experiences, and a tool will be presented that gathers information on EU-wide funding initiatives, support services and innovative financing schemes. The Covenant cities of Athens and Rotterdam will share their experience. Covenant of Mayors - Europe Office |
| Seminar: 'Territorios del Agua' (3 December 2019) Reflection and exchange of Argentinean academic projects, plus the perspective and experience of The Netherlands. In this seminar, representatives of different Argentinean universities will present graduate and postgraduate workshop productions, to generate a scope for reflection on the problem of the design and implementation of nature-based solutions in Argentina. Additionally, Dutch experts will offer keynote lectures with reflections and case studies on the subject. |
| 2nd International River Summit (28-30 November 2019, India) The theme of this summit is ‘Building a Sustainable and Resilient Future Through Water’. It is organised by the River Water User Association (India) and the International River-Basin Foundation. The focus will be on integrated water resources and their management to achieve water and food security; climate change impacts; agricultural development; ways to achieve sustainability through latest technologies, information and communications technology (ICT) and resource mobilization. SDG/IISD |
| Dhaka Water Knowledge Days 2019 (27-31 October 2019) This event will focus on exchange of experiences, knowledge, development and good practices in the water sector amongst Bangladesh, and International water experts. The event will include workshops and practical presentations by Bangladesh and International experts while simultaneously offering opportunities of training in specific various open-source software alongside non-open source software packages. Deltares |
| Webinar: Coastal evolution and management: a new tool to understand the past and future (4 July 2019) IHE Delft Professor Roelvink will take you on a tour along typical coasts to show you the serious problems we are already facing and will be exacerbated by sea level rise and changes in wind and wave climate. He will pick your brains on tools and ideas to keep our precious coastlines. IHE Delft |
