Mr. Stefan Uhlenbrook is the new Coordinator of the World Water Assessment Programme
Professor Dr. Stefan Uhlenbrook, Officer in Charge of UNESCO-IHE, has accepted a new professional challenge to become the new Coordinator of the UN World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP). He has been appointed as WWAP Coordinator by 1 October 2015 and he will move to Perugia and take office by 1 November 2015.
Prof. Uhlenbrook has worked for the UNESCO-IHE for almost 11 years and served as Professor of Hydrology and chair of the Hydrology Core Group (2005-2010), Director Academic Affairs (2010-2012), Vice Rector/Deputy Director (since 2013) and OiC/Acting Director (since November 2014).
Prof. Uhlenbrook obtained his PhD and Habilitation at the University of Freiburg, Germany, in 1999 and 2003, respectively. After working as assistant and associate professor in Germany, he became Professor of Hydrology at UNESCO-IHE (Delft, The Netherlands; 2005) and at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2005-2010). Since 2009, he is also Professor of Experimental Hydrology at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Prof. Uhlenbrook's main scientific expertise is in the research of hydrological processes and river basin modeling at various spatial and temporal scales.
Prof. Uhlenbrook has been involved in various research and capacity-building projects in Europe, North America, East Africa, Southern Africa, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. He has published several peer-reviewed papers in journals and books, as well as received several national and international scientific awards. He has also been a member of the editorial board of several key water journals, and is involved in the science steering committees of many international initiatives and conferences.
The World Water Development Report 2015, Water for a Sustainable World
The 2015 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR 2015), titled Water for a Sustainable World, has been launched at the official celebration of the World Water Day, on March 20, in New Delhi. Download the Report and the Case Studies and Indicators volume. Read more
Watch the video "Water for a Sustainable World: a vision for 2050"
Capacity Building on Water and Sustainable Development
WWAP is hosting for a week, from 19 to 23 October 2015, the capacity development training on Water and Sustainable Development, which aims to provide policy-makers with tools for assessing water data, managing water resources and competing users, dealing with extreme events and with the challenge of growing urban environments, consistent with the priorities listed in the Sustainable Development goals (SDGs).
The training is addressed to medium-high level officers, decision-makers and senior water managers of water-related governmental institutions from the African Developing and Least Developed Countries.
Lectures will be given by international professors during daily sessions and case studies will be presented by the participants themselves. Some of the subjects that will be discussed are water and sustainable development, information for better water management, managing water nexus conflicts, adapting to the impacts of extreme conditions, managing water for sustainable development and planning sustainable urban water infrastructure.
The course book and the proceedings, including the case studies, will be published and uploaded on WWAP website.
