UNESCO-IHE
Institute for Water Education
Dr. Ann van Griensven
Department of Hydroinformatics and Knowledge Management
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
International Research & Education Institute, Delft, Netherlands
a.vangriensven@unesco-ihe.org
Model development for decision making in water resources: environment,
flooding, urban
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Large activities in the Nile region
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Nile Basin Capacity Building Network
FRIEND/Nile project
ACCION project (Climate Change)
ECOLIVE and MARAFlows project
EU-funding WETwin project
http://www.unesco-ihe.org
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ACCION project
Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts on the Nile River Basin
(2009-2011)
Climate change effects considering
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Wetlands
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Floods & droughts
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Hydropower provision
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Agriculture
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Erosion and sediment transport
Nile Delta
6 post-docs
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Blue Nile
(Abby) catchment
Katonga catchment
Kagera catchment
Nyando catchment
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Dr. Preksedis Ndomba
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University Dar es Salaam
Dr. Semu Moges
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Addis Ababa University
Dr. Max Kigobe
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Makerere University
Dr. Mohamed Elshamy
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Nile Forecasting Center
Dr. Eman El Sayed
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To be hired by HRI, Egypt
Dr. Joseph Mutemi
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University of Nairobi
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Eco-hydrological Studies
FP7 project: Integration of wetland
management into river basin management
Leading WP6: Data management and gap
analysis
MARAflows project (2010-2013)
•Environmental Flows for People and Ecosystems in the Mara River Basi
ECOLIVE project (2009-2013)
Ecology of the Livelihoods (Nyando wetland)
http://www.unesco-ihe.org/THE-ECOLOGY-OF-LIVELIHOODS-ECO
With strong involvement of local partners (NGOs Universities) and stakeholde
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