Overview of events

WWD 2001 Event
Netherlands - action at IHE/IRC

On 22 March World Water Day the location of IHE and IRC will be the venue for some WWD action with WWD posters from the WWD web site on display for the hundreds of students. Also on that day various agencies are involved in organizing at IHE the symposium “Dikes and Dams in Development”, where attention will be paid to WWD as well. The Netherlands Committees of the International Commission on Large Dams (NETHCOLD) and of the International Commission of Irrigation and Drainage (NETHCID) jointly organize this one-day seminar, in cooperation with the Royal Institute of Engineers (KIVI) and students discussion groups of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Delft Technical University.

Participants will discuss the roles of dikes and dams in the management and development of river basins. IRC will prepare poster and make available handouts on WWD.

Programme: Dikes and Dams in Development

World Water Day, Thursday March 22, 2001, IHE, Delft

1. Opening 9.00–9.05
   Ir. Hans van Duivendijk
   Chairman Netherlands Committee on Large Dams (NETHCOLD)
2. Dams and dikes in river basins in the world 9.05–9.35
   Mr. K. Hoeg, President honoraire
   International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD)
3. Dams, dikes and water management 9.35–10.05
   Prof. dr. Bart Schultz, President
   International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID)
4. Living with dams 10.05–10.30
   Prof. dr. H.L.F. Saeijs
   Erasmus University, Rotterdam
5. Video ‘Water and dams in today's world’ 11.00–11.20
   USCOLD
6. Safe dams and dikes, how safe? 11.20–11.50
   Prof. ir. J.K. Vrijling
   Prof. Hydraulic Structures and Probabilistic design
   Delft University of Technology, Delft
7. Dams and development
   A new framework for decision making
   The report of the World Commission on Dams 11.50–12.10
   Representative WCD
   Lunch 12.10–13.30
8. ICOLD's criteria applied to the Southern Delta area 13.30–13.50
   The cases of the storm surge barrier (Eastern Scheldt) and
   the Dike Enforcement Project (Western Scheldt)
   Ir. Leo L.P.A. Santbergen
   Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management
   Directorate Zeeland
9. Role of the Consultants 13.50–14.10
   Drs. A. Leusink, Director
   Netherlands Engineering Consultants (NEDECO)
10. Contractors, their changing role 14.10–14.30
    Ir. J.J. Enneking, Boskalis
    Netherlands Association of International Contractors (NABU)
11. Discussion 15.00–16.00

Contact

Marina Rebel
ICID (International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage)
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 30 2857310
E-mail: m.i.rebel@bwd.rws.minvenw.nl