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Agreement on mutual cooperation ERCE with IMDEA Water, a public foundation from Spain
On June 22nd 2021 ERCE has signed an agreement on mutual cooperation with IMDEA Water, a public foundation from Spain which conducts advance research in water. IMDEA’s scientific interests include sustainable management of water bodies, water quality, water treatment and water reuse, mitigation of pollution and economic and institutional analysis, to generate knowledge and provide solution that contribute to the water sustainability of the planet.
The Mission of the Institute is to create an efficient model for the development of science and technology in collaboration with the productive sector.
W dniu 22 czerwca 2021 ERCE PAN podpisało porozumienie o współpracy z IMDEA Water, publiczną fundacją z Hiszpani zajmującą się zaawansowanymi badaniami o tematyce wody. Profil naukowy IMDEA obejmuje zrównoważone zarządzanie wodą a także: jakość wody, oczyszczanie, ponowne wykorzystanie, przeciwdziałanie zanieczyszczeniu zasobów oraz ekonomiczna analiza, dla generowania wiedzy i rozwiązań, które wspierają ciągłość zasobów wodnych na planecie.
Misją instytutu IMDEA jest stworzenie efektywnego modelu rozwoju nauki i technologii, we współpracy z sektorem produkcyjnym.
USA: ERCE agreement with the International Center for Integrated Water Resources
Management (ICIWaRM) under the auspices of UNESCO of the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers' Institute for Water Resources,
signed at Beijing, China, during the UNESCO
Scientific Centers Coordination Meeting on 17 May 2016.
The Memorandum of Understanding is aimed to broaden the scope of scientific and technological cooperation.
Photo: Prof. Maciej Zalewski (Director, ERCE PAS) and Prof. Robert A. Pietrowsky (Director, ICIWaRM under the auspices of UNESCO) signed the Memorandum. Standing: Blanca Jimenez-Cisneros (Director Secretary,
International Hydrological Programme, UNESCO IHP), Giuseppe Arduino (Chief os Section Ecohydrology,Water Quality and Water Education Section (EQE) UNESCO)
PORTUGAL: ERCE agreement with the University of Algarve (Portugal) represented by Prof. Luis Chicharo, with the objective to promote the cooperation in the area of academic education - ERASMUS MUNDUS Master of Science in Ecohydrology (ECOHYD), in the cooperation of the Department of Aplied Ecology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Poland.
Scientific collaboration with the UNESC0 Chair in “Ecohydrology: water for ecosystems and societies” at the University of Algarve, Portugal - joint initiative of University of Algarve, ICCE, ERCE, UNESCO IHE, and other UNESCO Centres and Chairs (established in 2016).
The Consortium of the Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Ecohydrology ECOHYD:
Prof. Wilhelm Windhorst (University of Kiel, Germany),
Prof. Maciej Zalewski (University of Lodz, ERCE PAS, Poland),
Prof. Luis Chicharo (University of Algarve, Portugal, ECOHYD Coordinator),
Prof. Michael McClain (IHE-UNESCO, the Netherlands),
Prof. Marcelo Gaviño (University of LaPlata, Argentina),
Dr Małgorzata Łapińska (University of Lodz, Poland)
CHINA: ERCE agreement with the Chongqing University, China, represented
by Prof.. Jinsong Guo (Deputy Dean, Faculty of Urban Construction and Environmental
and Engineering, Chongqing University),
signed on 22 October 2011 during the Europe-China Forum, to broaden the scope of scientific and technological cooperation
through the creation of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and by this securing the cooperation.
Prof. Maciej Zalewski (Director, ERCE u/a UNESCO PAS) and Prof. Jinsong Guo (Deputy Dean, Faculty of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University) signed the Agreement on JRC on Ecohydrology.
ETHIOPIA: ERCE in a cooperation with the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy of Ethiopia develop actions towards establishing the African Regional Centre for Ecohydrology u/a UNESCO (ARCE) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for dissemination
and implementation of Ecohydrology in Africa.
The input at establishing this Centre begun form staff education through 8 years of UNESCO traineeships involving 30 participants,
international study programmes (Erasmus Mundus Master in Ecohydrology - ECOHYD, with the cooperation with the University of Lodz) involving 33 ECOHYD students and 83 ERASMUS students, and 5 years of implementation projects through governmental
Polish Aid Programme (2008-2012) where, among others, specific ecohydrological solutions were developed and implemented in several demonstration sites. Ecohydrology developments in Ethiopia has been initiated by Yohannes Zerihun Negussie (Ministry of Water Resources of Ethiopia) who recently plays a leading role in preparation of the ARCE Center and all range of cooperation actions.
Scientific meeting in Ethiopia with:
Minister Adunga Jabessa (Ministry of Water Resources of Ethiopia,
Prof. Maciej Zalewski (Director of ERCE PAS), and Msc. Yohannes Zerihun Negussie (The Abay Basin Irrigation and Drainage Study and Design Projects
Coordinator, Ministry of Water Resources of Ethiopia)
on JRC on Ecohydrology.
Other agreements on scientific cooperation concluded by the Institutions with a foreign partner:
Japan -- Memorandum of Understanding – Partner Graduate School Of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability (GSAIS) Kyoto University in The City of Kyoto, Japan. Period 2017-2022.
Belgia - Memorandum of Understanding – INBO partner on behalf of the scientific consortium AlterNet 3 - since 2017 r. (indefinitely)
Brazil – Memorandum of Understanding – Partner The Prefeitura Municipal de Sao Carlos, the Secretary of Sustainable Development, Science and Technology of Sao Carlos City. Since 2017 r. (indefinitely)
Serbia - Memorandum of Understanding – Environmental Protection Agency of Serbia, Belgrade - 19.07.2016 – timespan indefinitely
Serbia - Memorandum of Understanding – Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, Belgrade – 22.06.2016 – timespan indefinitely
Slovak - Memorandum of Understanding (2016-2020) – “The soil-plant-atmosphere system in ecohydrological applications” Institute of Hydrology, Slovak Academy of Sciences – 24.03.2016
- Poland - Memorandum of Understanding – University of Lodz, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection – 09.11.2015
Poland - Agreement on scientific and didactic cooperation– University of Lodz, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection – 21.03.2017
International partners in organising conferences, fellowships and scientific exchange:
Germany - International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change (ICWRGC), Koblenz – a member of Scientific Board: professor Maciej Zalewski
France - Polytechnic University of Tours
Portugal - University of Algarve, Faro
Italy – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Water Research Institute (IRSA), Rome
Italy – European Commission Joined Research Centre in Ispra
Tanzania - Sokoine University of Agriculture
Ethiopia – African Regional Centre For Ecohydrology
Asia - The Regional Humid Tropics Hydrology and Water Resources Centre for South-East Asia and the Pacific in Kuala Lumpur
China – College of Hydraulic and Environment Engineering, China Three Gorges University
International Partners:
EUROPE
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Prof. Luis Chicharo, Director of the International Centre for Coastal Ecohydrology under the auspices of UNESCO, Portugal; UNESCO Chair on Ecohydrology, Water for Ecosystem and Societies, University of Algarve,Faro, Portugal; Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139Faro, Portugal, lchichar@ualg.pt
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Prof. Siegfried Demuth, Director of the International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change(UNESCO), Secretariat German IHP/HWRP National Committee, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany;Federal Institute of Hydrology, P.O. Box 200253, D-56002 Koblenz, Deutschland, tel.: +49 (0) 261 1306 5313,demuth@bafg.de
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Prof. Johannes Cullmann, Director of the Climate and Water Department, World Meteorological Organisation(WMO), Switzerland; 7bis, avenue de la Paix, Case postale 2300, CH-1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland, tel.: + 41 (0) 22730 81 11, fax: + 41 (0) 22 730 81 81, jcullmann@wmo.int
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Prof. Michael McClain , Head of the Hydrology and Water Resources Chair Group, UNESCO IHE DelftInstitute for Water Education, the Netherlands; IHE Delft, PO Box 3015, 2601 DA Delft, The Netherlands, tel.:+31 (0)152151715, fax: +31 (0)152122921, m.mcclain@un-ihe.org
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Prof. Patrick Meire, Head of the Ecosystem Management Research Group, University of Antwerp, Belgium;Campus Drie Eiken - C1.15, Universiteitsplein 1, BE- 2610 Wilrijk (Antwerpen), tel. +32 3 265 22 74, fax +32 3265 22 71, patrick.meire@uantwerpen.be
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Prof. Pascal Breil, National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture, France (IRSTEA); Irstea UR HHLY, 3 bis quai Chauveau – CP 220, F-69336 Lyon, France, pascal.breil@irstea.fr
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Prof. Zbigniew Kundzewicz, Head of Laboratory of Climate and Water Resources, Institute for Agriculturaland Forest Environment of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, Member of the Intergovernmental Panel onClimate Change (IPCC); Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Telegrafenberg A62/0.11, 14412Potsdam, tel.: +49-(0)331-288-2517, zkundze@man.poznan.pl, kundzewicz@yahoo.com
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Michael Mirtl, Head of the International Long-Term Ecological Research (https://www.ilter.network),Environment Agency Austria (EEA , Vienna, Austria), michael.mirtl@umweltbundesamt.at
AFRICA
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MSc Yohannes Zerihun Negusse, Director of Ecohydrology Coordination Office, Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity, Ethiopia, Haile Gebresilassie St, Code 1056/P.O .Box 140, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, yhnnszerihun@gmail.com
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Dr Makarius Lalika, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Solomon Mahlangu College of Science and Education, Mazimbu Campus, P.O. Box 3038, Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro TANZANIA, tel. 255-23–2604420, fax 255- 23– 2 603404, lalika_2mc@suanet.ac.tz; makarius.lalika@yahoo.com
AMERICA
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Prof. Marcelo Gaviño Novillo , Professor of the Hydraulic Department of Engineering Faculty, the LaPlataUniversity, Argentina; Departamento de Hidráulica - Cátedra de Gestión Ambiental de Recursos HídricosFacultad de Ingeniería - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. Las Heras 2214 P.B. (1127AAC) Ciudad de BuenosAires – Argentina, tel./fax (+54 11) 4514 3006/07, magavino@gmail.com
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Prof. William J. Mitsch, Director of the Everglades Wetland Research Park, Florida Gulf Coast University,USA; Chair of the U.S. National Ramsar Committee, Florida, USA; Everglades Wetland Research Park, 110Kapnick Center, Florida Gulf Coast University, 4940 Bayshore Drive, Naples Florida 34112 USA, tel.: +1 239 3251365, mobile: +1 614 946-6715, fax: +1 239-732-7043, wmitsch@fgcu.edu
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Prof. José Galizia Tundisi, Retired Full Professor of the University of São Paulo, Member of the BrazilianAcademy of Sciences, Brazil, tundisi@iie.com.br
ASIA
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Prof. Jun Xia, Chair Professor & Director of the Research Institute for Water Security (RIWS), WuhanUniversity, Wuhan, 430072, China, xiajun666@whu.edu.cn; Center for Water Resources Research, ChineseAcademy of Sciences (CAS), 100101, Beijing, China, xiaj@igsnrr.ac.cn
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Prof. Jinsong Guo, Director of Division of Eco-environmental Research on the Three Gorges, CAS KeyLaboratory of Reservoir Environment, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, ChineseAcademy of Sciences, NO. 266, Fangzheng Avenue, Shuitu High-tech Park, Beibei District, Chongqing 400714,China, tel: +86-23-65935901, fax: +86-23-65935000; Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region’sEco-Environments of MOE, Chongqing University, NO. 83, Shabei Street, Shapingba District, Chongqing 400045,China, guojs@cigit.ac.cn
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Prof. Zhe Li, CAS Key Laboratory of Reservoir Environment, Chongqing Institute of Green and IntelligentTechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, NO. 266, Fangzheng Avenue, Shuitu High-tech Park, Beibei District,Chongqing 400714, China, Lizhe@cigit.ac.cn
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Dr Demin Zhou, College of Resource Environment and Tourism, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048,China; Base of State Key Laboratory of Urban Environmental Process and Digital Simulation, Capital NormalUniversity, Beijing 100048, China, fan_yunbao@163.com
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Dr Jianjun Chen, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering School of hydraulic & EnvironmentEngineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002 China, jjchen1980s@hotmail.com
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Dr Ignasius Sutapa, Head of the Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), UniversityKebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Asia Pacific Centre for Ecohydrology (Indonesia), APCE Building, Cibinong ScienceCenter , Jl. Raya Bogor km 46, Cibinong, Bogor 16911, Jawa Barat, Indonesia, tel: +62 21 8757071-74, fax: +6221 8757076, ignasdas@gmail.com
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Prof Jashiou Liu, Dr Shaowen Ye, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Scinces, Wuhan, China, The use of hydroacoustics to study aquatic ecosystems