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IHE Delft Institute for Water Education is the largest international graduate water education facility in the world and is based in Delft, the Netherlands. Since 1957 the Institute has provided water education and training to 23,000 professionals from over 190 countries, the vast majority from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Over 100 PhD fellows are currently enrolled in water-related research and more than 120 water research and capacity development projects are carried out throughout the world at any one time. In addition, a large number of projects have been carried out to strengthen the capacity of water sector institutions worldwide. Through its overarching work on capacity development, IHE Delft aims to make a tangible contribution to achieving all Sustainable Development Goals in which water is key.

IHE Delft centres its education, research and capacity development programmes around six key themes: Safe Drinking Water & Sanitation, Water-Related Hazards & Climate Change, Water & Ecosystems Quality, Water Management & Governance, Water, Food & Energy Security, and Information & Knowledge Systems. Through each of these themes, the Institute addresses the major water and environment-related issues and challenges faced at an international level

Role in project: IHE Delft is the overall coordinator of the I-CISK project, as well as the overall coordination of the Living Labs and the co-lead of the Rijnland Living Lab
Contact Person(s): Micha Werner (m.werner@un-ihe.org) and Ilyas Masih (i.masih@un-ihe.org)
URL: www.un-ihe.org

ECMWF is an international organization supported by 34 States (23 Members and 11 Co-operating Members). ECMWF's principal objectives are the preparation, on a regular basis, of medium-range and long-range weather forecasts for distribution to the meteorological services of the Member States, the development of scientific and technical research directed to the improvement of these forecasts, and the collection and storage of appropriate meteorological data. ECMWF's computer facility includes supercomputers, archiving systems and networks. ECMWF is the entrusted entity for the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS). The C3S responds to environmental and societal challenges associated with human-induced climate change. ECMWF is also the operational computational centre for the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) for floods and fire. In its daily duties, ECMWF provides daily fire danger and flood forecasts that are used by the Copernicus Global and European Fire/Wildfire Information Systems (GWIS and EFFIS). It is also responsible for the maintenance and operational running of the Global and European Flood Awareness Systems (GloFAS and EFAS), which provide daily flood forecasts alongside monthly seasonal river flow forecast products for high and low flow.

Role in project: ECMWF leads tasks on the co-design of climate services and user-driven and impact-based evaluation of climate services
Contact Person(s): rebecca.emerton@ecmwf.int
URL: www.ecmwf.int