CALL FOR APPLICATION! Alumni Seminar: Sustainable Delta Futures - Case Study of the Nile River Delta

Call for Application

We invite Alumni

• from developing countries who graduated from the Institute for Natural Resources Technology and Management (ITT), at TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences
• as well as alumni of other German universities 

to apply for and participate in the Alumni Seminar Sustainable Delta Futures: A Case Study of the Nile River Delta

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5 August 2026

*APPLICATION PROCESS

For the application, please prepare the following documents:

• Fill in the registration form: available as a pdf document LINK (PDF document)
• A short CV (max. two pages)
• A motivation letter (maximum two pages):
  - explaining why participation in the seminar is relevant to your current or future work; 
  - specifying what you want to learn during the seminar
  - which knowledge and experience relevant to water and land management - challenges you would like to share in the seminar through a presentation.

Please combine all documents into a single PDF file and submit your application by sending it via email to deltasalumni@gmail.com

Our topic:

River deltas, with their fertile floodplains and access to the seas, are hotspots of biodiversity, centers of intensive agricultural production, and engines of economic growth. They represent highly complex socio-ecological systems in which the interests of humans and nature often compete. In many deltas around the world, these competing interests have resulted in biodiversity loss and the overexploitation of land and water resources. Furthermore, river deltas are among the regions most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, which are already seriously affecting the livelihoods of the 339 million people who live there.

• The alumni seminar aims to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experiences to address the current challenges of land and water management in river deltas around the world.
• The seminar combines technical knowledge, practical application, and transdisciplinary approaches that integrate academic expertise with real-world stakeholder engagement from public and private sector, government, and local communities.
• During the field visit to the Nile Delta, participants will discuss land and water management challenges with local actors and explore implemented solutions like e.g., extensive water reuse system designed to address water scarcity.

The seminar will take place online and in Egypt and consists of two phases:

• Phase 1: October 5-10, 2026 – Online training on „Open Access Data and Tools for Water Resources Assessment”
• Phase 2: October 20-27, 2026 - one-week presence seminar in Cairo, Egypt, followed by a fieldtrip to the Nile River Delta

The Seminar is organized by the Institute for Natural Resources Technology and Management (ITT), TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences, with financial support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).