Every year on March 22nd, World Water Day is celebrated. This year’s theme for World Water Day is “Water for peace.” In the light of climate change, extreme hydrological events, population growth, and water pollution, water scarcity is becoming increasingly pronounced. Key messages for World Water Day 2024 are: Water can create peace or spark […]
As an accredited Category 2 Center under the auspices of UNESCO, WSDAC reports to the UNESCO IHP Secretariat on past and planned activities through the unified IHP Platform for the IX phase. Reporting on the implemented activities of the Center for the period 2022-2023 has been carried out for the preparation of the report for […]
By decision of the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development, the Open Science Team in Serbia (TONuS) has been formed, consisting of distinguished members of the scientific and expert community of Serbia, four years ago. In accordance with the principle of universal openness of science and knowledge, as well as the principle of openness […]
The Meeting on the IHP-IX Working Groups was held on 29th February 2024. Dr. Vesna Tripković, as a General Secretary of the WSDAC Center attend the meeting online. The main objectives of the meeting were an overview of the progress of IHP Phase IX implementation and review of planning process for the activities to be […]
Dr Brankica Majkić-Dursun, a director of the WSDAC attended the webinar “USFS Dam Management, Lifecycle, and Decommissioning.” Representatives from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) provided introductory lectures on dam safety and the FEMA 333 Guideline, as well as some examples of good practice for small dam decommissioning at the end of their lifecycle.
Miodrag Milovanovic advisor in WSDAC and JCWI was invited to the Workshop on data sharing and trust in transboundary water cooperation organized as a part of the research project “Testing the Theory: How and Why Data Sharing Leads to Trust-building in Water Cooperation and Diplomacy” implemented by IHE Delft on 17-18 January 2024, and funded […]
On December 25, 2023, Dr. Nikola Milivojević and Dr. Brankica Majkić-Dursun participated in a working meeting at the Faculty of Civil Engineering organized by the National IHP Committee on the topic of “Low Flows and Hydrological Drought in the Danube Basin.”
As part of the mandatory reporting on the work and conducted activities of the Center, at the request of UNESCO IHP for the needs of the IHP publication project “UNESCO Water Family in Action 2022-2023”, WSDAC submitted a biennial work report (online report) on December 16, 2023.
As part of regional cooperation on December 13, 2023, a presentation of the hydro-meteorological system for early warning and flood forecasting in the Kolubara watershed was conducted. Representatives from the civil protection agencies of the cities of Banja Luka, Prijedor, and Gradiška from the Republic of Srpska attended the workshop. The operation of the system […]
On December 13, 2023, representatives of the Center, Dr. Brankica Majkić-Dursun, Miodrag Milovanović, and Dr. Vesna Tripković, participated in the online meeting “Update meeting on the reporting process for implemented activities under IHP IX” organized by the General Secretariat of IHP. Update meeting on the reporting process for implemented activities under IHP IX held on […]