C O N T E N T S - Physical Land Resources - Vrije Universiteit Brussel

5. COOPERATION PROGRAMMES* International CooperationIUPWARE supports UNESCO projectsIn the framework of the Fund-in-trust agreement between the Flemish Government andUNESCO, W. Bauwens continued to support the projects• FRIEND Nile• Capacity building and training in environmental planning and management inPalestineTechnical support for the research on the optimisation of thedredging activities on the river ScheldtThe Hydraulic Research Laboratory of the Flemish Community has been developing 2Dnumerical models for the simulation of the flow and the sediment transport in the riverScheldt.The research aims at the improvement of these models, using terrain data, in view of theiruse for analysing the impact of alternative dredging scenario’s. The research also includesresearch on physical scale models.W. Bauwens, J.J. Peters and S. IdesFunding: AWZ – Afdeling Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium en Hydrologisch Onderzoek(16EB/03/10)- 61 -