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This project aimed at building expertise and skills in Problem-Based Learning (PBL) with ten higher education institutes in Finland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Nepal, India and Bhutan. The project, led by Aalto University in Finland, was supported by the TU Delft Global Initiative with expertise from the TU Delft Centre for Entrepreneurship, the department of Industrial Design Engineering and the department of Architecture and Build Environment. As part of the project deliverables, the ten institutes co-created online course materials to foster problem-based learning by following an action-learning approach.

On May 24th, Prof. dr. Kornelis Blok gave his valedictory lecture as he says farewell to working fulltime at the TU Delft. His lecture “Energy Transition: The Need For Speed” reflected on the #energytransition of the past, present, and its potential future. “The main challenge is: how can we accelerate the energy transition? Developments in the field of alternatives to fossil energy sources such as solar and wind energy, electric cars or heat pumps are moving fast, but not fast enough.”

Modulaire woningen die snel aangepast kunnen worden aan een gezinssituatie, puin slim hergebruiken als bouwmateriaal voor tijdelijke woningen, noodopvang in tentenkampen zo opzetten dat toch gemeenschappen samen kunnen zijn. Met zulke woonoplossingen en ontwerpen kwamen 50 studenten van de TU Delft na een onderwijsweek over aardbevingsbestendig bouwen en architectuur na humanitaire rampen.

During the plenary opening of the UN2023 Water Conference on March 22nd in New York City, all representatives were asking for more awareness, discussions, and most importantly, #WaterAction. Researchers from the TU Delft | Water for Impact programmes were present in New York to do just that: share knowledge, activitate participants and bring together international water experts to accelerate the search for global solutions. 

On Thursday 16th of March the official closing ceremony of the Nuffic funded OKP project “Climate Proof Vietnam” took place at one of our partner universities, the Hanoi University of Natural Resources and the Environment (HUNRE). In this ceremony a wide variety of high-level guests, important stakeholders and partners were present to look back on all the achievements and activities of the last 4 years. The Dutch ambassador, Kees van Baar, held a very inspiring speech in which he reflected on his own water education. He ensured us all that although this project is officially closing, the Netherlands and Vietnam are very strong partners in the field of water and will remain so in the future. These words were repeated by the deputy-minister of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MoNRE), Dr. Vo Tuan Nhan.