Strategische Agenda 2022-2025

Strategic Agenda - Focus on the Future, Fast Forward Now 31 To achieve these ambitions, we will work more intensively than we have until now with European partners. We expect rapid developments in Africa in the coming years. That is why we want to devote extra attention to this region, which is a relatively new one for us. The challenges facing Africa are daunting: climate change, migration and population growth to name just a few. With our knowledge, we are willing and able to contribute to solving and preventing problems. We can have a major impact here and contribute to a better and sustainable world. Working in Africa also offers opportunities since developments are rapid and the population is young. We can tackle new developments with partners, and a young and rapidly developing continent opens up great opportunities and possibilities in this respect. At present, we mainly work for international financiers. To develop our position further, we will tackle a number of areas: the targeted development of a local network and teaming up with a limited number of strategic partners. We have selected a limited number of countries. We are explicitly looking at the possibility of working with Dutch partners such as NGOs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dutch business community. We are therefore making a switch from an opportunistic to a strategic approach in the region. USA and Canada Water and Coastal Systems Operational Systems Resilient Cities Latin America and the Caribbean Water and Coastal Systems Operational Systems Infrastructure Africa Water and Coastal Systems Resilient Cities Australia and New Zealand Water and Coastal Systems Operational Systems Asia Water and Coastal Systems Operational Systems Infrastructure Resilient Cities Middle East Water and Coastal Systems Operational Systems Europe Water and Coastal Systems Operational Systems Infrastructure Resilient Cities Energy Floods and droughts In collaboration with the World Bank, Deltares has drawn up an approach for the combined management of flood and drought risks. It provides water managers and government authorities with support for coping better with the risks of drought and flooding. We have developed an operational framework for this purpose focusing on the use of knowledge, models and the role of various stakeholders. The new method has been described in a Flagship Report, a joint report from the World Bank and Deltares. In this way, Deltares is contributing to the safer and more sustainable management of water systems throughout the world.