Henk Wolters
Senior Advisor / Expert on strategic studies in water management
+31(0)88335 7803
Henk.Wolters@deltares.nl LinkedIn profileIr. Henk Wolters is a senior specialist with more than 25 years experience in integrated water management, scenario analysis and policy evaluation. He is currently coordinating the working theme ‘future studies and scenario analysis’ within the unit Economy, Scenarios and Innovation of Deltares. He was the project leader for the part of Deltares in the Blue Growth study on the present and future sustainable use of Europe’s seas and oceans. He has lead and co-operated in various water management policy evaluations at national level. He has been advisor and coordinator for various scenario analysis projects, supporting the managing directorate of the Dutch national water bodies, the national implementation of the Water Framework Directive (KRW), WB21 and Natura 2000. He has coordinated yearly reports on implementation progress and policy evaluation of Dutch water management, and co-ordinated Deltares’ contribution to an evaluation of the Dutch water management policy. Transfer of knowledge and education have been an integral part of his career, e.g. by developing a course on water management, and by co-editing a handbook on Social Learning.
Working experience
| 2008-present | Deltares | Senior advisor |
| 1997-2008 | Netherlands Institute of Water Management and Waste Water Treatment (RIZA), Lelystad, the Netherlands | Senior project leader |
| 1988-1997 | Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management, Lelystad, the Netherlands | Project Leader, Government Service for the IJsselmeer Polders / Directorate Flevoland |
| 1987 | ICW/Alterra, Wageningen, the Netherlands | Researcher |
| 1986-1987 | PBNA, Arnhem / Dutch Agency for land use planning, Utrecht, the Netherlands | Free-lance course author |
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Project leader of Scenario development and the Strategic Studies programme for the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment
2008-present
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Consortium partner in EC DGMare's project 'Blue Growth', on the sustainable use of Europe's seas and oceans
2010-2012
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Co-ordinator and co-author of the Deltares contribution to the evaluation of the Dutch national water policy
2010
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Steering group member of the FP7 project 'Aquastress', on water stress and its mitigation across Europe
2005-2009
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Project leader for the RIZA support of the FP6 Harmonicop project on social learning in water management
2004-2006
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Editor and co-author of the 'Water in Focus' reports, on progress of the implementation of the national water policy and its evaluation
2004-2005
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Development of an impact assessment method for the national study on drought management
2002-2004
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Lead author of a Handbook on ecological management of floodplains, part of the Interreg Irma-Sponge project
2000-2002
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Manager of the MOU between Russia and the Netherlands in the field of water management, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation
1997-2001
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Various hydrological research projects in support of ecological restoration in flood plains and delta areas across the Netherlands
1995-2010
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Scenarios for selected maritime economic functions
2013
H.A. Wolters, J.Gille, J.M. de Vet and R.J. Molemaker.. Eur J Futures Res (2013) 15:11, open access at Springerlink.com -
Ecorys, Deltares, Oceanic Developpement. Blue Growth.
2012
Main Report and Annexes accessible on: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/maritimeforum/content/2946 -
Use of scenarios in the policy cycle of Dutch water management (in Dutch)
2010
H.A. Wolters, M. Haasnoot, W. Bruggeman Paper for the Leuven, Belgium, convention of political scientists, 2010 -
“Social learning in water management: lessons from the HarmoniCOP project' (red.)
2006
Published in E-Water. -
Learning together to manage together
2006
co-editor, product of the European HarmoniCOP project on interactive planning and social learning for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. -
Water distribution under stress conditions: policy development and operational aspects'
2005
In: 'Value of Water-Different Approaches in Transboundary Water Management'. IHP/HWRP, Koblenz. -
Editor and co-author “Water in Focus 2005” and “Water in Focus 2006”, progress reports on Dutch water management policy
2004/2005
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Guidelines for rehabilitation and management of flood plains: RIZA, 2001. Part of the European IRMA SPONGE project.
2001
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Precipitation and discharge in the rural area of Flevoland
1996
“Flevobericht nr. 357” (in Dutch).
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'Rainfall-runoff relations in Flevoland';
1993
Article en lecture ICID-congres 1993.