During the period 22-26 June 2026, the 32nd Meeting of the EWG on Internal Erosion (EWG-IE) and the 7th Meeting of the EWG on Overflow and Overtopping Erosion (EWG – OOE) were successfully organized in Delft, Netherlands During these meetings, participants discussed several important topics, including Monitoring and geophysical methods for internal erosion, Numerical Modelling, […]

94th ICOLD Annual meeting, Guadalajara, Mexico, 21-29.05 2026 The 94th ICOLD Annual Meeting was held in Guadalajara, Mexico, from May 21 to May 29, 2026. Numerous presentations addressing key topics were delivered during the ICOLD annual meeting. Albania was represented by Mr. Arjan Jovani—President of EURCOLD and former Chairman of the ALBCOLD and Mr. Ermal […]

EURCOLD has decided to organize Dams and Reservoirs Day 2026 in the last week of May 2026, to promote dams and reservoirs, recognizing this infrastructure as valuable assets in water management, which play a crucial role in the European economy. The main message we wish to convey through the poster for this important day in […]

On January 20, 1936, Prof. Farudin Hoxha was born in Gjirokaster, the designer of main large dams in Albania and the Chairman of the National Committee of Large Dams of Albania in the years 2000-2011. Prof. Farudin Hoxha, after graduating from the Polytechnic of Tirana, pursued higher studies in hydropower engineering in Budapest/Hungary and Sofia/Bulgaria […]

During December 2025, two very important international meetings were organized in which representatives of ALBCOLD participated as follow. 1- On 08.12.2025, the Meeting of Representatives of the European Dam Safety Authorities Network (EDSAN) was organized. At this meeting, the annual meeting of EDSAN in Bergen, Norway on 27-30 April 2026 was analyzed and discussed.  They […]

During July 2025, the National Committee of Large Dams (ALBCOLD) organized several important activities within the framework of the tasks defined in the legislation in force and the improvement of the work for monitoring dams. On 16.07.2025, the National Committee of Large Dams (ALBCOLD) organized the regular meeting for the month of July 2025. In […]

From 16 to 23 May 2025, the 28th ICOLD Congress and the 93rd Annual Meeting of the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) were organized in Chengdu, China. This important event was attended by more than 2700 experts in the field of dams, representatives of National Dam Committees from more than 100 countries around the […]