International Hydrological Programme

Institutes and Centres under the auspices of UNESCO

Access activity reports of the UNESCO category 2 water-related centres covering the period June 2006 - May 2008.


European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology
3 Tylna Str
90-364 Lodz
Poland
Tel.: +48-42-681-7007
Fax: +48-42-681-3069
E-mail: mzal@biol.uni.lodz.pl


IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science
Park Place
University of Dundee
Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland,
United Kingdom
Tel.: +44 (0) 1382 344456
Fax: +44 (0) 1382 226905
E-mail: p.k.wouters@dundee.ac.uk


International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM)
Public World Research Institute (PWRI)
1-6, Minamihara, Tsukuba-shi
Ibaraki-ken 305-8516
Japan
Tel.: +81-(0) 29-879-6809
Fax: +81-(0) 29-879-6709
E-mail: icharm@pwri.go.jp


International Centre on Qanats and Historic Hydraulic Structures (ICQHHS)
Daneshjoo Blvd.
PO Box 89165 – 1553
Yazd, IR of Iran
Tel.: +98 351 8250553
Fax: +98 351 8241690
E-mail: icqhs@yahoo.com


International Research and Training Centre on Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES)
20, West Chegongzhuang Rd.
P.O. Box 366
Beijing 100044, China
Tel.: +86-10-68413372
Fax: +86-10-68411174
E-mail: irtces@public.bta.net.cn


International Research and Training Centre on Urban Drainage (IRTCUD)
Via Faculty of Civil Engineering
Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 73
P.O.Box 35-42
11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Tel.: +381-11321-8530
Fax: +381 11 337 02 06
E-mail: irtcud@hikom.grf.bg.ac.yu


Regional Centre on Urban Water Management (RCUWM)
120 Khoramshahr Street
Tehran 15537 13511, IR of Iran
Tel.: +98-21-8875-4936
Fax: +98-21-8874-1230
E-mail: info@rcuwm.org.ir


Regional Centre for Training and Water Studies of Arid and Semi-arid Zones (RCTWS)
Street No. 1, Fourth Industrial Zone
PO Box 58
Sixth of October City 12566, Egypt
Tel: +202 833 4677
Fax: +202 833 4106
E-mail: dalnagar@trainingcenter-eg.com


Regional Humid Tropics Hydrology and Water Resources Centre for South-East Asia and the Pacific (HTC Kuala Lumpur)
No. 2, Jalan Ledang Off Jalan Duta
50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Fax: +60-3-4256-1894
E-mail: dirhtc@pop.moa.my


Water Centre for Arid and Semi-arid Zones of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAZALAC)
Cisternas s/n, Esq. A. Muñoz
La Serena, Chile
Tel.: +56-51-204493
Fax: +56-51-204494
E-mail: gsoto@cazalac.org







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IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science
The IHP-HELP Centre seeks to develop and share knowledge and expertise in international, national and transboundary water law and policy.

International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM)


This centre deals with water-related disasters such as floods and droughts, which are major challenges that need to be overcome in order to ensure sustainable human development and poverty alleviation.

International Centre on Qanats and Historic
Hydraulic Structures (ICQHHS)




This centre aims to promote research, capacity-building and knowledge transfer on qanats, as well as the preservation of the cultural heritage that qanats represent.

International Research and Training Centre on Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES)This Centre aims to promote an international exchange of knowledge and cooperation in the study of erosion and sedimentation problems.

Regional Centre on Urban Water Management
(RCUWM)
RCUWM is a regional scientific organization on urban water management, which takes into account the climatic and other specifications of the Arab States region. The potential impact of the centre is on international scientific and technical cooperation in the region.

Regional Centre for Training and Water Studies of Arid and Semi-arid Zones
(RCTWS)

The RCTWS aims to provide information on the science and technology of arid and semi-arid zones and promote policies leading to the integrated and sustainable water resources management at the local, regional, and national levels.

Regional Humid Tropics Hydrology and Water Resources Centre for South-East Asia and the PacificThis Centre aims to strengthen the bonds between scientific research, application and education in the field of humid tropics hydrology and water resources.

Centre for Arid and
Semi-arid Zones of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAZALAC)

CAZALAC promotes training, education, scientific research and technological initiatives in the region’s arid and semi-arid zones, where managing water resources is particularly difficult.