International Hydrological Programme
Existing water-related UNESCO Chairs
- UNESCO Chair in Water Resources, established in 1994 at Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan
- UNESCO interdisciplinary Chair in Sustainable Water Resources Management, established in 1998 at the Hassania School of Public Works, Morocco
- UNESCO Chair in Geohydrology, established in 1999 at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa
- UNESCO-EOLSS Chair in Wadi Hydrology, established in 1999 at the University of Jordan, Jordan
- UNITWIN Mediterranean Network UNESCO-UNU-City of Cannes Chairs on water resources, sustainable development and peace, established in 1999 at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France
- UNESCO Chair in Water in Desert and Arid Zones, established in 2001 at Al-Fateh University, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- UNESCO Chair in Water Resources, established in 2001 at Irkutsk State University, Russian Federation
- UNESCO Chair/International Network of Water-Environment Centres for the Balkans on ‘Sustainable Management on Water and Conflict Resolution’, established in 2003 at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- UNESCO Chair in Environment and Water Resources, established in 2003 at Ajman University of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates
- UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Water Management, established in 2005, at Hohai University, China
UNESCO Chair on Water Resources Sustainability, established in 2005 at the University of San Carlos, Guatemala
UNESCO Chair on Water , Women and Development, established in 2006 at the Federal University of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Groundwater Management, established in 2007 at the University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan and the Institute of Geo-ecology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Rivers, established in 2008 at the University of Washington, United States of America
UNESCO Chair in Water in the Knowledge Society, established in 2008 at the Instituto Mexicano de Technología del Agua, Mexico
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UNESCO Chairs websiteUNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs projects deal with training and research activities and cover all major fields of knowledge within UNESCO’s competence such as Education, Human Rights, Cultural Development, Environment, Basic and Engineering Sciences, Communication, etc. The principal beneficiaries of this programme are institutions of higher learning in developing countries and countries in transition.
