International Hydrological Programme

    Achievements: from 1975 to 1989

    • 1978, translation and publication of ‘World Water Balance and Water Resources of the Earth’, first published in 1974 by Russian scientists under the guidance of the State Hydrological Institute in Saint Petersburg


    • July 1984, establishment of the International Research and Training Centre on Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES) in Beijing, set up by the Chinese Government and UNESCO


    • March 1985, first issue of ‘IHP Information’, a quarterly newsletter today replaced with the weekly Water Portal Newsletter


    • 1985, creation of the Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data (FRIEND) project, created to pool the knowledge and research activities of scientists across Europe. It has grown from its initial six-country effort to involve research institutes, universities and operational agencies from over 90 countries


    • 1987, establishment of the International Research and Training Centre on Urban Drainage (IRTCUD) in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (ex-Yugoslavia)


    • 1988, 1st edition of the joint UNESCO/World Meteorological Organization ‘Water Resources Assessment Activities – Handbook for National Evaluation’


    • 1989, appointment of the current IHP Secretary, András Szöllösi-Nagy, as Director of the UNESCO Division of Water Sciences


    MILESTONES
    1981-1990International Drinking
    Water and Sanitation
    Decade



    The Decade aimed to promote the implementation of water and sanitation programmes and intersectoral plans.

    March 19873rd UNESCO/WMO International Conference
    on Hydrology and Scientific Bases of Water Resources Management
    [PDF format – 626 KB]
    This conference was an important milestone for the continuation of IHP beyond 1990 as well as the implementation of the Mar del Plata Action Plan, 10 years after its adoption.

    June 1988International Conference on World Water Resources at the Beginning of the 21st Century
    More than 300 water experts met at UNESCO headquarters to discuss, among others, about water quality, data and improvement of water resources assessment, the impact of human activity on water resources, extreme of water resources and economic and social aspects of water resources.