Who's who
IHP Secretariat
IHP’s activities are implemented thanks to the efforts of its Secretariat, located in UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. The Secretariat provides studies, information, and facilities needed to perform the programme’s activities, and its duties range from the daily responsibilities of maintaining a professional office, to in-the-field decisions on water-related issues around the world.
The postal address for IHP is:
International Hydrological Programme (IHP)
UNESCO/Division of Water Sciences (SC/HYD)
1 rue Miollis
75732 Paris Cedex 15
FRANCE
Tel : +33 1 45 68 40 01
Fax: +33 1 45 68 58 11
Email: ihp@unesco.org
Following is a list of members of the IHP Secretariat, along with their responsibilities:
Office of the Secretary and Director
José Alberto Tejada-Guibert
Secretary, International Hydrological Programme (IHP)
Director a.i., Division of Water Sciences
Miguel Doria
Assistant Programme Specialist (water education)
Vincent Leogardo
Assistant Programme Specialist (administrative sessions, documentation)
Anna Movsisyan
Assistant to Secretary and Director
Dominique Lozano
Assistant to Deputy Secretary
Dina Guyader
Assistant
Section on Hydrological Processes and Climate
Siegfried Demuth
Chief of Section and Senior Programme Specialist
(global changes and water resources, FRIEND, International Flood Initiative)
Alice Aureli
Programme Specialist
(watershed and aquifer dynamics, groundwater management)
Anil Mishra
Programme Specialist
(Global changes and water resources, International Sediment Initiative - ISI, G-WADI)
Barbara Lwanga
Section Assistant
Section on Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management
Shahbaz Khan
Chief of Section and Senior Programme Specialist
(integrated river basin management, extreme events, water education and training, ecohydrology, HELP, water ethics and governance)
Léna Salamé
Programme Specialist (Transboundary water cooperation)
Sarantuyaa Zandaryaa
Programme Specialist (urban water management)
Lisa Hiwasaki
Assistant Programme Specialist (water and cultural diversity)
Georgette Gobina
Section Assistant
Sandrine Baron
Assistant
Regional Hydrologists
The UNESCO Regional Offices are responsible for the implementation of IHP at the regional level. Regional Hydrologists are posted in the field and serve as IHP focal points for all issues relating to the Programme, both at regional and national levels. The following Regional Hydrologists are currently working in coordination with the IHP Secretariat:
Radwan Al-Weshah
Regional Hydrologist for Arab States, UNESCO Cairo Office
Giuseppe Arduino
Regional Hydrologist for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, UNESCO Jakarta Office
María Concepción Donoso
Regional Hydrologist for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNESCO Montevideo Office
Emmanuel Naah
Regional Hydrologist for Africa, UNESCO Nairobi Office
Bhanu Neupane
Regional Hydrologist for Central and South Asia, UNESCO New Delhi Office
Philippe Pypaert
Regional Hydrologist for Europe, UNESCO Venice Office
Abou Amani
Assistant Programme Specialist in Natural Sciences, UNESCO Accra Office