UNESCO Chair in Water Resources (246), established  in 1994 at Omdurman Islamic University (Sudan).

Fields/Disciplines

Water resources.

Objectives

• To promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation services in fields related to water resources.
• To provide study programmes (master and Ph. D. degrees) in the field of water resources.
• To establish a network of institutions in the countries sharing the same water resources.

Host Institution

• Omdurman Islamic University.

Partnership

•  Makerere University (Kenya)
• Gezira University  (Sudan)
• Khartoum University (Sudan)
• Sudan University for Science & Technology (Sudan)
• Waghenien University.
• Other Research and Higher Education Institutions in Africa.
• Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources (MIWR), Khartoum (Sudan).

Document

Progress report 2008-2009 (short version)

UNESCO Sector/Office responsible for the Chair/Network

Natural Sciences.

Contact

Prof. Abdalla Abdelsalam Ahmed, UNESCO Chairholder

Omdurman Islamic University

E-Mail - ucwr(at)ucwr-sd.org

Phone: (+249 183) 779599/786770/ 776884

Fax: +249 183 797758

PO Box 1244

Khartoum 1111

Sudan