Water-related UNESCO Chairs

1.  UNESCO Chair in Water Resources
established in 1994 at Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan
Progress Report 2008-2000
Profile & Progress Report 2011

2.  UNESCO interdisciplinary Chair in Sustainable Water Resources Management
established in 1998 at the Hassania School of Public Works, Morocco
Progress Report 1999-2001

3.  UNESCO Chair in Geohydrology
established in 1999 at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Progress Report 2006-2007
Progress Report 2007-2009

4.  UNESCO-EOLSS Chair in Wadi Hydrology
established in 1999 at the University of Jordan, Jordan
Progress Reports 2004-2010
Progress Report 2009

5.  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
Progress Report 1999

6.  UNESCO Chair in Water Resources
established in 2001 at Irkutsk State University, Russian Federation
Progress Report 2008-2010

7.  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
Progress Report 2003-2004
Progress Report 2006
Progress Report 2009

8.  UNESCO Chair in Environment and Water Resources
established in 2003 at Ajman University of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates

9.  UNESCO Chair in Hydrogeology
established in 2003 at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

10.  UNESCO Chair in applied membrane sciences for environment
established in 2004 at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, Institut Européen des Membranes, Montpellier, France
Progress Report 2004-2005
Progress Report 2009-2010
Progress Report 2011-2012

11.  UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Water Management
established in 2005, at Hohai University, China
Progress Report 2005-2006

12.  UNESCO Chair on Water Resources Sustainability
established in 2005 at the University of San Carlos, Guatemala
Progress Report 2005-2007

13.  UNESCO Chair on Water, Women and Development
established in 2006 at the Federal University of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Only available in French
Progress Report 2006

14.  UNESCO Chair in Water, Women and Decision-making
established in 2006 at the Ivorian Center of Economy and Social Research (CIRES), Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

15.  UNESCO Chair Water, Women and Decision-making
established in 2006 at the University Al Akhawayn, Ifrane, Morocco
Progress Report 2006-2007

16.  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
Progress Report 2008-2010

17.  UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Rivers
established in 2008 at the University of Washington, United States of America

18.  UNESCO Chair in Water in the Knowledge Society
established in 2008 at the Instituto Mexicano de Technología del Agua, Mexico
Progress Report 2009

19.  UNESCO Chair in Water Management
established in 2008 at the University of Bangui, Central African Republic
Progress Report 2009
Progress Report 2009-2010

20.  UNITWIN Network on Water Resources
established in 2009 at Irkutsk State University, Russian Federation

21.  UNESCO Chair in Women, Science and Reasoned Water Management in West Africa
established in 2009 at the University of Lomé, Togo

22.  UNESCO Chair on Water Resources Management and Ecohydrology
established in 2010 at the Water Problem Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation

23.  UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance
established in 2010 at the Australian National University, Australia
The Global Water Forum initiative

24.  UNESCO Chair in Hydrological Change and Water Resources Management
established in 2010 at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany

25.  UNESCO Chair in Community Education for Mountain Conservation and Watershed Management
established in 2010 at the University of Punjab, Pakistan

26.  UNESCO Chair in Hydroinformatics for Ecohydrology 
established in 2011 at the Capital Normal University, China

27.  UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Water Services 
established in 2012 at the Tampere University of Technology, Finland

28. UNESCO Chair in Water for Ecologically Sustainable Development
established in 2012 at the University of Belgrade, Serbia

29. UNESCO Chair in Water and Environment Management for Sustainable Cities
established in 2012 at the Sharif University of Technology, Iran