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Documents of the 40th session of the IHP Bureau (in English only/PDF format, unless indicated otherwise)

Working Documents
Document code
(IHP/Bur-XL/...)		 Title Agenda item
1 Agenda 2
2 Timetable 2
3 Final Report

Rapport final

Informe final		 1-12
4 List of documents 2
5 List of participants 2
6 The role of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO
(cancelled document)		 4.1
7 rev. Overview of proposed category 2 centres 4.2
8 rev. (Consolidated) Strategy for UNESCO's category 1 and category 2 water-related centres

Stratégie pour les centres UNESCO de catégories 1 et 2 relatifs à l'eau

Estrategia para los Institutos y Centros de la UNESCO sobre Recursos Hídricos de Categorías 1 y 2		 4.3
9 Report on IHP-VI themes and cross-cutting programmes 5.1
10 rev. IHP-VI initiatives: International Flood Initiative and the International Sediment Initiative 5.2
11 Updated draft Strategic Plan for the Seventh Phase of IHP

Projet de plan stratégique actualisé de la Septième phase du PHI

Borrador Actualizado del Plan Estratégico de la Séptima Fase del PHI		 6.1
12 Follow up to 176 EX/Decision 7 of the UNESCO Executive Board concerning the Report of the Overall Review Committee for Major Programmes II and III 7
13 Preparations for the 5th World Water Forum 8.2
14 rev. Status of water education in the context of the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, 2005-2014) 8.3

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Reference Documents
Document code Title Agenda item
IHP/IC-XVII/3 Final Report of the 17th session of the IHP Intergovernmental Council -
IHP/Bur-XXXIX/3 Final Report of the 39th session of the IHP Bureau -
34 C/4 Draft Draft Medium-term Strategy, 2008-2013 3
34 C/5 Draft 34 C/5: Volume 1, Draft Resolutions, 2008-2009; Volume 2, Draft Programme and budget, 2008-2009 3
171 EX/18 Report by the Director-General on the revised and completed principles and guidelines regarding the establishment and operation of UNESCO Institutes and centres (category 1) and Institutes and centres under the auspices of UNESCO (category 2) 4
33 C/19 Principles and guidelines for the establishment and functioning of UNESCO Institutes and centres (category 1) and Institutes and centres under the auspices of UNESCO (category 2) 4
176 EX/14 Report of the Director-General on the feasibility study for the establishment of a Regional Centre for Shared Aquifer Resources Management in Tripoli, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, as a category 2 centre under the auspices of UNESCO 4.2
176 EX/15 Report by the Director-General on the feasibility study for the establishment of an International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre in Utrecht, the Netherlands, as a category 2 centre under the auspices of UNESCO 4.2
- Request for action submitted to UNESCO on the Creation and Concession of UNESCO-sponsored institute (category 2) status to HIDROEX- Institute for Excellence in Water for South America and African Portuguese-speaking Countries, located at Frutal, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil (submitted by Brazil) 4.2
- Background note: Proposal for the establishment of an International Research and Training Center on Sediment, Isotope and Erosion Techniques in Ankara, Turkey (submitted by Turkey) 4.2
- Concept proposal for the establishment of a UNESCO category 2 centre in the Republic of Macedonia focused on post-graduate education and research in the area of fresh water resources: Water for Environment, Culture and Society - WECS (submitted by The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, June 2007) 4.2
- Proposal for the establishment of a UNESCO category 2 centre in the Republic of Macedonia focused on Education and Research in teh Area of Freshwater resources: Water for Environment, Culture and Society - WECS (submitted by The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, October 2007) [Revised version as endorsed by the IHP Bureau in an out-of-session approval consultation in March 2008] 4.2
176 EX/7 Report by the Director-General on conclusions and recommendations of the expert team on the overall review of Major Programmes II and III 7
- First meeting report of the UNESCO Working Group on Water Education and Capacity Building for Sustainable Development 8.3
- Issues in World Water and their Educational Implications 8.3

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