About the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme
The UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) is the only intergovernmental cooperation programme of the UN system dedicated to water research and management, and related education and capacity development. It addresses national, regional, and global water challenges, by supporting the development of sustainable and resilient societies. Expanding a holistic understanding of water, improving technical capabilities, and enhancing human and institutional capacities are IHP’s main tools. IHP’s work supports sound, evidence-based water governance and decision-making drawing on transdisciplinary science and technology other knowledge systems. It was founded in 1975 following the International Hydrological Decade (1965-1974).
The IHP seeks to enable all stakeholders to participate in the creation of a new, sustainable, water culture. The IHP’s ninth phase (IHP-IX, 2022-2029) puts science to action for a water secure world, in a changing environment.
By bringing innovative, interdisciplinary, and environmentally sound methods and tools into play, while fostering and capitalizing on advances in water sciences, IHP acts at the science-policy nexus to help meeting today’s global water challenges.
