In coordination with the Regional hydrologist at the Regional Bureau for Sciences in Nairobi and the Division of Water Sciences at Headquarters, and through an active partnership with the National IHP Committees, implement the water sciences programme in the cluster countries, directed towards integrated and sustainable water resources management and transboundary cooperation.
World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of water and advocating for the sustainable management of water resources.
Although seemingly a problematic feature, their effective management also a greater potential for developing sustainable solutions to water resources issues than any other type of water system.
The challenge of the Decade is to focus attention on action-oriented activities and policies that ensure the long-term sustainable management of water resources, in terms of both quantity and quality, and include measures to improve sanitation.
The learning and sharing of good practice experience amongst HELP basins have greatly benefited the global community to improve the sustainable management of water resources, through continuous dialogue and involvement of stakeholders from the community to government level.
HidroEX is a Category II UNESCO Center based at Frutal, Minas Gerais, with the mission of implementing excellence programmes in the area of education, research and training in consonance with the UNESCO International Hydrological Programme regarding the preservation and sustainable management of water resources through actions of regional and worldwide range.
The purpose of the Award is to promote efforts to fulfil international commitments made on water and water-related issues by 2015 through recognition of outstanding best practices that can ensure the long-term sustainable management of water resources and contribute to the achievement of internationally agreed goals and targets contained in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation.
Execute or coordinate the implementation of activities of the International Hydrology Programme (IHP) in the Arab region, which includes the coordination, formulation, management , and evaluation of IHP programmes and projects aimed at improving the national and regional capabilities for the sustainable integrated management of water resources.
UNESCO: Vacancy : Programme Specialist (4/1/2012) AR/RP/EGY/SC/0013 - (P4)
The goal was to convene a meeting of high level experts in transboundary cooperation, biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of land and water resources.
Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan congratulated UNESCO for its commitment and expressed his conviction that managing water resources peacefully is vital for sustainable development.
Their discussions focused on politics, the economy and development as well as issues related to education, social justice and the sciences, and in this regard more specifically to the importance of sustainable groundwater resources management in averting the impending water crisis.
Other side events organized by UNESCO cover the areas of water resources, young women in science for sustainable development, and engineering for sustainable development.
This bold initiative is a paradigm shift in approach that treats urban water resources as a key pathway to a sustainable future for the city.
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