The International Hydrological Programme (IHP) is the sole Intergovernmental Program in the United Nations System entirely dedicated to Hydrological Research, Water Resources Management, Education and Capacity Building.
In both the solo and duet disciplines, competitors must perform both a technical program, which must include certain set elements, and a free programme, which can take any shape.
Part of the United Nations Environment Programme's China Rural Energy Enterprises Development (CREED) initiative, the program has successful precedents in five African nations -- Senegal, Mali, Ghana, Zambia and Tanzania -- and northeast Brazil.