Welcome to the International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management
Recent News:
- ICIWaRM-coordinated, Arid Regions Water Resources Network “G-WADI” releases new app “iRain”, combining real-time rainfall information, citizen science and social media. (8 November 2016)
- G-WADI Celebrates its Past and Plans its Future (31 October 2016)
- Multi-Hazard “Tournament” Takes Place in the Iowa-Cedar – A UNESCO HELP basin in Minnesota and Iowa, USA (15 September 2016)
- ICIWaRM Leads Shared Vision Planning Workshop in the Dominican Republic (25 August 2016)
- ICIWaRM and NASA Collaborate with UNESCO on Remote Sensing and Water Resources Course in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil (18 July 2016)
- ICIWaRM takes part in 10th World General Assembly of INBO, Merida, Mexico (1 July 2016)
- Advancing the Implementation of the Latin American Flood and Drought Monitor at the National Level (5 June 2016)
- Other Recent News and Events
The International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management (ICIWaRM) is a UNESCO Category 2 water center headquartered at the U.S. Army Engineer Institute for Water Resources (IWR) in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. “Category 2” centers are provided for and funded by the host nation, but are under the auspices of UNESCO. ICIWaRM was officially created by an agreement between the U.S. Government and UNESCO in October 2009.
ICIWaRM is a consortium of U.S. Government agencies, university departments, and non-governmental organizations committed to working together in support of the strategic program objectives of UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme (IHP). ICIWaRM works closely with the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, the U.S. National Committee for the IHP, and category 2 centres in other nations around the world.
The overall mission of ICIWaRM is the advancement of the science and practice of integrated water resources management (IWRM) to address water security and other water-related challenges by regional and global action, through new knowledge, innovative technologies, collaborative interdisciplinary scientific research, networking, training and capacity development. It focuses on readily transferable, practical science and technology.