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Objectives of the Japanese IHP National Committee

The main objective of the Japanese IHP National Committee is to improve scientific and technological basis for the development of methods for the rational management of water resources, including the protection of the environment and disasters prevention/mitigation relating to water and society. Moreover, the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO has discussed and made proposal on "Sustainability Science" which is a scientific concept as the integrated approach to build a truly sustainable society. Based on this concept, the Japanese IHP National Committee is expected to solve complex global challenges through following activities with a cross-cutting approach in collaboration with all the studies including social and human sciences, in addition to changing value. Various IHP activities of UNESCO especially in the Asia- Pacific region have been implemented under the support of the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO with financial contribution in the form of Fund-in-Trust (JFIT) for the Promotion of Science for the Sustainable Development. Activities of the Japanese IHP National Committee includes:

• Contributions to various IHP activities,
• Active participation in the IHP Regional Steering Committee (RSC) for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and
• IHP Training Course organized by Nagoya University, Kyoto University and other universities/institutes.

Calalogue of Hydrologic Analysis (CHA)

• Volume 2: Dam Reservoir Operation for Addressing Water Related Disasters, Water Scarcity and Quality
  • Released on October 2021
  • Download from UNESDOC Digital Library
  • Download from CHA Home Page
• Volume 1: Flood Hazard Mapping
  • Released on October 2019
  • Download from UNESDOC Digital Library
  • Download from CHA Home Page

IHP-IX: Science for a Water Secure World in a Changing Environment, ninth phase 2022-2029

• Strategic Plan of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme

Events in 2022-2023

The 25th session of IHP's Intergovernmental Council

• Date: 26-29 April 2022
• Venue: UNESCO Headquarters in Paris
• Documents of the IHP IGC Sessions

The 29th IHP RSC for Asia and the Pacific in conjunction with ICFM9

• Date: 20-22 February in 2023
• Venue: Epochal Tsukuba International Congress Center, Tsukuba, Japan
• Program
  • Day 1 (20 Feb.) The 5th RSC CHA workshop related to IHP-9
  • Day 2 (21 Feb.) The 29th RSC (main topic will be related to IHP-9)
  • Day 3 (22 Feb.) Field Trip
• Organizer: Kyoto University and Japanese National Committee for IHP

The 32nd IHP On-line Training Course - Kyoto

• Date: Novmber 28th to December 8th, 2022
• Venue: Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan
• Topics: Integrated Basin Management under Changing Climate
• Organizers:
  • Water Resources Research Center, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
  • Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
• Conveners:
  • Convener: Prof. HORI, Tomoharu (DPRI, Kyoto University)
  • Chief assistant: Assoc. Prof. SABER, Mohamed (DPRI, Kyoto University)
  • Secretary: OBARA, Hisae (DPRI, Kyoto University), IBARAKI, Junko (DPRI, Kyoto University)
• Leaflet
• Program

Past activities: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

last updated on October 20, 2022 by Y. Tachikawa