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Maintaining frequent contact between countries of the region and carrying out IHP activities at regional level requires appropriate co-ordination mechanisms. In Asia and the Pacific, regional cooperation is made through the IHP Regional Steering Committee (RSC), whose members are representatives from IHP National Committees in Asia and the Pacific region. Since 1993, annual RSC meetings have been convened in different countries of the region to report, evaluate and review various activities carried out within the framework of IHP, as well as to design new ones; in conjunction with the RSC meetings, annual international conferences and symposia have been held. The Japanese Government has strongly supported these important activities by providing through the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science (MEXT), a Funds-in-Trust contribution on a regular basis.

In co-operation with UNESCO Jakarta and the participating member states, the RSC has co-ordinated a wide range of initiatives, including research studies, technical projects, workshops, training courses and annual symposia, bringing together many specialists involved in water related activities. The most notable regional initiatives made possible by the co-operative efforts of the RSC are: the AP-FRIEND (Asian Pacific Flow Regimes from International and Experimental Network Data) project, the Asian Pacific Water Archive and the Catalogue of Rivers, and Catalogue of Hydrologic Analysis, CHA.

Calalogue of Hydrologic Analysis (CHA)

• Volume 3: Groundwater in Asia and the Pacific
  • Released on March 2024
  • Download from UNESDOC Digital Library
  • Download from CHA Home Page
• 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 2024

The 26th session of the Intergovernmental Council of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme

• Venue: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
• Date: 3 June 2024 - 10:00 am - 7 June 2024 - 6:00 pm

The 31st IHP RSC for Asia and the Pacific

• Venue: Seoul, Republic of Korea
• Date: 29-31 October 2024

The 34th IHP On-line Training Course - Kyoto

• Topics: Integrated Basin Management under Changing Climate
• Organizers: Water Resources Research Center, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
• Date: Novmber 18th to November 28th, 2024
• Venue: Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan

Past activities: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

last updated on June 16, 2024 by Y. Tachikawa