UNESCO-IHE confers a vital role to partnerships. They add value to many of the Institute’s activities and are essential in linking global knowledge to local sector agendas, and for improving North–South and South–South collaboration.
Under the framework of these partnerships, the Institute conducts joint research, education and capacity building activities, thus broadening its knowledge base, and enabling the Institute to be more effective in responding to demands for its services.
At present UNESCO-IHE cooperates with about 40 institutional partners worldwide, functioning as a pro-active interface between knowledge networks and centres, public and private sector organizations, scientific and professional associations and other actors in the development community.
The UNESCO-IHE Global Partnership for Water Education and Research is a global coalition of knowledge centres with the mission to build capacity for the sustainable management of water and environmental resources and delivery of water and sanitation services.
UNESCO-IHE has signed a number of long-term international cooperation agreements with various partners, comprising a wide range of fields and technical cooperation in human and institutional capacity building.
Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) set the framework under which specific (proje...
The Institute maintains close working relationships with many regional and local networks that it has helped set up.
These networks were born as platforms to transfer scientific and technical expertise, to strengthen the capacity of water professionals and institutions, and to share regiona...
The Institute has a long tradition of collaboration with water sector institutions in the Netherlands. It is a partner in Delft Cluster, which brings together the leading research institutions in the area, including DeltaRes, Delft University of Technology and Kiwa.
The Institute is a membe...
UNESCO-IHE’s Distance Learning Centre (DLC), opened in April 2003, forms part of the World Bank’s Global Development Learning Network. There are currently more than 60 such centres around the world, and new ones are regularly coming online.
The incorporation of IHE into UNESCO in 2001 demonstrates the importance the Organization attaches to water issues. UNESCO member states decided to make water and associated ecosystems one of its ‘principal priorities’.
