Water-related UNESCO Chairs
1. UNESCO Chair in Water Resources
established in 1994 at Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan
2. UNESCO interdisciplinary Chair in Sustainable Water Resources Management
established in 1998 at the Hassania School of Public Works, Morocco
3. UNESCO Chair in Geohydrology
established in 1999 at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa
4. UNESCO-EOLSS Chair in Wadi Hydrology
established in 1999 at the University of Jordan, Jordan
5. UNITWIN Mediterranean Network UNESCO-UNU-City of Cannes Chairs on water resources, sustainable development and peace
established in 1999 at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France
6. UNESCO Chair in Water Resources
established in 2001 at Irkutsk State University, Russian Federation
7. UNESCO Chair/International Network of Water-Environment Centres for the Balkans on ‘Sustainable Management on Water and Conflict Resolution’
established in 2003 at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
8. UNESCO Chair in Environment and Water Resources
established in 2003 at Ajman University of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates
9. UNESCO Chair in Hydrogeology
established in 2003 at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
10. UNESCO Chair in applied membrane sciences for environment
established in 2004 at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, Institut Européen des Membranes, Montpellier, France
11. UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Water Management
established in 2005, at Hohai University, China
12. UNESCO Chair on Water Resources Sustainability
established in 2005 at the University of San Carlos, Guatemala
13. UNESCO Chair on Water, Women and Development
established in 2006 at the Federal University of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Full information only available in French.
14. UNESCO Chair in Water, Women and Decision-making
established in 2006 at the Ivorian Center of Economy and Social Research (CIRES), Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
15. UNESCO Chair Water, Women and Decision-making
established in 2006 at the University Al Akhawayn, Ifrane, Morocco
16. UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Groundwater Management
established in 2007 at the University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan and the Institute of Geo-ecology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
17. UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Rivers
established in 2008 at the University of Washington, United States of America
18. UNESCO Chair in Water in the Knowledge Society
established in 2008 at the Instituto Mexicano de Technología del Agua, Mexico
19. UNESCO Chair in Water Management
established in 2008 at the University of Bangui, Central African Republic
20. UNITWIN Network on Water Resources
established in 2009 at Irkutsk State University, Russian Federation
21.UNESCO Chair in Women, Science and Reasoned Water Management in West Africa
established in 2009 at the University of Lomé, Togo
22. UNESCO Chair on Water Resources Management and Ecohydrology
established in 2010 at the Water Problem Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation
23. UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance
established in 2010 at the Australian National University, Australia
The Global Water Forum initiative
24. UNESCO Chair in Hydrological Change and Water Resources Management
established in 2010 at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany
25. UNESCO Chair in Community Education for Mountain Conservation and Watershed Management
established in 2010 at the University of Punjab, Pakistan
26. UNESCO Chair in Hydroinformatics for Ecohydrology
established in 2011 at the Capital Normal University, China
27. UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Water Services
established in 2012 at the Tampere University of Technology, Finland
28. UNESCO Chair in Water for Ecologically Sustainable Development
established in 2012 at the University of Belgrade, Serbia
29. UNESCO Chair in Water and Environment Management for Sustainable Cities
established in 2012 at the Sharif University of Technology, Iran
30. UNESCO Chair on Water and Culture
established in 2013 at the Faculty of Humanities and Education, University of the Republic (UDELAR), Uruguay
31. UNESCO Chair on Water Resources Management and Culture
established in 2013 at the University for Foreigners in Perugia, Italy
32. UNESCO Chair in Water and Education for Sustainable Development
established in 2013 at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina
33. UNESCO Chair on Knowledge Systems for Integrated Water Resources Management
established in 2014 at the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan
34. UNESCO Chair on Integrated River Research and Management
established in 2014 at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
35. UNESCO Chair on Water, Women and Governance
established in 2014 at the Instituto Global de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Sociales (IGLOBAL), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
36. UNESCO Chair on Environmental History: Water and Indigenous Peoples
established in 2015 at the University of Arizona, USA