Who's who
IHP Secretariat
IHP’s activities are implemented thanks to the efforts of its Secretariat, located in UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. The Secretariat provides studies, information, and facilities needed to perform the programme’s activities, and its duties range from the daily responsibilities of maintaining a professional office, to in-the-field decisions on water-related issues around the world.
The postal address for IHP is:
International Hydrological Programme (IHP)
UNESCO/Division of Water Sciences (SC/HYD)
1 rue Miollis
75732 Paris Cedex 15
FRANCE
Tel : +33 1 45 68 40 01
Fax: +33 1 45 68 58 11
Email: ihp(at)unesco.org
Following is a list of members of the IHP Secretariat:
Office of the Secretary and Director
Blanca Jiménez-Cisneros
Secretary, International Hydrological Programme (IHP)
Director, Division of Water Sciences
Vicente Leogardo III
Assistant Programme Specialist
Anna Movsisyan
Senior Assistant
Section on Hydrological Systems and Water Scarcity (SC/HYD/HSS)
Siegfried Demuth
Chief of Section
Anil Mishra
Programme Specialist
Barbara Kavuma Lwanga
Assistant
Section on Groundwater Systems and Settlements (SC/HYD/GSS)
Alice Aureli
Programme Specialist
Sima Taheri
Assistant
Lydie Kente
Assistant
Section on Ecohydrology, Water Quality and Water Education (SC/HYD/EQE)
Giuseppe Arduino
Programme Specialist
Sarantuyaa Zandaryaa
Programme Specialist
Miguel de França Doria
Programme Specialist
Georgette Gobina
Assistant
Sandrine Baron
Assistant
Secretariat of the UN World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)
Regional Hydrologists
The UNESCO Regional Offices are responsible for the implementation of IHP at the regional level. Regional Hydrologists are posted in the field and serve as IHP focal points for all issues relating to the Programme, both at regional and national levels. The following Regional Hydrologists are currently working in coordination with the IHP Secretariat:
Abou Amani
Regional Hydrologist for Africa, UNESCO Nairobi Office
Bisher Imam
Regional Hydrologist for the Arab States, UNESCO Cairo Office
Shahbaz Khan
Regional Hydrologist for Southeast Asia and the Pacific and Deputy Director, UNESCO Jakarta Office
Philippe Pypaert
Regional Hydrologist for Europe, UNESCO Venice Office
Zelmira May
Regional Hydrologist a.i. for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNESCO Montevideo Office