Guatemala

UNESCO Chair on Water Resources Sustainability (681), established in 2005 at the University of San Carlos de Guatemala (Guatemala)

 

Fields/Disciplines Water resources sustainable management. Objectives The purpose of the Chair shall be to promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation in the fields of water resources sustainable management. It will serve as a means of facilitating collaboration between high-level, internationally recognized researchers and teaching staff of the University and other institutions in Guatemala and elsewhere in Latin America and the Caribbean, and in other regions of the world. Host institution University San Carlos de Guatemala Partnership Instituto Nacional de Sismología, vulcanología, meteorología e ideología INSIVUMEH (Guatemala), Observatorio del Agua y saneamiento en Guatemala, Fundación Defensores de la Naturaleza, Comisión Nacional del PHI de Guatemala, Other InterUniversity and Scientific Networks in the same field: Asociación Guatemalteca de Ingeniería Sanitaria y Ambiental (AGISA), Colegio de Ingenieros de Guatemala (CIG), Red de Instituciones de Ingeniería de Centro América (REDICA), Comité Regional de Recursos Hídricos (CRRH), Centro de Prevención de desastres Naturales para América Central (CEPREDENAC), Red Interamericana de Recursos Hídricos (RIRH) , Red Latinoamericana de Educación y Capacitación en Recursos Hídricos (LAWET); Agencia Alemana de Cooperación (GTZ), USAID, JICA, UNESCO-IHP for LAC Progress Report 2005-2007 (short version) UNESCO Sector / Office responsible for the Chair/Network Natural Sciences, UNESCO Office in Guatemala