Evaluation of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
September 2007 - The mandate of UNESCO-IHE is to strengthen and mobilize the global educational and knowledge base for integrated water resources management, and to contribute to meeting the water-related capacity-building needs of the developing countries and countries in transition.
The process to establish the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education was concluded by a decision of the 31st General Conference of UNESCO in November 2001. The Institute became operational in 2003. It continues the work that was started in 1957 when IHE offered a postgraduate diploma course in hydraulic engineering to practicing professionals from developing countries. Over the 50 years of its existence, the Institute has developed into an international education institute providing a host of postgraduate courses in many aspects of water sciences. It has also expanded its academic base to include disciplines such as social, economic, environmental and management sciences.
The purpose of this evaluation was to assess the functioning of UNESCO-IHE in terms of relevance, impacts, efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability / funding mechanisms in relation to the activities and results of the Institute, UNESCO’s mandate, and the contribution from the Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW).
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Image copyright: © UNESCO/ Z. Kulenov
Image : © UNESCO/ Z. Kulenov - Aral Sea spillway, Kazakhstan
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