Category 1 Institutes
UNESCO’s Category 1 institutes, which are an integral part of UNESCO, institutes build scientific capacity in Member States, essentially in developing countries.
- Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
Trieste, ItalyICTP is a driving force behind global efforts to advance scientific expertise in the developing world. Although operating with significant autonomy, the programmes of this institute are an integral part of the UNESCO Natural Sciences Sector programme. ICTP hosts The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (TWAS), a UNESCO programme that works to support sustainable prosperity through research, education, policy and diplomacy. GenderInSITE, an international initiative to promote the role of women in science, innovation, technology and engineering, and a programme unit of UNESCO, is hosted by TWAS.
- UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS)
Montreal, CanadaAs part of its mandate, UIS collects and disseminates science statistics across the United Nations system gathering data from more than 200 countries and territories through its biennial survey and partnerships with key organizations. Science statistics are used in particular to compile the UNESCO Science Report.
Category 2 Centres and Institutes
Category 2 centres and institutes contribute to the execution of UNESCO’s programme through capacity building; the exchange of information in a particular discipline; theoretical and experimental research; and advanced training. They are under the auspices of UNESCO but are not legally part of the Organization; they are associated with it through formal arrangements approved by the General Conference. These centres and institutes form a vast network of associated centres in the fields of water, renewable energy, science policy, biotechnology, geosciences, the basic sciences and remote sensing.
- South American Institute for Fundamental Research (SAIFR)
Sao Paulo, Brazil - Centre d’Excellence en Microscience (CEM)
Yaounde, Cameroon - International Centre for Theoretical Physics Asia-Pacific (ICTP-AP)
Beijing, China - International Centre for Pure and Applied Mathematics (ICPAM/CIMPA)
Nice, France - African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS-Ghana)
Biriwa, Ghana - Mesoamerican Centre for Theoretical Physics (MCTP)
Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico - International Centre for Advanced Training of Scientists from Portuguese-Speaking Countries in Areas of Basic Sciences
Lisbon, Portugal - International Centre for Advanced Training and Research in Physics
Mǎgurele-Bucarest, Romania - East Africa Institute for Fundamental Research (EAIFR)
Kigali, Rwanda - International Training Centre in Astronomy
Chiang Mai, Thailand - Junior Academy of Sciences
Kiev, Ukraine - International Centres of Physics
Hanoi, Viet Nam - International Centres of Research and Postgraduate Training in Mathematics
Hanoi, Viet Nam
Engineering
- International Centre for Engineering Education
Beijing, China - International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology (IKCEST)
Beijing, China - Aalborg Centre for Problem-Based Learning in Engineering Science and Sustainability
Aalborg, Denmark - International Competence Centre for Mining-Engineering Education
St Peterburg, Russian Federation
Biotechnology
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology
Faridabad, India - International Training and Education Centre in Proteomics, Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics (BIOmics)
Rehovot, Israel - Health-related Basic Sciences Centre and Human Nutrition
Mashad, Iran - International Centre for Biotechnology
Nsukka, Nigeria - International Centre for Chemical and Biological Science
Karachi, Pakistan
Renewable energy
- Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Marrakech, Morocco - International Sustainable Energy Development Centre
Moscow, Russian Federation
- International Research Centre on Karst (IRCK)
Guilin, China - International Centre on Global-scale Geochemistry
Langfang, China - International Centre on Space Technologies for Cultural and Natural Heritage (HIST)
Beijing, China
Disaster Risk Reduction
- International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (IZIIS)
Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Ecole régionale post-universitaire d’aménagement et de gestion intégrés des forêts et territoires tropicaux (ERAIFT)
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo - International Centre on Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves
Castellet I la Gornal, Spain
- International Research and Training Centre for Science and Technology Strategy (CISTRAT)
Beijing, China - Regional Centre for Science Park and Technology Incubator Development
Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran - International Centre for South-South Cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation (ISTIC)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- International Centre on Hydroinformatics for Integrated Water Resources Management (CIH)
Parque Tecnologico Itaipú Binacional, Brazil and Paraguay - International Centre for Education, Capacity Building and Applied Research in Water (HidroEX)
Frutal, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Regional Water Centre for Arid and Semi-arid Zones of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAZALAC)
La Serena, Chile - International Research and Training Centre on Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES)
Beijing, China - Centre for the Sustainable Management of Water Resources in the Caribbean Island Sates (CEHICA)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - Regional Centre for Training and Water Studies of Arid and Semi-arid Zones (RCTWS)
6th of October City, Egypt - Central Laboratory for Environmental Quality Monitoring (CLEQM)
El-Qanater, Egypt - African Regional Centre for Ecohydrology (ARCE)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - International Centre on Water Resources and Global Change (ICWRGC)
Koblenz, Germany - Centre on Integrated and Multi-disciplinary Water Resources Management (AUTH)
Thessaloniki, Greece - International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM)
Tsukuba, Japan - Asia-Pacific Centre for Ecohydrology (APCE)
Cibinong, Indonesia - International Centre on Qanats and Historic Hydraulic Structures (ICQHS)
Yazd, Islamic Republic of Iran - Regional Centre on Urban Water Management (RCUWM)
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran - International Centre for the Integrated Management of Watershed and Bio-Resources in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions (IMWBRA)
Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran - Central Asian Regional Glaciological Centre (CARGC)
Almaty, Kazakhstan - Regional Centre for Groundwater Resources Education, Training and Research in East Africa (RCGRE)
Nairobi, Kenya - Water Research Centre at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (WRC-KISR)
Kuwait City, Kuwait - International Centre for Water Security and Sustainable Management (i-WSSM)
at the K-Water Institute, Daejeon, Republic of Korea - Regional Centre for Shared Aquifer Resources Management (RCSARM)
Tripoli, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - Regional Humid Tropics Hydrology and Water Resources Centre for South-East Asia and the Pacific (HTC)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Regional Centre on Water Security (CERSHI)
Mexico City, Mexico - IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (IHE-Delft)
Delft, the Netherlands - International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC)
Delft, The Netherlands - Regional Centre for Integrated River Basin Management (RC-IRBM)
Kaduna, Nigeria - Regional Centre for Water Management Research in Arid Zones (RCWMRIAZ)
Pakistan - Regional Water Research Centre on Hydrology of Headwater Catchments (RWRC-COMSATS)
Abbottabad, Pakistan - European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology (ERCE)
Poland - International Centre on Coastal Ecohydrology (ICCE)
Faro, Portugal - International Research and Training Centre on Urban Drainage (IRTCUD)
Belgrade, Serbia - Centre for Water for Sustainable Development and Adaptation to Climate Change (WSDAC)
Belgrade, Serbia - African Centre for Global Change and Water Resources Research (ACGCWR)
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa - Regional Centre on Capacity Development and Research in Water Harvesting (RCWH)
Khartoum, Sudan - International Centre for Water Cooperation (ICWC)
Stockholm, Sweden - International Centre for Water Law,Policy and Science (IHP-HELP)
University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom - International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management (ICIWaRM)
Institute for Water Resources (IWR) of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America - Regional Centre for Groundwater Management for Latin America and the Caribbean (CeReGAS)
Montevideo, Uruguay