WRC/DWAF
South African National Committee for UNESCO-International Hydrological Programme (IHP)
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Water Resources Information Management
Private Bag x313, Pretoria 0001 , South Africa.

UNESCO IHP Chair / SA Focal Point
Department Water Affairs & Forestry
Private Bag x313, Pretoria, 0001
SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27 12 336 8787
Fax: +27 12 3312565
Email: Natcom@dwaf.gov.za
            xkj@dwaf.gov.za

IHP Secretariat
Water Research Commission
Director,
Water Resource Management
Private Bag x10, Gezina
Pretoria, 0001
SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27 12 3300 340
Fax: +27 12 3300 340

View the draft TERMS OF REFERENCE for the South African National Committee for the UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP).

National Activities

The following documents are available for download:

SA IHP National Commission Meetings

20 September 2006, Pretoria, South Africa 25 September 2007, Pretoria, South Africa

HELP Southern Symposium, November 2007

IWRM-IHP Conference, 10-12 March 2008

IHP Africa National Commissions

13 October 2006, Abudja, Nigeria

The first UNESCO-IHP Africa Regional Committees meeting in 2006 was hosted in Abuja by the Nigerian focal point and was aimed at the IHP-VII; towards achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals in Africa.

12-13 March 2008, Cape Town, South Africa

The 2nd Africa Regional meeting of the National Committees of UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme. The aims of the IHP meeting were to follow-up on the Abuja (2006) recommendations; to engage the membership in discussions on the UNESCO IHP-VII implementation strategies; and to strengthen partnerships.