International Workshop on Integrated Flood Management

The mission of UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC) is to support and strengthen the activities of the more than two dozen UN organizations and programmes already cooperating within the interagency mechanism known as UN-Water, and in particular to promote capacity development in water related issues. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is encouraging research and training in meteorology, operational hydrology and flood management, and assisting in coordinating the international aspects of such research and training. The mission of the Regional Centre on Urban Water Management (RCUWM-Tehran) is to transfer […]

From 1991 to 2007 about 80% of all natural disasters were of meteorological or hydrological origin. In the last decades, between 1960 and 2004, there has been a significant increase in water related extreme events. Floods are the most frequent catastrophic events which people have to face; they are caused most frequently by a coincidence of meteorological and hydrological circumstances but often the flooding of lands has geological or arthritic reasons. As defined, flash floods are a temporary rise of water level in a stream caused by an abrupt increase of discharge or by a temporary decrease of […]

Annually, due to erosion in rivers’ basins which will be intensified during flash floods, a huge amount of sediment is transported with the river flow. The accumulated sediment is quite fertile and sediment transport greatly contributes to agriculture in the downstream area. Although sediment transport is very vital for agriculture, it has caused serious problems for the dam reservoirs. A huge amount of sediment enters dam reservoirs each year and results in the dam storage capacity decrease. It costs too much each year for sedimentation control and sediment removal. Due to the mentioned problems, the Regional […]

The warming of Earth’s climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and the rising global mean sea level.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has declared in 2008 that water resources are amongst systems and sectors that are particularly vulnerable to climate change and stand to be strongly impacted by it.

The Middle East – North Africa (MENA) Region is one of the most waterless areas on Earth. The […]

In recent years there has been growing evidence that the earth’s climate will become warmer in 21^st century, which raises the essential question: What impacts will global warming have on the environment and human activities? Warming will cause hydrologic changes that will affect freshwater resources. These are among the most significant potential impacts of climate change.

Based on this rationale, The Regional Centre on Urban Water Management (RCUWM – Tehran) in close cooperation with The Regional Centre for Training and Water Studies (RCTWS – Cairo), Regional UNESCO Offices (Cairo & Tehran) and […]

Based on the Framework of Cooperation signed between the UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO), the two organizations, together with the Ministry of Energy of Iran, Deputy for Water and Wastewater Affairs, organized from 9 to 13 August 2009 the second of a series of 5 regional workshops on “Capacity Development for Farm Management Strategies to Improve Crop-Water productivity using AquaCrop”, that was held at the Olympic Hotel in Tehran, Iran. More than […]

According to the agreed minutes of the 5^th RCUWM Governing Board Meeting which was held in Tehran, November 2007, and with the presence of Mr. Fattah, honorable Minister of Energy, I.R. Iran and Chairman of the RCUWM Governing Board, it was confirmed that the training course on Climate Change and its Impacts on Water resources be held in one of the regional countries with close cooperation with the Regional Centre for Training and Water Studies (RCTWS). After doing the necessary follow ups The Arab Centre for Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Land, located in Syria […]

World-wide water resources are under consideration: on the one hand fresh water resources are increasingly scarce. On the other hand, the flows of wastewater are increasing. Domestic wastewater is, directly or indirectly, increasingly being used for agricultural production, under various circumstances. A modern challenge is to channel and manage these flows properly, considering food safety, developmental and environmental issues, institutional arrangements, and national and regional policies.

In this respect, Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR) has proposed to organize and co-finance a regional expert group meeting on Municipal Waste Water Use for […]

Introduction

Although the world’s water related problems are growing increasingly and need to be addressed urgently, it is recognized that they cannot be solved by the action of Governments alone. It will also require the education, mobilization and involvement of all sections of the society. The media play an important role in swaying public opinion on key issues such as water. Helping people to better understand water issues will contribute to finding solutions. In light of the great impact that scarcity and mismanagement of water has on the whole world, the […]

First Governing Board Meeting

Date: 18th May 2002

The first Governing Board Meeting of RCUWM – Tehran was held in May 18^th 2002. H.E. Mr. Bitaraf, Minister of Energy, I.R. Iran and Chairman of RCUWM – Tehran Governing Board, Prof. A. Szollosi-Nagy, as the representative of Director General of UNESCO attended this Meeting.

H.E. Mr. Bitaraf being appointed as the first GB chair, the following items were proposed, discussed and adopted:

• Criteria of membership of the countries and regional or national organizations and also the procedure of correspondence for invitation to countries and organizations
• Preparation and Codification of the Governing Board Rules of Procedure

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