Date: 13-17 June 2016

Venue: Paris, France

Organizer: UNESCO-IHP

Participating Countries/Organizations: UNESCO Water Family

Number of Participants: 85

Number of Female Participants: 27 (31%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

To review the progress on the implementation of the eighth phase of IHP (IHP-VIII), including regional perspectives on IHP and its cooperation with other UNESCO programme and, to examine the status of the UNESCO’s Water Family, which includes the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, category 2 Centres and chairs under the auspices of UNESCO and the World Water Assessment Programme.