IHP/IC-XXVII/1 Prov.
24 February 2026
Original: English
PROVISIONAL AGENDA
Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme
27th Ordinary session of the IHP Intergovernmental Council
(Paris, 1-5 June 2026)
1. Opening of the session
1.1. Address by the Director-General of UNESCO or his representative
1.2. Address by the Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Council of IHP
2. Adoption of the agenda and determination of the Council’s method of work
3. Institutional developments at UNESCO: IHP within UNESCO
3.1. Developments in the Natural Sciences Sector and the Division of Water Sciences following the
221st; 222nd and 224th sessions of the Executive Board, and the UNESCO’s 43rd General
Conference and the Programme and Budget 43 C/5
3.2. Review of the Rules of Procedure
3.3. Extrabudgetary activities within the Division of Water Sciences
3.4. Report of the Finance Committee
3.5. Report of the Communication and Outreach Committee
4. Report on the implementation of the resolutions and decisions adopted at the 26th session of the
Intergovernmental Council of the IHP
5. Programme implementation
5.1. Implementation of the ninth phase of IHP
5.2. Regional perspectives on IHP
5.3. Report on the IHP Flagship Initiatives and their alignment to the new framework
5.4. Report on the 30thAnniversary of Ecohydrology in IHP – Challenges and perspectives and
new initiatives
5.5. Report of the task force on the ECOMED Academy
5.6. Report of the task force on the Alliance of Mega Cities and Water
5.7. Report of the task force on the pre-feasibility study for a UNESCO water sciences report
5.8. Report on the International Year of Glaciers Preservation and the UN Decade of Action on
Cryospheric Sciences
5.9. Cooperation with other UNESCO programmes
6. Report on the Celebration of the 50th anniversary of IHP and 60 years of Water Sciences
at UNESCO
7. Midterm evaluation of IHP-IX
8. Roadmap for IHP transformation and strategic reinforcement
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9. Cooperation with the UN System
9.1. Involvement within UN-Water including Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 monitoring and
monitoring of SDG 6.5.2, the Capacity development Initiative (CDI) and experts’ groups
9.2. Involvement in UN system wide strategy on water and sanitation and UN global water processes
including UN 2026 Water conference
9.3. Cooperation with other UN agencies
10. UNESCO’s Water Family
10.1. Status and operation of the UNESCO Water Family
10.2. Specific actions for the management of the Category 2 Centres’ network
10.3. UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme including IHP contribution to World Water
Development Reports
11. Relations with intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations
11.1. Cooperation with Intergovernmental Organizations, Scientific Associations and Non-
Governmental Organizations
11.2. IHP’s role in the 11th World Water Forum
11.3. IHP’s role in other key international events and agendas (Dushanbe Water Conference 2025 and
2026, World Water Week 2025, World Water Congress, UNFCCC COP 29 and 30)
12. Other matters
13. Adoption of the report
14. Closure of the session
To Member States
Non-members of the
Intergovernmental Council of the
Intergovernmental Hydrological
Programme
26 March 2026
The Assistant Director-General
for Natural Sciences
Ref: SC/HYD/26/DIR/2390
Madam/Sir,
On behalf of the Director-General, I have the honour to invite you to the
27th session of the Intergovernmental Council of the Intergovernmental
Hydrological Programme (IHP), which will take place in presence at UNESCO
Headquarters in Paris from 1 to 5 June 2026.
The provisional agenda for the 27th session of the IHP Council is attached for
your kind attention. During this session, the Council will review, among other
matters, the progress of the IHP-IX implementation, the mid-term evaluation of
IHP-IX, the pre-feasibility study of the UNESCO Water Sciences Report and
preparations towards the UN 2026 Water Conference.
The Rules of Procedure of the IHP Intergovernmental Council are available
online at the following internet address:
https://www.unesco.org/en/ihp/council/rules?hub=68140.
The documents for the 27th Session of the IHP Council will be made available
on https://unesdoc.unesco.org/collections/documents-of-the-ihp-council, in
advance of the session.
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We would be grateful if you could transmit the names and official addresses of
the designated representatives of your government to the IHP Secretariat (e-
mail:
[email protected]) by 24 April 2026 at the latest and register them
imperatively via Indico through the link:
https://indico.un.org/event/1021488/registrations/25711/, to allow the
preparation of a provisional list of participants before the session.
Accept, Madam/Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.
Lidia Brito
Encs:
- Provisional agenda of the 27th session of the IHP Intergovernmental
Council