PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Inter-American Association for Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (AIDIS)
International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR)
International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)
International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (SIL)
International Association of Water Law (AIDA)
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID)
International Council for Science (ICSU)
International Geographical Union (IGU)
International Hydropower Association (IHA)
International Navigation Association (PIANC)
International Network of Basin Organizations (RIOB)
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
IUGG Commission for the Cryospheric Sciences (UCCS)
International Water Association (IWA)
International Water History Association (IWHA)
International Water Resources Association (IWRA)


INTERGOVERNMENTAL / NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle (BAHC) - see also IGBP
Co-operative Programme on Water and Climate
> (formerly Dialogue on Water and Climate)
Dialogue on Water, Food and Environment
Freshwater Action Network (FAN)
Global Water and Energy Cycle Experiment (GEWEX)
Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA)
Global Water
Global Water Partnership (GWP)
Global Water System Project (GWSP)
Hydrology for Environment, Life, and Policy (HELP)
Inter-American Water Resources Network (IWRN)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
International Human Dimensions Program on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)
International Network for Participatory Irrigation Management (INPIM)
International Office for Water
International Rivers Network (IRN)
International Secretariat for Water
International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
RAMSAR Convention on Wetlands
UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP)
UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)
UNICEF Water, Environment and Sanitation
Water Environment Federation
Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)
WaterWeb Consortium
World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
World Water Council (WWC)


DESIGNATED TIME PERIODS

International Decade for Action "Water for Life" (2005-2015)
International Year of Freshwater (2003)
World Water Day (annual since 1995)


EVENTS

1972
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm)

1992
International Conference on Water and the Environment (Dublin)

1997
First World Water Forum (Marrakech)

1998
International Conference on Water and Sustainable Development (Paris)

2000
Second World Water Forum (The Hague)
United Nations Millenium Assembly (New York)

2001
International Conference on Freshwater (Bonn)

2002
World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg)

2003
Third World Water Forum (Kyoto)
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro)

2006
Fourth World Water Forum (Mexico City)

2007
International Conference on Irrigation and Drainage (Sacramento)

2008
World Water Congress (Montpelier)
Expo Zaragoza 2008 (Water and Sustainable Development)

2009
Fifth World Water Forum (Istanbul)