GATHER & UNITE
a scientific community to support interdisciplinary exchanges and suggest appropriate solutions to water issues
The UNESCO International Centre - ICIREWARD (International Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Water Systems Dynamics) is the only UNESCO research and training centre dedicated to freshwater in France (Montpellier). It is one of the largest world-wide.
ICIREWARD brings together and strengthens the collaboration of nearly 480 scientists and 180 PhD students in 17 research laboratories.
The Centre's scientific community is a rich multidisciplinary and international network. Its aim: improving the understanding of water-related challenges.
The research topics combine hydrological, chemical and biological sciences with social sciences to provide a comprehensive expertise on water resources challenges : availability, quality, sharing and extreme phenomena (floods, droughts).
The UNESCO ICIREWARD Centre was created in 2020 as a result of an alliance between the University of Montpellier, the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
ICIREWARD is part of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) and contributes to UNESCO's programme to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Water is a cross-cutting resource and can be found in each of the 17 SDGs.
ICIREWARD intends to tackle challenges faced by particularly vulnerable regions : urbanisation, population growth and climate change.
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a scientific community to support interdisciplinary exchanges and suggest appropriate solutions to water issues
international collaborations, especially in the Mediterranean basin and on the African continent, to build strong and successful research and training partnerships
high-quality international courses allowing future professionals to tackle water-related issues
citizens, public institutions and the socio-economic sphere. It is necessary to adjust to water issues in a context of global change (environmental, societal, economical, etc.)
