Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme
Intergovernmental Programme Committees
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Office Location:
Starlet 91 Road, Ministry of Education – Ghana.
Phone Number:
+233 302 666 042 (Main Line) | +233 302 960 820 (SG Secretariat)
Email: info@unescoghana.gov.gh
About IHP
The Ghana Committee for UNESCO IHP was established in line with UNESCO guidelines and is the primary scientific and technical body to direct the implementation of the UNESCO IHP programme in Ghana. The Ghana Committee is accountable to the Ghana Commission for UNESCO.
The Ghana Committee was inaugurated on 12th October, 2021 by Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, former Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources. The Water Resources Commission (WRC), which is the national institution responsible for the regulation and management of the country’s water resources, hosts the Ghana Committee and has assumed the role of focal point on all IHP platforms.
MEMBERSHIP
The Ghana Committee for UNESCO IHP is composed of fifteen members with diverse expertise nominated from relevant research, academia, water user and data management institutions, gender and water ministries, NGOS, and UNESCO agencies in Ghana. The tenure of the nominated member is for a term of three (3) years, not exceeding two (2) term period. The Executive Secretary of the WRC is the Chairperson of the Ghana Committee. A vice chairperson and secretary are elected from among the committee for a three-year term.
Composition of membership
- Water Resources Commission
- Volta River Authority
- Universities (University of Environment and Sustainable Development)
- Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources
- Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection
- Hydrological Services Department
- Ghana Water Company Limited
- Ghana Meteorological Agency
- Ghana Irrigation Development Authority
- Ghana Commission for UNESCO
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- CSIR/Water Research Institute (CSIR – WRI)
- CONIWAS
- Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA)
- Bui Power Authority (BPA)
Current membership
Name
- Mawuli Lumor – Chair
- Emmanuel Obuobie – Vice Chair
- Apollonius O.A Asare
- Joseph Tawiah Ayer
- Philip Tetteh Padi
- Oduro Donkor
- Samuel Owusu Ansah
- Jewel Kudjawu
- Edmond Osei Barimah
- Philip Ato Ankoh
- Moses Abeiku Paintsil
- Abdul-Rauf M. Alhassan
- James Ashaley
- Suzzy Abaidoo
- Florence Ayisi Quartey
Organisation
- WRC
- CSIR-WRI
- Ghana Commission for UNESCO
- CWSA
- VRA
- CONIWAS
- GMet
- EPA
- Ghana Hydro
- BPA
- GWL
- UESD
- GIDA
- MSWR
- MOGCSP
Secretariat
- Adwoa Afran
- Priscilla Gyamfi
- Florence Dagbanu
- Coordinator
- Assistant coordinator
- Administrator
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