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
The Director-General sends a letter to all Member States inviting them to send written proposals for consideration. This letter is sent after the C/5 has been approved and adopted. (Ghana normally advertises/call for proposals when the draft C/5 is released so that ample time is allotted to vet all proposals). The projects submitted by the Member States are supposed to relate to the programmes of the UNESCO, in particular to the major programmes, interdisciplinary projects, the activities on behalf of Africa, least developed countries, youth and women as outlined in the C/5, as well as, the activities of the National Commissions for UNESCO. The National Commission will announce when applications are open for the submission of requests/proposals.
Statues
Final Statue
STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
Strategic Framework
STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK SMALLER VERSION
