News: ICIWaRM Organizes Session on Rainfall Estimates Using
Satellite Data The International Center for Integrated Water
Resources Management (ICIWaRM) is a UNESCO Category 2 water
centre headquartered at the U.S. Army Engineer Institute for
Water Resources (IWR) in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. "Category 2"
centers are provided for and funded by the host nation, but are
under the auspices of UNESCO. ICIWaRM was officially created by
an agreement between the U.S. Government and UNESCO in October
2009. ICIWaRM is a consortium of U.S. Government agencies,
university departments, and non-governmental organizations
committed to working together in support of the strategic
program objectives of UNESCO's International Hydrological
Programme (IHP). ICIWaRM works closely with the U.S. National
Commission for UNESCO, the U.S. National Committee for the IHP,
and category 2 centres in other nations. Its initial emphasis is
in Latin America and the Caribbean, and in Africa. The overall
mission of ICIWaRM is the advancement