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Organization : International Water Resources Association
Acronym: : IWRA
Nationality of the organisation of establishment : International Year of establishment : 1971
college to which your organisation belongs to :
College 5:Professional and academic organisations
Scope of your organisation : International
 Are you organiation's activities focused primarily on water and sanitation ? : Yes No
Please indicate your organisation's field(s) of expertise and activities :
  • Water resources management
  • Basic Human needs or health
  • Development or infrastructure
  • Climate or natural hazards
  • Environment or ecosystems
  • Water supply or sanitation
  • Agriculture or food production
  • Human rights or social issues
  • Education or capacity building
  • Human settlements or habitats
  • Regulation and governance
  • Economics or finance
  • Research or development
  • Energy or industry
  • Media awareness
  • International cooperation or humanitarian relief
You may specify your activities by providing a list of more precise keywords:
Description of your Organisation's activities : The goal of IWRA is to improve and expand the understanding of water issues through education, research and information exchange among countries and across disciplines. IWRA seeks to continually improve water resource decision-making by improving our collective understanding of the physical, ecological, chemical, institutional, social, and economic aspects of water. IWRA is deeply committed to the sound management of water resources through: • Providing an international forum for water resource issues • Advancing water resources and related environmental research • Promoting water education throughout society by improving global access to relevant data and information • Enhancing the quality of knowledge used in decision-making • Improving exchanges of information and expertise • Networking with other organisations to advance common interests and goals

Governor representative :
First Name : Yuanyuan Last Name : Li
Title : Prof. Position : Prof. of General Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Planning and Design- the Ministry of Water Resources China
Nationality : China Gender : Male Female
Email : liyuanyuan@giwp.org.cn
background : Yuanyuan Li is Vice-President of IWRA and Professor of the General Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Planning and Design at the Ministry of Water Resources of China, which is the most important technical supporting agency to the national water resources development and strategy planning, water policy research, formulation and management. His fields of expertise include water resources management mechanisms, human activities-water resources interaction, water resources system analysis and planning, water ecology and environment protection etc. He has led many nationwide water resources surveys, strategy studies, comprehensive water resources planning, major water projects technological demonstration, water policies formulation and management activities as well as international programmes and cooperation. He has widely published books and papers about water-related topics. His research results have been awarded numerous state science and technology awards. He is serving as a Director on the Executive Board of IWRA for the 2012-2015 period and is the Chair of the IWRA Chinese Chapter.

Alternate representative :
First Name : Callum Last Name : Clench
Title : Mr. Postion : Executive Director - IWRA
Nationality : New Zealand Gender :
Email : c.clench@iwra.org
background : Callum Clench has been the Executive Director of the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) since the beginning of 2016. He is an international policy expert in sustainable development & business practices, with a focus on water and economic development. Prior to joining the IWRA, Callum was the project portfolio manager for Climate-KIC based at Imperial College London, where he worked closely with climate focused start-ups from across Europe. From 2010 to 2012 he was based at the World Water Council, working closely with governors & members, managing projects on water and green growth, ecosystem services, the water-food-energy nexus, & water for development in Africa. He then went on to work on a Water & Green Growth report for the OECD in 2012. Prior to the WWC, he worked at the UK's Sustainable Development Commission, which reported directly to the Prime Minister. Working closely with ministerial departments, he was responsible for assessing Government against its own targets for sustainable operations on the government estate, and worked with the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs to develop a new updated target framework. He authored the annual “Sustainable Development in Government” report and assessed departments’ sustainable development action plans, providing constructive feedback. Callum has also worked as a Corporate Responsibility Analyst at Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) and as a Technical and Investment Risk Management Consultant for EC Harris on public-private finance initiatives in the construction sector. Callum has an MSc in “Business Strategy, Politics & the Environment” from the University of London, where he also lectured part-time for several years at both postgraduate & undergraduate levels on “Environmental Management & Business Policy”.

Organisation statement:
Please describe the involvement of your organisation within the World Water Council and state how long it has been involved in World Water Council activities : The World Water Council and IWRA have been collaborating since the Council’s creation. Indeed, the World Water Council was founded out of IWRA’s 8th World Water Congress in Cairo, in 1994, with the Cairo Statement. Since then, IWRA has been closely linked to the Council, using its World Water Congresses as a milestone to support the Forum processes, as they usually take place about a year prior to the Forum. Moreover, IWRA has been the Thematic Champion for Water Quality at the past two forums in Korea and Brazil. Moreover, IWRA has successfully produced and co-produced a number of projects supported by the Council, such as the “Developing a Global Compendium on Water Quality Guidelines”. IWRA has been an active member in some task-forces of the Council during the last years and has developed joint projects with other members such as the recent case studies report on Smart Water Management.
For what reasons do you wish your organisation to have a seat on the Board of Governors ? IWRA is a membership-based organisation: its membership being located all over the world is made up of corporate and individual members from both water science and water policy/law, providing a solid expertise to the organisation and helping to bridge the gap between science and policy. Furthermore, IWRA has been strongly engaged to promote the World Water Forums, both by being involved in the Forums’ Thematic groups and by organising the World Water Congress: the upcoming 17th World Water Congress to be held in Daegu, Republic of Korea, in May 2020, will be a major milestone to the 9th World Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal as done between the 16th Congress in Cancun, Mexico and the 9th Forum in Brasilia. IWRA is also willing to become a strategic partner in the preparation process for the 9th Forum. IWRA has been a member of the Board in previous terms and hopes to strengthen the old-established cooperation between our two organisations during the next three years.