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2-17 April 2025

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221 EX/        Category 2 institutes and centres, reviews, renewals and cessations

• Centre on Integrated and Multi-Disciplinary Water Resources Management (Greece)
  Evaluation report
  Draft tripartite agreement
   
• Regional Centre for Water Security (Mexico)
  Evaluation report
  Draft tripartite agreement
  
   

9-23 October 2024

This page is updated regularly as new information and documents become available.

220 EX/        Implementation of standard-setting instruments

• 220 EX/
  Strengthening the implementation of the Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers

220 EX/        Implementation of UNESCO’s policy on engaging with Indigenous Peoples

220 EX/        Statutes of the International Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP)

220 EX/        Category 2 institutes and centres, Reviews, renewals and cessations

• African Regional Centre for Ecohydrology (ARCE), Ethiopia
• Central-Asian Regional Glaciological Centre, Kazakhstan
• Regional Centre for Integrated River Basin Management (RC-IRBM), Nigeria
• Regional Centre for Integrated River Basin Management (RC-IRBM), Malaysia
• Regional Centre on Urban Water Management (RCUWM), Iran
• Regional Centre for the Development of Science Parks and Technology Incubators (IRIS), Iran
• International Centre on Space Technologies for Cultural and Natural Heritage (HIST), China
• The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS-Ghana)
• The International Competence Centre for Mining-Engineering Education (Russian Federation)

220 EX/        UNESCO Prizes

• Statutes of the UNESCO-Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science
• Renewal of the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences 

See also:

• UNESCO Executive Board

13-27 March 2024

This page is updated regularly as new documents become available.

       Nominations of new UNESCO Global Geoparks

       Update of the statutes of the International Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP)

 UNESCO Prizes, Part II, Reviews and renewals: proposal for the renewal of the UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation

219 EX/15     Category 2 institutes and centres, Reviews, renewals and cessations

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  Central Asian Regional Glaciological Centre (Kazakhstan)
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  Regional Centre for Groundwater Management for Latin America and the Caribbean (CeReGAS) (Uruguay)
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  Regional Water Centre for Arid and Semi-Arid Zones of Latin America and the Caribbean (Chile)
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  IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
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  Centre on Integrated and Multi-Disciplinary Water Resources Management (Greece)
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  Regional Centre for Water Security (Mexico)
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  Centre of Excellence in Microscience (Cameroon)

219 EX/17      Implementation of standard-setting instruments

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  Implementation of the 2021 Recommendation on Open Science : preparations for the next consultation
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  Implementation of the 2017 Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers; preparations for the next consultation

       Partnership agreement between UNESCO and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

      Celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)

      UNESCO's programme on the promotion of scientific freedom and the safety of scientists and a related call to action

      UNESCO's action for Indigenous Peoples

4-18 October 2023

217 EX/4       Follow-up to decisions and resolutions adopted by the Executive Board and the General Conference at their previous sessions, Part I: Programme issues

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  Operational Strategy for Small Island Developing States (SIDS): high-level initiatives and partnership and resource mobilization plan
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  UNESCO's contribution to the outcomes of the 9th World Water Forum and the United Nations 2023 Water Conference

217 EX/13        Category 2 institutes and centres, Proposals for designation

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  Biosphere Reserves Institute (BRI) in Eberswalde, Germany
  • , (link active until Januray 2024)

217 EX/14        Category 2 institutes and centres, Reviews, renewals and cessations

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  Regional Centre for Groundwater Management for Latin America and the Caribbean (CeReGAS), in Uruguay
  • (link active until January 2024)
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  African Regional Centre for Ecohydrology (ARCE), in Ethiopia

10-24 May 2023

216 EX/5 Follow-up to decisions and resolutions adopted by the Executive Board and the General Conference at their previous sessions

•   Part I: B. Global framework for open science in the face of pandemics
•   Part I, C. UNESCO Operational Strategy for Small Island Developing States (2023-2029)

  Nominations of new UNESCO Global Geoparks

216 EX/16 Category 2 institutes and centres: reviews, renewals and cessations

•   International Centre on Global-Scale Geochemistry in Langfang, China
•    International Research Centre on Karst in Guilin, China
•    International Centre on Qanats and Historic Hydraulic Structures (ICQHS), in the Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Evaluation Report
•   Centre for Groundwater Management for Latin America and the Caribbean (CeReGAS), in the Oriental Republic of Uruguay
•    Central Asian Regional Glaciological Centre (CARGC), in the Republic of Kazakhstan

   Proposal for the proclamation by the United Nations of 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Sciences and Technologies

   9th World Water Forum
 

More documents will be available soon

5-19 October 2022

215 EX/18 Category 2 institutes and centres, Reviews and renewals

• 215 EX/18. I    International Centre on Qanats and Historic Hydraulic Structures (ICQHS), Islamic Republic of Iran
• 215 EX/18.II     Regional Centre for Groundwater Management for Latin America and the Caribbean (CeReGAS), Eastern Republic of Uruguay

Nomination of new UNESCO Global Geoparks

214 EX/11 Category 2 institutes and centres, Reviews and renewals

•     International Centre for Advanced Training and Research in Physics (CIFRA) in Bucharest, Romania
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•    Renewal International Centre for Water Security and Sustainable Management (i-WSSM), in the Republic of Korea
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•     International Centre on Global Scale Geochemistry in Langfang, China
•    International Research Centre on Karst in Guilin, China

UNESCO Prizes, Proposal for establishment:
The UNESCO-Al Fozan International Prize for the Promotion of Young Scientists in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) 
212 EX/17 Category 2 institutes and centres

• Designation of the Center of Excellence on Biodiversity and Management of Natural Resources (CoEB), University of Rwanda, in Huye, Rwanda, as a category 2 centre under the auspices of UNESCO
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• Establishment in Kumasi, Ghana, of the Centre of Excellence in Engineering Innovations, Manufacturing and Technology Transfer under the auspices of UNESCO (category 2)
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212 EX/18.I Category 2 institutes and centres, Reviews and renewals

•     International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre for South-South Cooperation (ISTIC) in Malaysia
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•    Regional Centre for Training and Water Studies of Arid and Semi-arid Zones (RCTWS) in Egypt
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•     Centre for Water for Sustainable Development and Adaptation to Climate Change (WSDAC) in Serbia
  • (pdf)
     
•      International Centre on Qanats and Historic Hydraulic Structures (ICQHS) in Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Draft agreement (pdf)
     
•     International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC) in the Netherlands
  • (pdf)
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•    International Centre for Pure and Applied Mathematics (CIMPA) in France
  • (pdf)
     
•   International Centre for Advanced Training and Research in Physics (CIFRA) in Romania

211 EX/5  Follow-up to decisions and resolutions adopted by the Executive Board and the General Conference at their previous sessions

•   Part I: Programme issues, C. Report on the further implementation of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Action Plan
   

  Nominations of new UNESCO Global Geoparks

• Nomination of new UNESCO Global Geoparks: details of the nominations
   

211 EX/17  Renewals of Category 2 institutes and centres

•   International Centre for South-South Cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation (ISTIC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
   
•   Renewal status of the Regional Centre for Training and Water Studies in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions (RCTWS), in Egypt 
   
•   Renewal status of the Centre for Water for Sustainable Development and Adaptation to Climate Change (WSDAC), in Serbia
   

  International Day for Biosphere Reserves

• Rev Comments by the Director-General on items presented by Member States which may have administrative and financial implications
   

  International Geodiversity Day

• Rev Comments by the Director-General on items presented by Member States which may have administrative and financial implications

209th Session of the Executive Board of UNESCO

209 EX/5.I      Follow-up to decisions and resolutions adopted by the Executive Board and the General Conference at their previous sessions, Part I: Programme issues

•      Report on progress made in the implementation of the UNESCO Strategy for Action on Climate Change (2018-2021)
•     The International Centre for Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME): Opportunities for action
•      Report on the strategic actions taken and the progress achieved to ensure an effective follow-up to the recommendations of the mid-term evaluation of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Action Plan
•      Nominations of new UNESCO Global Geoparks

       Evaluation of the International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme

209 EX/10     UNESCO Prizes, reviews and renewals

•       Renewal of the Carlos J. Finlay UNESCO Prize for Microbiology

209 EX/14     Category 2 institutes and centres, reviews and renewals

•       Centre for the Sustainable Management of Water Resources in the Caribbean Island Sates(CEHICA), in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (CEHICA)

  (pdf)

•       Renewal status of the Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science (CWLPS), University of Dundee, United Kingdom
•      Renewal status of the International Centre on Water Resources and Global Change (ICWRGC), in Koblenz, Germany
•       International Centre for Water Cooperation (ICWC), in Stockholm, Sweden
•      Renewal of the International Research and Training Centre on Urban Drainage (IRTCUD), in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
  • (pdf)

      Memorandum of Understanding between UNESCO and the Gas Exporting Countries Forum

      Memorandum of Understanding between UNESCO and the South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO)

207th Session of the Executive Board of UNESCO

    Mid-term Evaluation of Phase VIII of the International Hydrological Programme (2014-2021)

          Consolidated roadmap for a possible UNESCO Recommendation on open science

      UNESCO Prizes

• : Proposals for establishment: UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences
   
• : Renewal of the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards

207EX/15         Category 2 institutes and centres, Proposals for establishment

•      Regional Education and Research Center on Earthquake Risk Management and Resilience for West and Central Asia at the International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES),Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

   

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•     Global Research and Training Centre for Internationally Designated Areas (GCIDA), Jeju Island, Republic of Korea
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•     Establishment of the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Water Systems Dynamics, (ICIReWaRD), France
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  • (pdf, in French)
     
•     Regional Experimental Centre for Sanitation Technologies (CERTS) in Uruguay
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•   International Centre for Capacity Development: Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Societal Change in Reykjavik, Iceland
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207 EX/16         Category 2 institutes and centres: reviews and renewals

• International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) in Tsukuba, Japan
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•   International Centre on  Mediterranean  Biosphere  Reserves,  Castellet I la Gornal, Spain
  • (PDF)
  • Draft renewal agreement: | (pdf)
     
• Asia Pacific Centre for Ecohydrology (APCE) in Cibinong, Indonesia
  • (pdf)
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206th Session of the Executive Board of UNESCO - Annexes

      Nominations of new UNESCO Global Geoparks

• Nomination of new UNESCO Global Geoparks List and details of the nominations

      Adoption of revised statutes of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP)

      Preliminary Study of the Technical, Financial and Legal Aspects on the Desirability of a UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science

    Mid-term evaluation of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Action Plan

206 EX/20    Category 2 institutes and centres, reviews and renewals

• : International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM)  in Tsukuba, Japan
   
• : Regional Centre on capacity Development and Research in Water Harvesting (RCWH) in Khartoum, Sudan
  (pdf)
   
• : International Centre on Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves in Spain
   
• : Withdrawal of the International Centre for Education, Capacity Building and Applied Research in Water (HIDROEX), Centre in Brazil

     World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development

205th Session of the Executive Board of UNESCO - Annexes

205 EX/13    Renewal of Category 2 Centres

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204th Session of the Executive Board of UNESCO

    Nomination of new UNESCO Global Geoparks
Information document: Nomination of new UNESCO Global Geoparks List and details of the nominations

    UNESCO Prizes
Renewal of the UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science

   Category 1 institutes and centres: Management of Category 1 institute

• Part III        Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Management Report

   Renewal of Category 2 Centres

• Part II. I       International Research and Training Centre for Science and Technology Strategy (CISTRAT), Beijing, China
  (pdf)
• Part II.II        Asia-Pacific Centre for Ecohydrology (APCE), Cibinong, Indonesia
  (pdf)

   Closure of Category 2 Centres

• Part II.III      Regional Centre on Urban Water Management for Latin America and the Caribbean (RCUWM-LAC)