UNESCO

UNESCO’s
experience in
protecting waterrelated
ecosystems
will prove essential
to achieve SDG 6.
In this photo,
Villagers cross
the river using
a makeshift raft
in Mingaladon
Township, Yangon
(Myanmar).
its universal and multi-sectoral mandate
and convening power in the sciences,
with both normative and operational
expertise; shared leadership in core
areas of the 2030 Agenda (including
water, science-policy interface,
biodiversity and climate change), with
the support of intergovernmental and
international scientific programmes and
fully operational related partnerships;
significant policy assistance to countries
for the development of science systems,
including through its category 1 science
institutes – such as the UNESCO Institute
for Water Education (IHE) and the UNESCO
International Centre for Theoretical
Physics (ICTP) –, through national
chapters of science programmes such as
the International Hydrological Programme
(IHP), and a network of category 2 centres
and chairs in the sciences.
UNESCO also has demonstrated
monitoring and benchmarking capacities
in core SDG areas through its World
Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)
and its World Water Development Report,
the UNESCO Science Report, the Global
Observatory of Science, Technology and
Innovation Instruments (GOSPIN), the
Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme
and the World Network of Biosphere
Reserves. UNESCO’s role was reinforced in
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