HidroEX,UNESCO Center (category II) focused on education, building capacities and applied research on water issues, implemented by the Minas Gerais State government and with the support of the Federal Government, in Frual, in the region of the Triangulo Mineiro, can be considered as a model for the world. This statement was expressed by the rector of the Institute on Education for Water (IHE-UNESCO ), András Szöllösi-Nagy, an authority in water resources in the world. This Thursday, may 3rd he visited… Leia mais →

Dr. Norma Angelica Hernández-Bernal, geographer and Environmental Engineer researcher and professor, just return from Montevideo, Uruguay, where she represented UNESCO-HidroEX for the three days Consultation Meeting for Groundwater Governance. This meeting gathered specialists from 23 countries in the water resources field in order to seek for solutions which will help to guide proposals and models to make underwater governance more effective. It was the first Regional Consultation out of five, which will be held around the world for the Project… Leia mais →

Alexandre Saad, vice-president of UNESCO-HidroEX, participated today, May 7th in Praia (Cape Verde) the opening of the workshop “Water, Education and School environment”, which is being realized by UNESCO’s International Hydrological Program and by the National Executive Secretary of Cape Verde. After de opening ceremony a visit to the UniPeaget (Jean Peaget University of Cape Verde) was done, where the participants of the workshop knew about the work of the University which follows the principles of the Swiss pedagogue. The… Leia mais →

In a meeting with the Secretary for Science, Technology and Higher Education of the Brazilian State of Minas Gerais, Narcio Rodrigues, the UNESCO general director Irina Bokova praised the initiative of the Brazilian state in establishing the UNESCO-HidroEX City of Waters and defined it as model of innovation that has been used by UNESCO to encourage the establishment of other projects around the world. “I give the example of HidroEX to all of those who come to me with the… Leia mais →