Projects

IWRA Projects

IWRA projects help address key water challenges and priorities in both developing and developed countries for the sustainable management of this resource and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. Current projects include: A research Project on Key Water Resources Fields, Smart Water Management, and Water Security. IWRA Task Forces provide guidance to these projects through their global network of experts.

Key Water Resource Fields: Analysis of Global Development Trends and Future Pathways

In 2025 IWRA entered into a collaborative agreement with the General Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Planning and Design (GIWP) to develop a strategic research report titled: Key Water Resource Fields: Analysis of Global Development Trends and Future Pathways.

Water Security

With a new dedicated task force, this project will focus to document relevant research on water security issues together with UNESCO and i-WSSM Centrer, which annually co-publish the Global Water Security Issues (GWSI) Paper Series. IWRA and its task force are assisting with the GWSI Paper Series publication.

Smart Water Management (SWM)

IWRA has led two large projects to better understand and promote the benefits of SWM: The Smart Water Management (SWM) Case Study project, and the Smart Water Cities Project.

Water Quality

As a key thematic area of its Strategic Priorities & Actions for 2016-2018, IWRA has set a programme of work including the publication of its report on “Developing a Global Compendium on Water Quality Guidelines for Different Uses”, as well as to promote the smarter use of water through the provision of expert networks and tools.

Science-Policy Interface (SPI)

IWRA has worked together with the Office International de l’Eau (OIEau) conducting mapping exercises to better understand the current institutional SPI landscape in the climate change and water sectors, organised its successful XVI World Water Congress on “Bridging Science and Policy” and is working to create a dedicated centralised SPI networking platform.

More information on this project available, shortly.