The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), established in 1950 is the leading scientific, technical and not-for-profit Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). ICID, through its network of professionals spread across more than a hundred countries, has facilitated sharing of experiences and transfer of water management technology for over half-a-century. [More... ]

Recognizing that the benefit of science and technology can only be realized through innovation and moving with the changing technologies, ICID brings all stakeholders in its core activities under one umbrella. [More...]

Hearty welcome to:

WAPCOS Limited, India

India Water Foundation, India

SU/YAPI Engineering & Consulting 

Inc., Turkey

63rd IEC & 7th Asian Regional Conference, Adelaide, Australia

| Inaugural address | Opening Remarks
| President's Corner |

The scale of the global sustainable development challenge is unprecedented. The post-2015 sustainable development goals for a greener growth are nudging the world to focus on the vital challenges of sustainable development. [More]

- UNESCO-IHE e-Learning Program, 01 Mar 2013 to 05 Jul 2013

- Masteral Studies in Agricultural Water Management Program, WEM/AIT, Thailand and UNESCO-IHE [For

Scholarships - World Bank, NFP]

- Short Course on Water Care - Water Quality Management, 6-10 May 2013, Durban South Africa

Mr. Tony Burke, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities addressed the gathering through pre-recorded video. President Dr. Gao Zhanyi delivered the keynote speech on ‘Water and Irrigation for Food Security’.. [More...]
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63rd IEC - Press Release

63rd IEC/ Workbody Meetings - Technical Presentations

Nominations are invited for the WatSave Awards 2013 from across the world to recognize outstanding contributions to water saving/ conservation in agriculture. The awards are given in four categories viz. (i) Technology, (ii) Innovative Water Management, (iii) Young Professionals, and (iv) Farmer. Each award consists of an appreciation Plaque and US $ 2000 in cash. The deadline for receipt of the entries is 31st May 2013. [More..]

Sponsored by: Turkish National Committee, ICID (TUCID)

The 7th International Workshop on ‘Using 21st Century Technology to Better Manage Irrigation Water Supplies’ held during 16-19 April 2013 at Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

Food is a basic need, and food security is always an important and highlighted issue worldwide. In 1996, the World Food Summit set an ambitious target to reduce the number of undernourished people in the developing world from 840 million in 1995 to 420 million in 2015. However, since 1995 we have not seen a reduction; to the contrary, the number has increased and reached a new peak of one billion in 2009.. [More...]

Prior to Kick-off meeting, the World Water Council (WWC) also held its 49th Board of Governors (BoG) meeting on 12-13 May 2013 at Seoul. As a member of Board of Governors of President Dr. Gao Zhanyi represented ICID in the BoG.. [More...]

CERYD together with the Spanish Association of Irrigation and Drainage (AERYD) will be organizing the 31st Spanish National Congress on Irrigation during 18-20 June 2013 at Orihuela (Alicante) in Spain. [More...]

1st World Irrigation Forum and 64th IEC Meeting, 29 September - 5 October 2013, Mardin, Turkey. [More...]

— EasyChair (online paper submission)

— Online Regisration

22nd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 14-20 September 2014, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea. Website: http://www.icid2014.org

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Australia - Newly elected IAL Chairman, Mr. Ian Moorhouse and Mr. Duane Findley, CEO.

Irrigation Australia 2013, 28-30 May 2013, Griffith, NSW

Italy - Dr. Marco Arcieri, Secretary General, Comitato Nazionale Italiano ICID (ITAL-ICID)

Japan - Mr. Kanehiko Shindo, Secretary General, Japanese National Committee, ICID (JNC-ICID)

Malawi - Welcome to Malawi National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (MALCID)

Nepal - Er. Shiva Kumar Sharma
Chairman, Nepal National Committee, ICID (NENCID)

Thailand - 2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit, 16-20 May 2013, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Asia/ Pacific Regional Workshops on "Future of irrigation modernization" and “Strengthening regional capacity for irrigation revitalization” were held from 28 February to 6 March 2013 at Nanjing, China. [More...]