About ICID

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. ICID supports capacity development, stimulates research and innovation and strives to promote policies and programs to enhance sustainable development of irrigated agriculture through a comprehensive water management framework.  

The mission of ICID is to stimulate and promote the development and application of the arts, sciences and techniques of engineering, agriculture, economics, ecological and social sciences in managing water and land resources for irrigation, drainage, flood management, for achieving sustainable agriculture water management. ICID is dedicated to enhance the world wide supply of food and fibre for all people and believes that food security at various levels: global, national, local and household, and provision of assured livelihood starts with stable agriculture production. ICID encourages public private partnership in development and management of water resources. Please access ICID website www.icid.org for more information. 
 

The 66th International Executive Council (IEC) Meetings

The highest decision-making body of ICID, IEC, is vested with the management of the affairs of ICID. IEC meets every year to transact business of administrative and technical in nature. All technical workbodies of ICID meet prior to the Council meeting and these meetings are termed as Pre-Council meetings.

The 66th meeting of IEC and meetings of workbodies mentioned below will be held in Montpellier, together with the 26t Euro-Mediterranean Regional Conference.

 I. ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES

1. MANAGEMENT BOARD [MB]
2. OFFICE BEARERS COMMITTEE [OBC]
3. STAFF COMMITTEE [SC]

II. PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON STRATEGY AND ORGANIZATION (PCSO)

1. African Regional Working Group [AFRWG]
2. American Regional Working Group [AMRWG]
3. Asian Regional Working Group [ASRWG]
4. European Regional Working Group [ERWG]
5. Committee on Congresses/Conferences [C-CONGR]
6. Working Group on Young Irrigation Professionals Forum [WG-YPF]
7. Working Group on Irrigation and Drainage in States under Socio-Economic Transformation (Erstwhile Special Work Team on Aral Sea Basin -ST-ARAL [2009]) [WG-IDSST]

III. PERMANENT COMMITTEE FOR TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES (PCTA)

Strategy Theme : Knowledge

1. Committee on Public Relations and Publications [C-PR&P]
2. ICID Journal Editorial Board [EB-JOUR]
3. Working Group on History of Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control [WG-HIST]

Task Force :

1. Task Force to Guide ICID Inputs to WWF-7 TF-WWF-7

Strategy Theme : Basin

1. Working Group on Environmental Impacts of Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control Projects [WG-ENV]
2. Working Group on Comprehensive Approaches to Flood Management [WG-CAFM]
3. Working Group on Sustainable Development of Tidal Areas [WG-SDTA]
4. Working Group on Climate Change and Agricultural Water Management [WG-CLIMATE]
5. Working Group on Water Management in Water Stressed Regions [WG-DROUGHT]

Task Force :

1. Task Force on "Value Engineering” [TF-VE]

Strategy Theme : System

1. Working Group on Drainage [WG-DRG]
2. Working Group on Water Saving for Agriculture [WG-WATS]
3. Working Group on Role of Irrigation in Poverty Alleviation and Livelihoods (Erstwhile Task Force on the Role of Irrigation in Poverty Alleviation and Livelihoods - TF-POV [2009]) [WG-POVERTY]
4. Working Group on Millennium Development Goals [WG-MDGs]

Task Forces :

1. Task Force on Financing Water for Agriculture [TF-FIN]
2. Task Force on Water for Bio-Energy and Food [TF-BIO-ENERGY]
3. Task Force on Sedimentation of Reservoirs [TF-SEDIMENTATION]

Strategy Theme : On-Farm

1. Working Group on Use of Poor Quality Water for Irrigation [WG-PQW]
2. Working Group on Farm Irrigation Systems [WG-ON-FARM]
3. Working Group on Water and Crop [WG-CROP]

IV. PERMANENT FINANCE COMMITTEE (PFC)

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