International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

IWMI is a research-for-development (R4D) organization, with offices in 13 countries and a global network of scientists operating in more than 30 countries. For over three decades, our research results have led to changes in water management that have contributed to social and economic development.

IWMI’s Vision reflected in its Strategy 2019-2023, is ‘a water-secure world’. IWMI targets water and land management challenges faced by poor communities in developing countries, and through this contributes towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of reducing poverty and hunger and maintaining a sustainable environment.
Internship Tasks:
The interns will work in one of the following fields:
● Water Management
● Climate change and related subjects
● Agriculture
● Data management and digital innovations
● GIS and Hydrological modelling
● Irrigation Engineering
● Gender
● Water pollution and treatments

Requirements:
● Bachelor’s degree (completed/ongoing)
● Fluency in spoken and written English
● Strong interpersonal and English communicative skill
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Power point)
2018-11-27 | Colombo, Sri Lanka-International Conference on Water Security through Rainwater Harvesting
2017-12-04 | Bangkok, Thailand- Regional Workshop on Building Drought Resilience in Agriculture
2009-09-22 | Wuhan, China-International forum on water resources and sustainable development
2005-05-30 | Dushanbe, Tajikistan-International conference on regional cooperation in transboundary river basins
2005-03-07 | Morogoro, Tanzania UR-East African integrated river basin management conference
2005-02-24 | Anand, India-India’s water economy – bracing up for a turbulent future
2004-12-14 | Luang Prabang, Laos-International symposium on land use change and soil and water processes in tropical mountain environments
2004-02 | Anand, India-Annual Workshop
2004-01-10 | Tunis, Tunisia-Workshop on agriculture, water and wetlands in the South and East Mediterranean
2003-01-27 | Anand, India-Annual Workshop
2003-01-21 | Johannesburg, South Africa-International symposium on water, poverty, and productive uses of water at the household level
2002-06-24 -E-conference on agricultural use of untreated urban wastewater in low income countries
2002-02-19 | Anand, India-Annual Workshop
2002-01-08 | Chiang Mai, Thailand-Challenges for the 21st century
2001-06-08 | Tokyo, Japan-Workshop on climate change and water resources management
2001-02-06 | Lahore, Pakistan – International workshop on conservation agriculture
1998-10 | India-International network meeting on modernization of irrigation operation
1998-09 | Kathmandu, Nepal-Annual workshop on processes and performance of irrigation management transfer
1998-09 | Delhi, India-International meeting on irrigation and drainage
1994-09-20 | Wuhan, China-International conference on irrigation management transfer
1992-10-26 | Montpellier, France-The application of mathematical modelling for the improvement of irrigation canal operation
1992-10-13 | Manila, Philippines-Management information systems
Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations
● Accredited by: 
   E-XK1561 – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – Secretariat (UNFCCC Climate Change Secretariat). 
● Member of: 
   F-XF6349 – International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology (AGRIS). 
● Partner of: 
   F-XM0470 – Group on Earth Observations (GEO); 
   E-XJ2271 – UN-Water; 
   D-XJ7857 – West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL). 
● Functions as Regional Support Office of: 
   F-XJ6560 – United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER). 
● Cooperates with the other CGIAR supported centres:
   D-XD4477 – Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice); 
   E-XE3150 – Bioversity International; 
   E-XE5928 – International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA); 
   E-XE4115 – International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT); 
   E-XE2297 – International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI); 
   E-XE2417 – International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). 
● Links with:
   F-XF0018 – African Development Bank (ADB);
   D-XD5526 – Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD);
   D-XD3559 – Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI);
   E-XK1975 – Asian Development Bank Institute (ADB Institute);
   C-XC0359 – CABI;
   E-XE6070 – Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD);
   B-XB0971 – FAO;
   F-XF4413 – International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS);
   U-XE5924 – Joint WHO/FAO/UNEP/UNCHS Panel of Experts on Environmental Management for Vector Control (PEEM);
   E-XE2491 – Mekong River Commission (MRC);
   E-XE4188 – Scientific Information Centre of Interstate Coordination Water Commission of Central Asia (SIC ICWC);
   E-XE1306 – Secretariat of the Convention of Wetlands;
   E-XE4317 – World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP).
 
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
● Relations and cooperation with: 
   E-XK1503 – Bellanet Alliance of Social Entrepreneurs (BASE). 
● Member of: 
   C-XJ6094 – Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS);
   F-XM4404 – Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN);
   U-XM0987 – Inland Valley Consortium (IVC); 
   F-XF4243 – International Foundation for Science (IFS); 
   F-XM4529 – Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI);
   A-XA2654 – International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN);
   E-XG9829 – International Network of Resource Centers on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF Foundation); 
   E-XJ0882 – Network of Asian River Basin Organizations (NARBO); 
   F-XJ8220 – Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA); 
   F-XF6566 – WaterNet; C-XC0047 – World Water Council (WWC). 
● Participates in: 
   F-XF8416 – Agricultural Libraries Network (AGLINET); 
   G-XJ8200 – Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MSIA). 
● Instrumental in setting up: 
   K-XJ5469 – Soil and Water Management Network (SWMnet). 
● Cooperates with other CGIAR supported centres: 
   E-XE3089 – Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR); 
   E-XE4637 – International Centre for Tropical Agriculture; 
   E-XE6331 – International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI);
   E-XE4109 – International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA); 
   E-XE0270 – International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center; 
   E-XE4103 – International Potato Center;
   E-XD6784 – World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF); E-XE5021 – WorldFish Center. 
● Partner of: 
   B-XB0004 – Wetlands International. 
● Links with:
   E-XE4577 – Centre for African Wetlands (CAW);
   F-XD4750 – Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion;
   G-XN4331 – Council for Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural Research;
   F-XM3112 – EcoAgriculture Partners;
   B-XM0973 – Gender and Water Alliance (GWA);
   F-XF4132 – Global Water Partnership (GWP);
   E-XC4494 – International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE);
   B-XB1562 – International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID);
   B-XB2568 – International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS);
   F-XF5555 – Rice-Wheat Consortium for the Indo-Gangetic Plains (RWC);
   G-XG8385 – Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF);
   D-XD5534 – Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC);
   H-XD2851 – West and Central African Association of Soil Science (WCAASS);
   F-XF3083 – West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (WECARD);
   K-XK0317 – World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT).
● Links indicated by: 
F-XJ8218 – Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF)

Members
241 FTE, including scientific team of 71 staff of whom 63 recruited internationally and regionally.