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G-Wadi Meeting20-23 June 2011, Tehran-Iran
A short report on the Establishment of the International Center on Qanats & Historic
Hydraulic Structures (ICQHS)
Dr. Semsar YazdiDirector of ICQHS
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International conference on Qanat held in Yazd in May 2000
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•Recording Qanats with regard to important historical & Technical prominence as the world cultural Heritage
•Emphasizing the Establishment of an International Qanat Center in Iran
•Using of traditional & modern technologies aiming the rehabilitation & development of Qanats
•preparing certificate & atlas for the Qanats of the country
•Setting up the Syndicate for the Qanat practitioners & Qanat Masters
•Compilation of the local experts’ experiences
Declarations of the International Symposium on Qanat
9-12 May 2000, Yazd- Iran
Yazd Declaration:
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•Setting up the secretariat of the task force committee at the Yazd Regional Water authority
•Putting together the proposed report to UNESCO under the following title:“Detailed Proposal for the establishment of an International Center
on Qanat and Historic, Hydraulic Structures”
•Participation of the UNESCO representative in the task force committee
•Preparation of the report by the UNESCO representative
Setting up a task force committee
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Submission of the proposal at the 32nd session of
the general conference of UNESCO
Paris, October, 2003
THE CONTENT OF
THE APPROVAL:
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Signing Ceremony:Establishment of the International center on
Qanats and historic hydraulic structures(April 2005)
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Main missions of ICQHS:
Recognition, transfer of knowledge and experiences, promotion of information and capacities to all the aspects of Qanat technology and other historic hydraulic structures to fulfil sustainable development of water resources
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•Inaugurating the ICQHS’ building
•Designating the director of the center
•Setting up the Qanat website :www.qanat.info
Inauguration of ICQHS building August 14, 2006
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Structure of the International Center on
Qanats & Historic Hydraulic Structures
Government of I.R Iran UNESCO Other affected States
Governing Board of ICQHS
Secretariat
(Director of the Centre)
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Governing Board
China
Afghanistan
Japan
Iraq
Chairman
UNESCORepresentative
GB
Algeria
Ministry of Jahad Agriculture
Iraq
Algeria
Japan
UNESCORepresentative
RCUWM-Tehran
Syria Iraq
Algeria
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First Governing Board meeting of ICQHS:10th July 2008, Yazd-Iran
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Second Governing Board meeting of ICQHS :
23 November 2009, Yazd-Iran
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Third Governing Board meeting of ICQHS: 2nd October 2010, Yazd-Iran
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Acknowledgments