Jovan Despotovic, International Research and Training Centre on Urbane Drainage, Serbia Venice, 16-17 December 2021 Overall responsibility for the views and opinions expressed in the slides is taken by the authors

1. IRTCUD
International Research and Training
Centre on Urbane Drainage

2. Establisment
 October 1987 – Resolution on the 24th UNESCO General Conference. Paris
 Participation in & contribution to the IHP programme
 Cooperation with:
 UNESCO and UN organisations (UNEP,UNDP, UNIDO)
 professional institutions (IAHR, IAWPRC, IAHS)
 World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
 governmental institutions and NGOs
 universities and research institutions
Reestablishment (under new UNESCO procedures)
 September 2020 – Agreement signed between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and UNESCO on the
continuation of the IRTCUD center under the auspices of UNESCO as a category 2 center in the next 6
years.
 The Centre is an independent legal entity operating at the Faculty of Civil Engineering University of
Belgrade

3. SEE Network:
IRTCUD Network:
• IRTCUD Belgrade
• CC – Cold Climate IRTCUD, Trondheim
• HT – Humid Tropic IRTCUD, Porto Alegre
• ASA – Arid & Semi Arid IRTCUD
Networking
CUW Network:
• CUW – UK, London
• IRTCUW – BG, Sofia
• CUW – BL, Banja Luka
• Regional CUWM, Tehran
Аctivities
 Beyond urban drainage
 Integrated water management in urban, peri-
urban and rural areas
 Interaction with other systems
 Development of advanced methodologies for
research, modelling and sustainable
improvement of urban water systems (GIS
based urban drainage modeling, flooding and
water quality assessment, etc.)

4. Results
 Establishment of international UDM data base
 Participation in UNESCO-IHP „Urban Water programme“ through projects,
scientific events, publications, etc.
 Organization of trainings/courses
 Publications
 Assistance in solving full scale problems
by introducing appropriate
methodologies based on advanced
urban water management technologies
 UGROW (UrbanGROroundWater) –
Advanced Simulation and Modelling for
Urban Groundwater Management

5. UDM (Urban Drainage Modelling) conferences
 1986 - Dubrovnik, the first conference
 1991 - Dubrovnik
 1994 - river Volga
 1998 - London
 2001 - Orlando
 2004 - Dresden
 2006 - Melburn
 2009 - Tokyo
 2012 - Belgrade
 2015 - Quebec City
 2018 - Palermo
 2022 - Costa Mesa
SDHI/SDH ceonferences
 1953 - Opatija, the first conference
 ......
 18th conference – 2018, Nis
 19th conference –October 2021. Belgrade
Conferences
UNESCO
 2006 - Belgrade, International Workshop on Integrated Urban
Water Management in Temperate Climates
 2007 - Paris, International Symposium on „New Directions in
Urban Water Management“
• 2019 - International Seminar on Water Equity in
Different Regions of the World under Climate
Change (WSDAC, IRTCUD)
• 2019, 2021 Young Water Professionals Serbia conf.
o Exchange of experiences in the field of modeling of urban drainage systems
o Presenting of up to date trends
o Indicating future directions of development

6. EDUCATE project – Postgraduate Studies in Water Resources and Environmental Management
Partners:
 National Technical University of Athens, Greece
 University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
 Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Romania
 University of Belgrade, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Serbia
Duration of studies: 2 years
Organization: e-learning + lecturing
Curriculum: 4 Thematic areas / 12 Modules
Theses: focus on integrated management of transboundary water resources
46 students completed studies.

7. On-going activities
19th Conference SDHI/SDH, Belgrade, October 2021
Projects:
• DyRes (Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia)
• .......
Implementation of human rights to water, sanitation and hygiene in R. Serbia(2020), Report for
WSSCC (Review of the status of the domestication of the HRWS, and measures to LNOB in WASH in
eight countries in Africa, Asia and the pan-European region)
Support for the establishment of IHP regional office for Danubian countries (IHP Danube) in Belgrade

8. Thank you for your attention!