International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage Commission Interationale des Irrigation et du Drainage
In addition to learning from past experiences, including mistakes, what definitely is required under the increasing complexities of supply, demand and uncertainties, is a breed of professionals that approach the irrigation and drainage issues with a more open mindset to accept the multi-dimensional aspects of the sector and are willing to undertake their activities in an inter-disciplinary context. With these long-term objectives in view, ICID had established a separate Working Group on Young Professionals Forum (WG-YPF) in 1993, which completed its mandate in 2015.
At the 65th International Executive Council (IEC) held at Gwangju, Korea, in September 2014, the Council approved establishing an ICID Young Professional’s e-Forum (IYPeF) with open membership. In order to throw an open ICID platform to all the Young Professionals interested in agriculture water management issues, the e-Forum was established as a new LinkedIn Group (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/6990321). Click to join
IYPeF will not only acts as a virtual meeting place but also a platform that would serve as a stepping stone into annual events of ICID that would provide opportunities to the budding professionals for interaction with the best professionals in the irrigation and drainage sector, present papers, avail the latest information and join technical working groups.
Sponsorship of YPs to ICID Events
(a) Depending upon the fund availability 10 YPs will be sponsored every year to ICID Annual events out of which 5 YPs will be from nominations received from NCs, Coordinator, Joint Coordinator and the remaining three from IYPeF / Regional Groups; (b) ICID will cover expenses towards the participation of these 10 YPs under YP scholarship to ICID annual events; (c) Sponsored YPs will be eligible for next sponsorship only after a cooling-off period of 3 years in case they continue to contribute to ICID activities, especially in strengthening their country’s NC, where these exists. For more details, please refer [ Concept Note ]
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Also, refer to the African Young Water Professional Forum (Af-YWPF)
(i) Encourage and promote a high standard of professional development amongst the young professionals in the field of irrigation, drainage, and flood management; (ii) Provide an international platform for young irrigation and drainage professionals; (iii) Expose young professional to ICID's purpose, objectives, role and activities; (iv) Facilitate the wider dissemination of knowledge and information amongst the young professionals; and (v) Maintain and enhance links with national and international youth having interests in water related subjects or the activities, relevant to ICID objectives.
Established : 2016e-Discussions 2022
Innovation and Research in Agricultural Water Management to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals, 18 May 2022 - 1 June 2022
Eng. Ms. Aya Mohammed Hassan Ali Elkholy, Egypt (IYPeF Coordinator), and Dr. (Ms.) Heidi Salo (IYPeF Joint Coordinator)
This e-Discussion aims to bring together young professionals with expertise in the field of irrigation and drainage to discuss the topic “Innovation and Research in Agricultural Water Management to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals”... Background Note
Concluded e-Discussions 2019
Concluded e-Discussions 2018
Concluded e-Discussions 2017
Sl. No. | Name | Country | Position | |
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1 | Mr. Muhandiramge Don Janaka Priyantha Wickramasooriya | ja************* | Sri Lanka | Coordinator |
2 | Ir. (Ms.) Siti Hawa Adila Binti Mohd Yusof | si************* | Malaysia | Joint Coordinator |
3 | Eng. Ms. Aya Mohammed Hassan Ali Elkholy | ay************* | Egypt | Immediate Past Coordinator |
4 | Dr. (Ms.) Eman Ragab Mohamed Nofal - Young Professional | em************* | Egypt | Immediate Past Coordinator |
5 | Mr. Hassan Farahani | hf************* | Iran | Immediate Past Joint Coordinator |
6 | Dr. (Ms.) Heidi Salo | he************* | Finland | Immediate Past Joint Coordinator |
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