The partnership was ratified on 28 August 2013.

The International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), founded in 1935, is a worldwide independent organisation of engineers and water specialists working in fields related to the hydro-environmental sciences and their practical application.

IAHR particularly promotes the advancement and exchange of knowledge through working groups, specialty symposia, congresses, and publications on water resources, river and coastal hydraulics, risk analysis, energy, environment, disaster prevention, industrial processes.

The objectives of applied research, scientific exchange, technology transfer and research management provide an umbrella for all IAHR endeavours.

These goals accord fully with PSIPW's commitment to promote innovation in water-related scientific research, and the two organizations look forward to working together.