8th Governing Board Meeting of ICQHS was held on 5 November 2016 in the city of Yazd, Iran. This meeting examined the common grounds for more cooperation between the member states on qanat, historic hydraulic structures and other relevant issues. The member states gave reports on the present situation of their historic hydraulic structures, and also the GB chairperson and the governor of Yazd province talked about the activities and missions of ICQHS. The meeting was attended by representative of UNESCO from Paris, representative of Iran’s government as GB chairperson, representative of Iranian national commission for UNESCO, representative of Iran ministry of agriculture, governor of Yazd, deputy president of Iranian cultural heritage organization, representative of UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office and representatives of the countries Tunisia, Iraq, Algeria, Azerbaijan and India.
