The Integrated Watershed Management Network is a consortium of higher education institutions and companies in Asia, Africa and Europe; Its major goal is capacity building at local, institutional and academic level for Integrated Watershed Management (IWM).

Starting point of the Integrated Watershed Management Network was the first workshop of the DAAD-sponsored university cooperation project on "Integrated Watershed Management Network" in 2004 . It was initiated by University of Siegen and Freie Universität Berlin with the intention to develop and implement a regional master's programme “Integrated Watershed Management” in Eastern Africa.