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Cooperation of the Danube countries in the area of hydrology started in 1961, hosting the first conference on hydrological forecast in Budapest. The conference took place even before the International Hydrological Decade was proclaimed (1965-1975). That 10-year program provided an important stimulus to international collaboration in hydrology, and after them, the International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO established. Since 1975, cooperation between hydrologists of the Danube River Basin has been conducted within the framework of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO. Up to day, XXVII conferences derived hosted by different Danube river countries.At the beginning, cooperation was related to discharge forecast, but later on the research extended on hydrological bases of the water management. The results of scientific achievement were integrated and published in well-known monography »Hydrology of The River Danube« in year 1986. The monography is until now the major integrated approach on water regime of the Danube River and its tributaries. Inside the IHP UNESCO Committees cooperation, several common projects are going on supported by modest national sources. Some of research published in the book "Hydrological processes of the Danube river basin: perspectives from the Danubian countries".In the presentation overlook on the IHP UNESCO Danube Basin present with short description of the reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]