INWEB started as a non-governmental association operating as a network of networks, each of the 10 Balkan member countries having a focal point for its own country's members. Concentrating on transboundary waters, it aims to ensure top quality information on water problems in SEE, resolve conflicts in shared basins and develop a common approach for sustainable water management. In 2003 it was appointed as a UNESCO Chair on “sustainable management of water and conflict resolution”.