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A total of 83 participants have registered for the 4th IAHR Young Professionals Hydro-Environment Challenge. 

Applicants represent a wide variety of regions, including 28% from Africa, 36% from the Asia Pacific region, 17% from Europe, 14% from Latin America, 1% from the Middle East region and 4% from North America. 

The distribution by themes is quite balanced, as 25% applicants have registered for the Experimental Data Challenge and 75% for the Water Resources Challenge.

In terms of gender distribution around 73% of registrants are men while 27% are women. 

By sector, research-based institutions are preponderant, with around 61% of the applicants coming from the academia, 15% from companies, 15% from research institutes and 9% from governments. 

Finally 38 of the participants are IAHR members and 45 are non-members.

The kick-off meetings of the different challenges will take place between 4 and 6 March, while the challenges will last till 31 May 2024. The participants will be grouped, and each group will be accompanied by technical mentors and coaches throughout the whole process. The composition of the teams and the main steps will be announced during the kick-off meeting.