IRTCES aims at the promotion of international exchange of knowledge and cooperation in the study of erosion and sedimentation problems.

The attention of the Center is to be directed to sediment-related problems pertaining primarily to rivers, including not only their courses from source to estuary, but also their entire watersheds. In all its activities, priority is to be given to the problems related to river regulation, control of soil erosion, rational management and utilization of water and land resources, and protection of the environment.