IFI RELATED ACTIVITIES IN UNESCO IHP FRIEND PROGRAMME

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TEMPLATE – IFI Annex III

IFI Related Activities in UNESCO - IHP FRIEND Programme

(Using template for mapping of activities)



ACTIVITY (A): Techniques for extreme rainfall and flood runoff estimation (NE – FRIEND)


1) Objectives:


  1. robust methods of real-time forecasting

  2. simulation of flood-runoff and flood inundation

  3. Frequency estimation of peak flows and design hydrographs

  4. Understanding of runoff generation process on small and large catchments to be able to predict the results of climate or land use change

  5. methods how to deal with uncertainty


2) Type of IFI activity (please mark the relevant, please prioritize)


  1. Research

  2. Education/Training

  3. Technical Assistance

  4. Information Networking


3) Thematic Dimension of IFI (please mark the relevant, also multiple answers)



4) Geographical Scope (International, Regional, National, Sub-national, Local)


All Europe (but most participants are from Northern, Western and Central Europe; cooperation with AMHY group)


5) Expected Outcomes:





6) Time Schedules:

2008-2009


7) Methodologies used/ applied:


  1. Real-time forecasting


  1. Calibration and validation of flood inundation models


  1. Frequency estimation of peak flows and flood inundation


  1. Understanding of runoff generation process


8) Partners involved:

S. Blazkova

(co-ordinator) [email protected]


A. De Roo [email protected],

K. Beven [email protected],

D. Cameron [email protected],

F. Pappenberger [email protected],

M. Werner [email protected],

E. Langsholt [email protected],

J. Seibert [email protected],

R. Lamb [email protected],

M. Bolgov [email protected],

I. Iorgulescu [email protected],

A. Wyatt, [email protected]

T. Kjeldsen [email protected]

F. Gallart [email protected]


9) Related Events (conferences, other projects, initiatives)


Bern, Switzerland, March 2002

Nice, France , April 2002

Rotterdam, The Netherlands, March 2003

Nice, France, April 2004

London, UK, July 2004

Tromso, Norway, October 2005

Vienna, Austria, April 2006

Uppsala Sweden, March 2007



10) Target Group/End user (e.g. disaster management, urban planning, science)

Disaster Managers


11) Interlinkages between activities / Overlaps

These are the unique techniques for extreme rainfall and flood runoff estimation with no overlaps with other activities.





ACTIVITY (B): Extreme events (Alpine Mediterranean AMHY FRIEND)


1) Objectives:



2) Type of IFI activity (please mark the relevant, please prioritize)


  1. Research

  2. Education/Training

  3. Information Networking

  4. Technical Assistance



3) Thematic Dimension of IFI (please mark the relevant, also multiple answers)



4) Geographical Scope (International, Regional, National, Sub-national, Local)


Mediterranean countries



5) Expected Outcomes:




6) Time Schedules:

As ongoing proposals risen from the two International Workshop on “Hydrological extremes”, attention of researchers involved in “Extreme events” topic in the next years (2007-08) will be focused on:


7) Methodologies used/ applied:



8) Partners involved:



9) Related Events (conferences, other projects, initiatives)

Lyon (France), SHF conference 28–29 Jan 2004

Koblenz (Germany), International Workshop on Hydrological Extremes 5–8 July 2004

Montpellier (France), HydroSciences, International Seminar on Climatic and anthropogenic impacts on the variability of water resources 22-24 Nov 2005

Ohrid (Macedonia), Balwois Conference 23-26 May 2006

Cosenza (Italy), 1st International Workshop on Hydrological Extremes: “Observing and

modeling exceptional floods and rainfalls” 3–4 May 2006

Cosenza (Italy), 2nd International Workshop on Hydrological Extremes: “Variability in space and time of extreme rainfalls, floods and droughts” 6–8 June 2007



10) Target Group/End user (e.g. disaster management, urban planning, science)

Local flood management


11) Report / Output documents / Website

Reports from workshops





ACTIVITY (C): Floods (Latin America and Caribbean-AMIGO FRIEND)


  1. Objectives:





2) Type of IFI activity (please mark the relevant, please prioritize)


  1. Research

  2. Education/Training

  3. Information Networking

  4. Technical Assistance



3) Thematic Dimension of IFI (please mark the relevant, also multiple answers)




4) Geographical Scope (International, Regional, National, Sub-national, Local)


Latin America and Caribbean


5) Expected Outcomes:


The internet-based service of probabilistic evaluation of maximum hydrological variables.



6) Time Schedules:

2007-2011


7) Methodologies used/ applied:

To accomplish this goal, the available information must be examined. There are some of the technical issues to be solved such as differences in temporal and spatial scales between maximum hydrological variables.


8) Partners involved:


Local Universities, Governments, Non –governmental organizations


9) Related Events (conferences, other projects, initiatives)

This project is part of a wider project supported by many governments.


10) Target Group/End user (e.g. disaster management, urban planning, science)

Policy makers, Urban planning science





ACTIVITY (D): Floods (Hindu Kush Himalayas-HKH FRIEND)


1) Objectives:



2) Type of IFI activity (please mark the relevant, please prioritize)


  1. Research

  2. Education/Training



3) Thematic Dimension of IFI (please mark the relevant, also multiple answers)




4) Geographical Scope (International, Regional, National, Sub-national, Local)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Nepal and Pakistan



5) Expected Outcomes:




6) Time Schedules:

2008-2009 (possibly to be continued)


7) Methodologies used/ applied:



8) Partners involved:


Tribhuvan University, Katmandu Nepal

Institute of Engineering (IOE), Katmandu, Nepal



9) Related Events (conferences, other projects, initiatives)

Nepal, regional seminar January 2004

Janakpur, Nepal, local stakeholders cons Nov. 2005



10) Target Group/End user (e.g. disaster management, urban planning, science)

Government employee, disaster managers


11) Report / Output documents / Website

A UNESCO, HKH FRIEND, ICIMOD joint publication “Preparing for Flood Disaster: Mapping and Assessing Hazard in the Ratu Watershed, Nepal (2007)”





ACTIVITY (E): Flood Frequency Analysis Component – FFAC (Nile FRIEND)


1) Objectives:



2) Type of IFI activity (please mark the relevant, please prioritize)


  1. Research

  2. Technical Assistance



3) Thematic Dimension of IFI (please mark the relevant, also multiple answers)




4) Geographical Scope (International, Regional, National, Sub-national, Local)


Sudan, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia



5) Expected Outcomes:



6) Time Schedules:

2006-2008


7) Methodologies used/ applied:



8) Partners involved:



9) Related Events (conferences, other projects, initiatives)


10) Target Group/End user (e.g. disaster management, urban planning, science)

Central government and Local authorities


11) Report / Output documents / Website

Reports from the workshops





ACTIVITY (F): Hydrological problems from urbanization (Asian-Pacific FRIEND)


1) Objectives:



2) Type of IFI activity (please mark the relevant, please prioritize)


  1. Research

  2. Education/Training

  3. Information Networking

  4. Technical Assistance



3) Thematic Dimension of IFI (please mark the relevant, also multiple answers)


Flood Risk Management


4) Geographical Scope (International, Regional, National, Sub-national, Local)

Malaysia, China, Japan


5) Expected Outcomes:




6) Time Schedules:

2007-2010


7) Methodologies used/ applied:



8) Partners involved:

UNESCO, WMO, Members of the IHP Regional Steering Committee of SE Asia and the Pacific


9) Related Events (conferences, other projects, initiatives)


IFD Workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 6–7 June 2005

RSC Meeting in Philippines Nov 2007


10) Target Group/End user (e.g. disaster management, urban planning, science)

Flood disaster management


11) Report / Output documents / Website

Reports from the workshops


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