Asian Pacific FRIEND (AP FRIEND) A Strategic plan was established at the Regional

Steering Committee No. 17 (RSC, 2009) for flood research, which incorporated the information from the IHP and DRH Workshop as Part of H&DM 2009 in Wuhan, China. The plan for AP FRIEND and other flood initiatives is encapsulated in Figure 11.1.

Climate change (Focus: Adaptation Important condition

with high level of public and political interest)

Flood forecasting and Early warning (Focus: Mitigation, Operational + Disaster Reduction Hyperbase)

Flood Estimation (Focus Design practices &

development of models)

MEXT Support in

shaded area

Workshops Mar, Nov 2009

UNESCO IHP-VII

FRIEND, HELP

Figure 11.1

Framework for RSC Flood Research in Asia Pacific Region

The Project outlined at the 17th Regional Steering Committee (RSC, 2009) includes several stages:

Stage 1 (Year 1)

 Flood peak estimates at point

 Detail country methods: “Catalogue of Methods”

 Incorporate notes on climate change, land use intensification approaches

 Identify agencies actively developing/updating methods

 Output: “Catalogue of Methods” (Working title) ^ List relevant organisations in each country ^ Summarise (list) methods used in each country ^ Descriptive material in report form suitable

for the Disaster Reduction Hyperbase (DRH) ^ Initial project description to DRH

 Outcome

^ Common themes identified across many countries

^ Ensure countries known to have major development efforts underway are able to be lead providers (Japan, Korea, Australia…

others)

^ All countries in the AP FRIEND area can use document, even if they haven’t yet participated.

^ DRH used to disseminate information and encourage participation.

Stage 2 (Year 2)

 “Hydrograph” focus – techniques to convert the IDF information into useful flood design.

 Incorporate IDF supplementary information (map, list of methods, standardisation/cross-correlation of terms).

 Introduce Depth-Area-Duration methods and other important refinements under development in some countries.

 Output: “Flood design hydrographs” (Working title)

^ Report identifying promising new methods, (applied) research programmes and listing key contacts.

^ Report will include important developments in incorporating climate change, land use intensification and any other emerging issues in flood estimation techniques.

 Outcome

^ AP FRIEND region has a better coordinated effort in development of better flood design methods to help mitigate disasters, through better design of structures and improved risk management.

^ Updating of flood design methods

recognised as a dynamic, ongoing process that adapts to new challenges, rather than an occasional refinement of numbers.

^ DRH used to disseminate information and encourage participation.

11.2.7 The Hindu-Kush Himalayas FRIEND (HKH FRIEND)

Continuous efforts are to be made to facilitate the HKH FRIEND project. In the coming years, HKH FRIEND shall continue unfinished projects including the project on “Flood Risk and Vulnerability Mapping using GIS: A case study form Ratu river in central Nepal” and project ASSESS-HKH. In addition, efforts shall be paid to develop research projects involving researchers from participating countries focusing on the interested topics of the region including floods and low flows, snow and glaciers, water quality, and information management.

Promoting training courses for knowledge sharing remain important in this region.

11.2.8 Nile FRIEND (NF)

For future development, Nile FRIEND has identified key research interests and the strategic plan will focus on the following development:

 Conduct a comparative analysis between the results of the SWAT model and the SACRA-MENTO model which was carried out during the Hydromed survey project.

 With the assistance of the Flemish resource person, a regional workshop is envisaged to develop an action plan for the IWRM component.

 The overall project coordinator should work more closely with the themes coordinators to get more acquainted with the project results and to be ready for the development of the IWRM framework for the Nile Basin Countries.

 The Nile FRIEND Project should assess the down-scaling of the RIBASIM model which was developed by the Dutch for all the Nile Basin Countries.

 A unified Decision Support Tool (DST) should be identified, tested and applied by the different Nile Basin countries.

 Decision makers and researchers should develop a series of possible and artificial development scenarios to be tested using the DST.

 Each country should acquire the capacity to test the impact of the proposed scenarios on the upstream country itself and the down stream country.

 The project should look more into the hydraulic performance of the Nile under different development strategies (water diversions, carrying capacity, water losses, hydraulic structures, etc.).

 For areas with no hydraulic data (water levels, discharges and rainfall), remote sensing techniques should be used for a better estimation of the available water resources.

 Develop policy and public-oriented fact sheets and brochures about the findings of the project results.

 The Nile FRIEND project trainers should deliver specialized local short training courses. The target group should include the junior staff at the representative organization of the theme as well as staff from out side the organization.

 Researchers to produce high quality papers to be published in international journals. A 10-day technical exchange visit to Belgium to be arranged in order to finalize the papers.

 Data on researchers and meta data for each component case study catchments to be finalised and made accessible for other users in the network. This is very useful for joint research.

 More SWAT runs and more hands on training, possibly covering two weeks period. This should assist in enhancing the deliverables, which may also include postgraduate students.

 Preparation of very refined database for the case study areas to be used in future workshops by respective researchers in their own country cases in order to appreciate the potential and limitation of the models such as SWAT.

 Identify activities of other programmes working on similar themes and possibly collaborate with them to avoid possible duplication of efforts by addressing uniquely focused outputs. This is important for joint research funding on certain aspects for cost effectiveness.

West & Central Africa FRIEND (AOC) Dr. Luc Sigha Nkamdjou

Hydrologue Géochimiste Maître de Recherche

Chef de Service de la Recherche de l'IRGM IRGM; BP 4110 Yaounde • Cameroon Tel: +237 2222 2430, +237 22 21 71 88 (D) Fax: +237 22 20 18 54

Email: sighankamdjou@gmail.com Asian Pacific FRIEND (AP) Assoc. Prof. Trevor Daniell

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Adelaide • Australia, 5005 Tel: + 61 8 8303 5454

Fax: +61 8 8303 4359

Email: trevord@civeng.adelaide.edu.au

The Hindu-Kush Himalayas FRIEND (HKH) Dr. Yan Huang

Bureau of Hydrology, Changjiang Water Resources Commission

Ministry of Water Resources

No. 1863, Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430010 • China Tel: +86 27 8292 6230

Fax: +86 27 8282 9605

Email: y.huang.ctw@gmail.com Nile FRIEND (NF)

Dr. Tarek Shawki

Director, UNESCO Cairo Regional Office

8 Abdel Rahman Fahmy Street, Garden City, Cairo 11541, EGYPT

Tel: +202 27943036 Fax: +202 27945296 Email: t.shawki@unesco.org