Programme
Wednesday 24 February | Opening Session | 9:00 – 9:30 | Opening Video: MWAR-LAC Outcomes and Impacts (4’)
Welcome Words - Paolo Fontani, Director UNESCO Brussels Office - Blanca Jiménez-Cisneros, Director, UNESCO-IHP - Dirk Van der Stede, CEO Flanders Knowledge Center Water (VLAKWA) - Marnik Vanclooster, Belgian IHP Commission | | PART 1: Closure of the MWAR-LAC project | 9:30 – 10:15 | Presentation of the Project Results - Chair: Anil Mishra (UNESCO) - Flanders funding for UNESCO Science Programmes (FUST): Gert Verreet (Flanders department Economy, Science and Innovation) - The MWAR-LAC Accomplishment Report: Koen Verbist (UNESCO)
Water and adaption challenges in the context of climate change-Chair: Blanca Jiménez-Cisneros (Director, UNESCO-IHP)
Experiences, impacts & collaborations with the Flemish funded projects: - Dr. Eric Wood: Princeton University and Doctor Honoris Causa Ghent University - Dir. Carlos Estévez, Dirección General de Aguas, Chile - Dir. Antonio Yaksic Soulé: Ministry of Agriculture, Chile - Dir. Miguel Angel Castillo Vizcarra, Autoridad Nacional del Agua, Peru - Dr. Magalí García, Universidad Mayor San Marcos, Bolivia - Dr. Cesar Carmona, EU Joint Research Center, Italy - Dr. Robert Varady, University of Arizona and International Water Security Network, USA | 10:15 – 10:30 | Q&A and concluding remarks - Chair: Anil Mishra, UNESCO | 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break – Group Photo
Presentation of Water Images - Patricia de Solages, México | | | |
| PART 2: CliMWAR-LAC project proposal: Current State, Gaps and Needs | 11:00 – 12:45 | Session 1: Integrated Drought Risk Management–Chair: Koen Verbist, UNESCO | | - Latin American Flood and Drought Monitor: Justin Sheffield, Princeton University - Agroclimatic Observatory in Chile, Antonio Yaksic Soulé, Ministry of Agriculture, Chile - National Drought Observatory in Peru, Miguel Castillo, Autoridad Nacional del Agua, Peru - Integrated Drought Risk Management: Natalia Limones, World Bank - Towards improving hydrological model capabilities for drought risk monitoring and prediction - Shreedar Maskey, UNESCO-IHE - Global monitoring of surface water bodies at 300 m resolution within the Climate Change Initiative: Celine Lamarche, UCL - Presentation of proposals on Drought Management - Discussion on gaps and opportunities | 12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch Break | 14:00 – 15:30 | Session 2: Climate Services for Water Resources Management – Chair: Robert Varady, UArizona | | - Building a Climate Services Partnership: Cathy Vaughan, IRI/Climate Services Partnership - Potential contributions of CIIFEN to CliMWaR-LAC and Water security project in Western-South America - Rodney Martinez, CIIFEN - Going beyond the Dryland and Drought Atlas for Water Resources Managament: Gabriel Mancilla, CAZALAC - Siegfried Demuth, International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change, Koblenz, Germany - Presentation of proposals on Climate Services - Discussion on gaps and opportunities | 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break | 16:00 – 17:00 | Session 3: Climate Change Impact on Water Resources Management – Chair: Eric Wood, UPrinceton | | - Decision Scaling to address Climate Change Vulnerabilities: Kristin Gilroy, ICIWaRM/AGWA - Climate change impact on hydrology in the Mediterranean: from global to regional and local assessments and management: Marnik Vanclooster, UCL - Adaptive governance of water resources and risks through continuous monitoring and citizen science: Wouter Buytaert, Imperial College of London - Presentation of proposals on Climate Change Impact on Water Resources Management - Discussion on gaps and opportunities | 17:00 – 18:00 | Session 4: Capacity building gaps and needs – Chair: Marnik Vanclooster, UCL | | - IUPWARE and its links in South-America: Guido Wyseure, KULeuven - The Euroclima/RALCEA capacity building programme: Cesar Carmona, JRC. - Drought risk management in semiarid Andean catchments, demand for research and capacity building: Alexandra Nauditt/Lars Ribbe, ITT - Developing Technology Information for climate services and water resources management: Rafael Gonzalez, CIH - Presentation of proposals on Capacity Building - Discussion on development gaps and capacity building needs | 18:00 – 18:15 | Finalization of the Project Proposal – Chair: Anil Mishra, UNESCO - Overview of the discussion and agreements (session chairs) - Concluding remarks | 18:30 | Reception at UNESCO Office, UN-House, 5th Floor |
Thursday 25 February | PART 3: Planning Workshop of the Water Security project | 09:00 – 09:15 | Introductory Session - Overview of the Project ‘Addressing Water Security: Climate Impacts and Adaptation Responses in Africa, Asia and LAC - Anil Mishra, Koen Verbist, UNESCO - Presentation of the session procedure: · Presentation of proposed activity (1´) · (Optional) Complementary Presentation (10´) · Comments from the partner panel (10´) · Additional Comments and proposals (10´) | 09:15 – 11:00 | Session 5 - Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability Assessment in Mountainous Regions – Chair: Anil Mishra, UNESCO Activity 1: Supporting Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis (CRIDA) Presentation: - Near term climate change projections for vulnerable catchments: Koen Verbist, UNESCO Panel: E. Wood (UPrinceton)/ C. Vaughan (IRI) / K. Gilroy (ICIWaRM)/ Marnik Vanclooster (UCL)
Activity 2: Development of Drought Vulnerability Assessment in pilot countries
Presentation: Roel Vanhoolst (VITO) - K. Verbist, UNESCO Panel: Rodney Martinez (CIIFEN) / Natalia Limones (WB) / Antonio Yaksic (MinAgri) / Roel Van Hoolst (VITO)
Activity 3: Vulnerability Assessment of Water Resources to Glacier Melt in Mountainous Regions
Presentation: Visualizing climate science and making it understandable to policy makers and the wider public: Atlases and other visual tools - Björn Alfthan, GRID-Arendal Panel: Wouter Buytaert (Imperial College)/ Björn Alfthan (GRID-Arendal) / Robert Varady (UArizona)
Presentation of additional proposals | 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break | 11:30 – 12:30 | Session 6 - Implementation of Climate Risk Management – Chair: Gert Verreet, Flemish Government
Activity 4: Strengthening water-related risk assessment in vulnerable mountain watersheds
Presentation: Climate Risk Management – Cathy Vaughan, IRI
Presentation: Saberes Manejados – Magalí Garcia, Universidad Mayor de San Andres
Panel: Miguel Castillo (ANA), Carlos Estévez (DGA), Alexandra Nauditt (ITT), Siegfried Demuth(IHP), Natalia Limones (WB)
Activity 5: Development of a Midsummer Drought Monitoring for Central America
Presentation: The ‘Canicula’: Hector Maureira, CAZALAC Panel: Héctor Maureira (CAZALAC) / Cesar Carmona (JRC) / Justin Sheffield (UPrinceton) /Roel Van Hoolst (VITO) Presentation of additional proposals | 12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch | 14:00 – 15:30 | Session 7 – Adaptive water and soil conservation measures – Chair: Donald Gabriels, UGent
Activity 6: Pilot studies of deficit/efficient irrigation in vulnerable mountain communities of Bolivia, Peru and Chile
Presentation: Magalí Garcia
Panel: Magalí Garcia, UMSA / Patrick Willems, KULeuven / Guido Wyseure, KULeuven / Gabriel Mancilla, CAZALAC
Activity 7: Guidelines for effective implementation of water harvesting techniques/Aquifer Recharge and implementation in pilot areas of the region and outreach to vulnerable farmer communities:
Presentation: G-WADI Regional conference on Adaptive Water Management Strategies in drylands: Gabriel Mancilla, CAZALAC
Panel: Gabriel Mancilla, CAZALAC / Donald Gabriels, UGent / Robert Varady, UArizona / Willy Bauwens (VUB)
Presentation of additional proposals | 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break | 16:00 – 17:00 | Session 8 - Capacity building, outreach activities and the Global Knowledge Forum - Chair: Koen Verbist, UNESCO
Activity 8: Joint training activities with: - the RALCEA network – Cesar Carmona, JRC - the IWSN network – Robert Varady, UArizona and IWSN - the CNRD network – Lars Ribbe, ITT - And improvement of the currently available knowledge platforms – Natalia Limones, WB Presentation of additional proposals | 17:00 – 17:30 | Closure of the meeting - Chair: Anil Mishra, UNESCO | | Discussion on proposed activities, agenda and definition of roles | 17:30 – 18:30 | Meeting of the Belgian Committee for IHP (members only) |
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