The First Asia-Africa Water Cycle Symposium

The GEOSS Joint Asia – Africa Water Cycle Symposium

Tokyo, Japan
25 - 27 November, 2013

The First Asia-Africa Water Cycle Symposium

Presentations

Symposium Report

The Executive Summary of the Symposium is now available:

-> Word DOC
-> PDF


The Symposium full summary report can be downloaded:

-> Word DOC
-> PDF


Project Design Matrix Proposals

All the presented African and Asian Project Design Matrix (PDM) proposals are available in a compiled document. It can be downloaded in the Word DOC or PDF format.

Video document of the Symposium (37 min., ~550 MB)

The video file can be downloaded >>HERE<< or watched at the Youtube site.

Reference Documents

Asia Water Cycle Initiative

- The AWCI website

- The Final Report of the project: "River Management System Development in Asia Based on Data Integration and Analysis System (DIAS) under the GEOSS.

- The Final Report of the project: "Climate Change Impact Assessment on the Asia-Pacific Water Resources under AWCI/GEOSS"

- The 8th AWCI ICG Meeting Report

Africa Water Cycle Coordination Initiative

List of Symposium Participants

A brief list of the participants can be downloaded in the pdf or xls format.

Presented Contributions

Agenda File
1. Welcome Speech  
1.1D. Cripe, Group on Earth Observation (GEO) Secretariat
1.2K. Isogai, Ministry of of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
1.3S. Yamamoto, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
1.4A. Takemoto, Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) Secretariat
1.5T. Koike, The University of Tokyo
2. GEOSS Capability and Needs of Stakeholders  
2.1His Excellency Mr. Farukh Amil, Ambassador of Pakistan
2.2His Excellency Mr. Madan Kumar Bhattarai, Ambassador of Nepal
2.3D. Cripe (GEO) - Keynote: Needs of Stakeholders and GEOSS Capability
2.4T. Koike (UT) - Keynote: GEOSS Water Cycle Integrator
Questions for Discussion Session
2.5M. Fuwa, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
2.6V. Anbumozhi, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
2.7M. Tamagawa, African Development Bank (AfDB)
2.8M. Ishiwatari, World Bank (WB)
2.9Y. Kinoshita, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
2.10Y. Amano, Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Tourism (MLIT)
2.11D. Cripe, GEO
2.12T. Koike, University of Tokyo
3. Water cycle Observations and Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)  
3.1His Excellency Mr. Francois OUBIDA, Ambassador of Burkina Faso
3.2Dr. Sivaji Chadaram, Counsellor, Embassy of India
3.3S. Herath (UNU) - Keynote: Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and Sustainability
3.4S. Ochi (MLIT) - Keynote: Water Cycle Observations and Integrated Water Resources Management from MLIT's perspective
Questions for Discussion
3.5S. Herath, United Nations University
3.6T. Kawasaki, Network of Asian River Basin Organizations (NARBO)
3.7A. Takemoto, Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) Secretariat
3.8A. Nonguierma, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
3.9G. Rasul, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)
3.10R. Lawford, Integrated Global Water Cycle Observations (IGWCO)
3.11C. Ishida, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
4. Contributions by Earth Observation & Science Communities  
4.1C. Lee (NASA): NASA contributions in Earth science research, applications, and capacity building for water cycle science and resource management in Asia and Africa
4.2M. Medina (NOAA): NOAA Satellite Activities to Monitor Water
4.3K. Umezawa (JAXA): JAXA Contributions to Water Cycle Observation
4.4B. Meyer (SANSA): Earth Observation for Water
4.5R. Lawford (IGWCO): Introduction to IGWCO COP and the GEOSS Water Strategy
4.6O. Ochiai (GEO Secretariat): GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI) Demonstration
4.7K. Onogi (JMA): Introduction of the JRA-55 Reanalysis
4.8Y. Izumikawa (JMA): Introduction of Himawari-8
4.9Y. Iwami (ICHARM): ICHARM Challenges for Contribution to Water Related Disaster Reduction and Prevention
4.10S. Benedict (GEWEX): Global Energy and Water Exchanges
4.11A. Johnson (Eawag): Groundwater Quality; A health issue?
6. African Session  
6.1A. Amani (UNESCO) - Keynote: Key water issues in Africa: need to strengthen water Security in Africa
6.2F. Mutua: Kenya
6.3K. Labbassi: Morocco
6.4Z. Bargaoui: Tunisia
6.5A. Ali: Niger River Basin
6.6J. Tumbulto: Volta River Basin
6.7M. Bila: Lake Chad Basin Commission
7. Asian Session  
7.1D.-H. Bae (Sejong University) - Keynote: Climate Change Impact Assessment on Water Resources in the Asia-Pacific Regions
7.2M. Kitsuregawa (University of Tokyo) - Keynote: Data Integration and Analysis System
7.3E. Hossain: Bangladesh
7.4S. I. Monichoth: Cambodia
7.5R. Kumar: India
7.6M.S.B. Kusuma: Indonesia
7.7B. Sysouphanthavong: Lao PDR
7.8M.Z. Mat Amin: Malaysia
7.9G. Davaa: Mongolia
7.10M.T. Oo: Myanmar
7.11S.K. Sharma: Nepal
7.12B. Ahmad: Pakistan
7.13J. Masallo: Philippines
7.14S.B. Weerakoon: Sri Lanka
7.15T. Sukhaphunnaphan: Thailand
7.16I. Dergacheva: Uzbekistan
7.17D.N. Tinh: Vietnam
8. Discussion for Implementation Planning  
9. Toward Implementation  
9.1T. Koike (UT): Summary Report
9.2Questions for Discussion
9.3T. Koike (panel discussion): University of Tokyo

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