Title of the workshop: Capacity Building and Development for Drought Management
Coordinators:
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Professor Henny van Lanen, Wageningen UR, the Netherlands Project coordinator, DROUGHT-R&SPI - Fostering European Drought Research and Science-Policy Interfacing |
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Dr. Arash Malekian, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, IRAN |
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WORKSHOP TOPICS |
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Enabling an adequate policy environment (drought policy, pro-active risk management, policy priorities, long-term budget, Drought Committee, including mandate) |
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Identification of stakeholders, key water users |
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Governance structure and institutional capacities (including transboundary water bodies) |
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Cross-sectoral coordination mechanisms (including agricultural, environment, health, civil protection/firefighting) |
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Technical capacities in the form of databases, hydrological/impact models, forecast systems, impact surveys |
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Assessment of vulnerabilities, risks |
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Identification/implementation of measures to reduce vulnerability, risk (including financial instruments for farmers, insurance, green infrastructure |
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Identification of research gaps (interplay scientists, stakeholders, water/land managers, policy makers) |
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Communication (part of integrated system, land/water management, weather-related natural hazards) |
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human resources (including education) |
For workshop registration, please contact conference secretary, Dr. Masoumeh Ghodrati via email address of mghodrati@ut.ac.ir or call +98 21 61112797.