3 March, 2006 in Paris

6 March, 2006at Tsukuba

ICHARMInternational Center for Water Hazard and Risk

Managementunder the auspices of UNESCO

hosted by PWRI, Tsukuba

Background: Birth of ICHARM International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management

Proposed by UNESCO and Gov of Japan at the MC of 3WWF, Mar 2003• Approved by UNESCO 16th IHP-IGC, 33 GC, Sep 2004• Approved by UNESCO 33rd General Conference, Oct 2005

As a UNESCO Category II Centre (Global water center under IHP program)Hosted by Public Works Research Institute (PWRI),Tsukuba, JapanFinally signed by UNESCO, Gov of Japan & PWRI on 3 Mar 2006Established on 6 Mar 2006

ICHARM Objective International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management

To be the global Center of Excellence to provide and assist implementation of the best practicable strategies to localities, nations, regions and the world to manage the risk of water related hazards including floods, droughts, land slides, debris flows and water contamination.• At the first stage, the priority is flood-related

disasters, and assumes

ICHARM Challenge localism

Localism is a principle that takes into account local diversity of natural, social and cultural conditions, being sensitive to local needs, priorities, development stage, etc., within the context of global and regional experiences and trends.In developed countries, the major concerns are

• the increasing cost of protecting urban properties and activities and • the consensus building on individual and public share.

In developing countries the major concerns are• the huge loss of human lives and • the hold back of economic developmentwhere the basic problems root in poverty and governance.

Increase of flood damage potentialEconomic losses/costs and societal consensus building

MLIT

Jakarta, May 2007 by K.Takeuchi

Human & economic lossesPoverty & Governance

ICHARM outputs

Training courses & Flood Master CourseLocal Study SeriesYear Book of Large FloodsGlobal Flood Alert SystemGlobal Risk Maps & Global Preparedness Maps

Master Course on Disaster Management Policy (water-related disasters)

One year Master Course jointly established by GRIPS and PWRI supported by JICAOffered to practitioners in public & private organs mainly in developing countries in Asia and Africa.Starts in Oct 2007. The first year students are eleven from China, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Philippines & Japan. Foster practice and solution oriented engineers who can plan disaster management as part of development and lead the local practices. Through lectures, exercises and filed studies. Master theses will be Feasibility Study of local project proposals.Taught by univ profs & administrative practitioners

Local Study SeriesThis is a collection of detail local studies on the potential risk of and the societal vulnerability to flood-related disasters. The studies also contain the alternative action proposals to reduce the vulnerability and the risk. Special attention will be made to the existing obstacles of achieving the improvements. The poverty and governance are often the real causes of disasters, which will be directly examined in the study without escape. The readers expected are the practitioners and policy makers of various levels but local community level managers are in focus.

Holiya Village FloodCause and Effect

Indian afflux bund and Laxmanpur Barrage

Bank Cutting

Road/levee Breached

Completely destroyed houses

Nepal India

Consultation meeting at local level(at Nepalgunji, Banke)Broader participation

• NGOs• INGOs• GOs• Political Representatives • Representatives from flood affected

communities38 Participants

Research Need

Consultation meeting at National level(in Kahtmandu)• Broader participation

– Concerned Ministry – Donor agencies– INGOs– Universities and Research Institutes

• 30 Participants

Year Book of Large FloodsThis is an ICHARM annual report on world wide large-scale floods.The Year Book contains:• Parameters of the events such as causes, developments,

damages etc.• After events actions including emergency evacuation,

sheltering, recovery etc. • Analyses of the background of the disasters, the lessons-

learned and the societal and institutional changes introduced after the event (Policy reaction: policy effective information).

Users would include: decision makers of disaster management at all levels, media, students, researchers and any people interested in flood disaster.

Global Flood Alerts The use of the advanced latest technology such as satellites, radars and meteorological, hydrological and hydraulic simulators are integrated and the best reliable flood forecasts will be produced and disseminated. The users are the national authorities responsible for flood management. This program is called Global Flood Alert System (GFAS) and the forecasts will be carefully examined with the local observations in collaboration with national hydro-meteorological authorities.

Dev & Diss of Flood Alert SystemAs the means of living with floodsTo national flood management

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Global Risk and Preparedness MapsThe Global Risk Map will show the distribution of flood-related disaster risk such as frequency of heavy rainfalls, vulnerability due to population density, economic activities and infrastructure construction. The Global Preparedness Map will show the preparedness of communities against flood-related hazards such as the installation level of rain-gages and their maintenance, distribution of early warning, budgets and personnel allocated to flood preparedness, education program etc. They must be useful for local practice and national decision making.

ICHARM calls foran alliance for localism

to identify the real problems of diverse localities and to help meeting the real needs of the people by local studies, high technology, capacity building, policy effective information, human

resources networking, …

Let us work together!www.icharm.pwri.go.jp