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THE REGIONAL HUMID TROPICS HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES CENTRE
FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
UNESCO WATER CENTRE IIHTC KUALA LUMPUR
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• BACKGROUND• LOCATION• VISION AND MISSION• OBJECTIVES• FUNCTIONS• STRATEGY• COLLABORATIVE ACTIONS• COOPERATIVE PARTNERS• RESEARCH ACTIVITIES• REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT• ACHIEVEMENTS
OUTLINE
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BACKGROUND
• Started operation in early 1997
• MoU signed 28th October 1999 - Government of Malaysia and the UNESCO
• UNESCO Water Centre for South East Asia and Pacific
• Under the jurisdiction of DID
UNESCOUNESCOPARIS/PARIS/
JAKARTAJAKARTA
WATER CENTRE IWATER CENTRE IUNESCO IHE UNESCO IHE
WATER WATER CENTRE CENTRE
FOR EDUCATIONFOR EDUCATION
WATER CENTREWATER CENTREHTC KLHTC KL
WATER CENTREWATER CENTREICHARM JAPANICHARM JAPAN
WATER CENTREWATER CENTRECATHALACCATHALAC
LATIN AMERICALATIN AMERICA
WATER CENTREWATER CENTREIRTCESIRTCESCHINACHINA
Organisation Chartof UNESCO Water Centre
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UNESCO PARIS
UNESCO JAKARTA / RSC IHP UNESCO SEA & PAC
PACIFIC REGION SEA REGION
AUSTRALIA
TONGA
SOLOMON
RK
SOMALIA
PNG
CHINA
NEW ZEALAND
NIV
JAPAN
DPR KOREA
CAMBODIA
VIETNAM
PHILIPPINES
LAOS
MALAYSIA
INDONESIA
THAILAND
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HTC KL
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VISION
To be World Water Centre of Excellence by year 2020
MISSIONA catalyst in carrying out regional and
international collaboration, consultation and partnership
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OBJECTIVES
• To promote a conducive atmosphere for collaboration through technology and information exchange, education and science.
• To increase scientific and technological knowledge about hydrological cycle.
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FUNCTIONS• To coordinate the implementation of cooperation in the research and
activities pertaining to hydrology and water resources
• To enhance the networking of the information within the NationalCommittee IHP and other respective centers for exchanges in scientific and technical information
• To establish and organize training modules, seminars, workshops and conferences for better utilization of latest of technology and design
• To publish the information on hydrological and water resources, vide media for local and international circulation
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STRATEGY• Partnership• Collaborative Actions• Thematic Focus (eg. Water Security, Environmental
Integrity, Urbanization, Integrated Water Management, and the Creation of a dedicated Information and Knowledge Base)
• Innovative approaches• Demand-responsiveness: functions and actions will be
oriented to the solution of problems faced by developing countries and countries in transition
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COLLABORATIVE ACTIONS1. Serve/Integrate in regional (arid/humid) Training/ HRD/
ToT Programmes2. Merge Thematic Disciplines with Regional Needs and
Demands3. Information and Knowledge Sharing and Transfer
(common/ linking website (recognizing unesco-family)Exchanging : publications, technical materials, trainers/ trainees
4. Joint Project Initiatives(applied research/ capacity building)
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•Regular Meetings based on Actions
•Joint Fund Raising
•Protocol for Collaborations
Through
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CO-OPERATIVE PARTNERS• International Water Association (IWA)• Joint Committee on Urban Drainage (JCUD) –
IAHR/IWA• Global Water Partnership• UNESCO WATER CETRES
- UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education- ICHARM, Japan- CHATALAC, Panama- RCUWM, Iran- IRTCES, China
IHP I75-80
IHP VI02-07
IHP VII08-13
IHP IV90-95
IHP III84-89
IHP II81-83
IHP V96-01Water interactions: Systems
at risk and social challenges
Water Dependencies: Systems under stress and
societal responses
IHP UNESCO RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
Contd..
CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES FOR IHP-VII
THEME IV:Water for Human Health
THEME III:Ecohydrology & Sustainable
Environment
THEME II:Governance & Socio-Economics
THEME I:Global Changes - Watersheds &
Aquifers
Education& Capacity Building
HydrologicalResearch
Water ResourcesManagement
New Initiatives:II, III, IV
Key Theme:I
TWO-DIMENSIONAL STRATEGY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IHP-VII
GLOBAL LEVELGLOBAL LEVEL
MainstreamMainstreamof the IHPof the IHP--VII activitiesVII activities
REGIONALREGIONAL LEVELLEVEL
CoCo--operationoperationofof regionalregional groupingsgroupings of of
NCsNCs
quantification of uncertain global impacts
developing of general approach to WRM
possible co-ordination of World-wide activities
strengthening issues linking hydrology to governance
adapting of the general IHP-VII approaches for solving regional issues
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RESEARCH ACTIVITIESPRESENTLocal Level
• MIHP / IRPA- Runoff Characteristic to Validate MASMA- Temporal Pattern of Urban Area - Hydrological Balance of Paya Indah- Runoff Generation and Catchment
Responses in Forested and Agricultural Sites
• Sungai Kerayong – Urban Hydrology
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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES….cont.PRESENTRegional Level• AP FRIEND Phase II
• Flood Forecasting and Warning System (FFWS)
• IHP UNESCO Phase VI (2002-2007)
• River Catalogue
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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES….cont.FUTURELocal Level• Escience Fund
- Leachate Problem in Landfills Area- Roles of Constructed Wetlands for Storm Water Management- Development of Mudflows Warning System- Even Mean Concentration- Effectiveness of Erosion and Sediment Control Measures- Gross Pollutant Trap- Bio Remediation
Regional Level• IHP UNESCO Phase VII (2008-2013)
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REG/INT ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT
• 2005- UNESCO AP FRIEND Meeting
- International Training Course onHydrological Droughts and Low Flows
- Draft Strategy Plan for IHP Phase VII (2008-2013)
- AP Friend Phase II Regional Research Project
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• 2006- The IAHR/IWA Joint Committee on Urban Drainage Meeting- National Conference on Water for Sustainable Development
Towards a Developed Nation- 14th RSC IHP UNESCO for SEAP Meeting- 5th FRIEND World Conference Water Resources Variability
Processes Analysis and Impacts- Draft Strategy Plan for IHP Phase VII (2008- 2013)- AP FRIEND Phase II Regional Research Project
REG/INT ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT….cont.
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ACHIEVEMENTS
• River Catalogue• Water Data Archive• Proceedings and IHP UNESCO Tech.
Doc.• Research Papers• MS ISO901:2000 SIRIM QAS• M.Env.Sci (IWRM) programme (OUM)