Recent activities - ICHARM The International Centre for Water Hazard

Past Events - 2015

Research
Training & Education
Information Networking
Typhoon Committee
Awards
Special Event
Local Practices
IFI
Outreach
Field Survey

Research
January 28 - 30, 2015 Thai Hydrologist Association 2015 in Thailand
January 28, 2015 FY2014 SOUSEI annual meeting
February 24, 2015 Workshop on Flood Contingency Planning with Evidence-based Simulation in the Philippines
April 22 - 25, 2015 Discharge measurement workshop in the Shinano River
May 25-26, 2015 Workshops on sediment disasters and management in Taipei
June 27 - 29, 2015 International Workshop on Typhoon and Flood in Taiwan
May 29, 2015 Symposium on climate change impact and adaptation in water-related disasters
August 3, 2015 52nd ICHARM R&D seminars held Professor Kun Yang of the Tibetan Plateau Institute of the Chinese Academy of Science
September 7, 2015 53nd ICHARM R&D seminars held Distinguished Professor M. Levent Kavvas of the University of California, Davis
October 5-9, 2015 IFAS training at JICA/AHA centre, in Jakarta, Indonesia
December 15-16, 2015 IFAS training session, “Training Workshop on Warning Systems and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Courses,” was hosted by UNESCO Cairo Office

Training & Education
February 23-27, 2015 Joint training for Malaysian experts
March 3-4, 2015 Follow-up seminar in Indonesia
March 14-15, 2015 Field Tour and participation in WCDRR in Japan
April 19-25, 2015 IFAS training in Viet Nam
April 23-25, 2015 M.Sc. Field Tours Shinano River basin
May 12, 2015 Training seminar for Bhutan staff
May 27-30, 2015 M.Sc. Field Tours Yodo River basin
June 12, 2015 M.Sc. Field Tours Hakojima retarding basin
July 2, 2015 Visit by Afgan officers
July 6 to 31, 2015 FY2015 JICA Training Program: Capacity Development for Flood Risk Management
July 27 to August 7, 2015 Joint international summer program with Tokyo University
September - October, 2015 Educational Program Updates
October 28-31, 2015 Field trips by M. Sc. students Yodo River Basin
November 25-26, 2015 Field trips by M. Sc. students Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, the Tsurumi River Basin Information Center, and the Kawawa Retarding Basin to learn about flood control measures in heavily populated areas

Information Networking
February 2, 2015 Visit by delegates from Asian countries
February 9-10, 2015 Visit to Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Indonesia
February 20, 2015 Visit by Afghan officials of Ministry of Energy and Water
February 24-26, 2015 PAGASA-UNESCO seminar in the Philippines
March 6, 2015 Visit by Ethiopian professor
March 10, 2015 Visit by officials of UNESCO headquarters in France
March 17, 2015 Visit by Negeri Lima mayor of Indonesia
March 27, 2015 Visit by MJIIT Professor of Malaysia
May 15, 2015 Visit by Thai delegates
May 25-29, 2015 30th ISO/TC113 meeting held in Tokyo
June 1, 2015 Visit by Indonesian delegates
June 4, 2015 Visit by NAHRIM-Malaysia DG and delegates
June 12, 2015 Visit by officer of Malaysia's Education Ministry
July 15, 2015 PWRI / ICHARM visit by Taiwan Vice Minister
July 27-29, 2015 UNISDR Expert Meeting on Developing Indicators for Disaster Risk Reduction in UN Geneva Office
August 5, 2015 Workshop on Risks and Impacts on Floods from Extreme Events in ASEAN Countries
August 6 - 7, 2015 International workshop held in Pakistan to promote evidence-based flood forecasting
August 11, 2015 Strengthening Water Partnerships for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management
August 31 to September 1, 2015 UNESCO International Workshop "South-South Cooperation at Regional Level for Modelling and Managing Hydro-Hazards" in Jakarta
September 16, 2015 SAFE prototype project in the Lower Mekong basin kicked off in Cambodia
September 21-22, 2015 ICHARM contributed the UNESCO ENHANS project in South America in Lima, Peru
September 24-25, 2015 Conference on climate change adaption technology in Taiwan
September 29-30, 2015 UNISDR Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Working Group (OIEWG) in UN Geneva Office
October 19 - 22, 2015 23rd UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP) Regional Steering Committee for Southeast Asia and the Pacific (RSC) in Indonesia
October 20-23, 2015 GEWEX Earth Observation for Water Cycle Science 2015 in Italy
October 26-28, 2015 Expert Group Meeting on Regional Strategies towards Building Resilience to Disaster in Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok
November 6, 2015 2015 Symposium on Climate Change in Taiwan
November 2-4, 2015 APEC Climate Symposium 2015 in Philippines
November 11, 2015 Visit by China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research
November 12, 2015 Visit by Myanmar university delegates
November 29 to December 4, 2015 The 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM) 2015
November 30, 2015 JAXA/Satellite Application for Environment (SAFE) Initiative Workshop in Bali, Indonesia
November 30 and December 2, 2015 Participation in side events of COP21 in France
December 1-4, 2015 Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-22) in Indonesia
December 1, 2015 Visit by Colombian delegates
December 10-11, 2015 ICHARM contributed the UNESCO ENHANS project in South America in Montevideo, Uruguay
December 14-18, 2015 Participation in the 2015 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in California, U.S.A.

Typhoon Committee
February 9-13, 2015 47th session of the Typhoon Committee in Thailand
October 26-29, 2015 The 10th Integrated Workshop of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee in Malaysia

Awards
July 16, 2015 Dr. Miyamoto presented with the PWRI President's Award
September 10, 2015 ICHARM Director honored the Science Award
October 20, 2015 Advisor Takeuchi was honored with the UNESCO-IHP RSC-SEAP Award by the UNESCO-IHP Regional Steering Committee
October 21, 2015 Advisor Takeuchi was awarded with the certificate of appreciation by the Jakarta Office of the UNESCO IHP

Special Event
March 14-18, 2015 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan
April 12-17, 2015 ICHARM attends the 7th World Water Forum
November 18, 2015 Second United Nations Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters in U.S.A.
December 16, 2015 ICHARM signed the MoU with the research center, NIED

Local Practices
February 16-20, 2015 ADB Myanmar project (TA8456) update: Training on RRI Model and Storm Surge Model
June 15-17, 2015 ADB Myanmar project (TA-8456) update: Training on RRI Model and Storm Surge Model and Consultation Meeting
October 12, 13 and 16, 2015 ADB Myanmar project (TA8456) update: Interim Meeting and Workshop
December 21-22, 2015 Workshop held as part of UNESCO Pakistan Project (Phase II)

IFI
April 9-10, 2015 Poster presentations at EGU 2015 on IFI Project
October 21, 2015 ICHARM and RCUWM co-host a plenary session "Preparatory Process for the International Initiative on Water and Disaster in the Asia Pacific Region" in Indonesia
December 1, 2015 ICHARM showed the ongoing IFI activities at the poster session during the WECC2015 in Kyoto, Japan

Outreach
April 17, 2015 ICHARM Open Day joined by local high school students

Field Survey
August 31 to September 11, 2015 UAV-assisted flood investigation in Bangladesh
September 10-18, 2015 Investigation conducted in the Lower Mekong Basin
September 17, 2015 Field visit to flood-ravaged Joso City in Ibaraki Prefecture
September 19 to 27, 2015 Observation of the Jamuna River