Recent activities - ICHARM The International Centre for Water Hazard

Past Events - 2017

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

Research
January 18 - 19, 2017 The 6th Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Asia Workshop on Satellite Precipitation Data Utilization
January 19 - 20, 2017 Report on reconstruction in Tohoku after the Great East Japan Earthquake
February 12 - 17, 2017 International Symposium on the Cryosphere in a Changing Climate in New Zealand
February 25, 2017 Results of the SOUSEI program shared with participating countries Meeting with RID, Thailand
March 2 - 3, 2017 Results of the SOUSEI program shared with participating countries Meeting with PMD, Pakistan
March 9, 2017 Results of the SOUSEI program shared with participating countries Annual conference on the SOUSEI program
March 17, 2017 Results of the SOUSEI program shared with participating countries Meeting with National Committee for Disaster Management, Cambodia
March 21, 2017 Results of the SOUSEI program shared with participating countries Workshop in Indonesia
April 20 - 22, 2017 Research Specialist Kwak visits CHMI and attends EGU2017
April 24 - 25, 2017 Workshop on "Risk-Based Hydrologic Engineering Standards" in Koblenz, Germany
May 17, 2017 CommonMP 10th Anniversary Workshop held in Tokyo
May 31 - June 2, 2017 Research Specialist Kwak visits a hydrology institute of India and conducts a field survey in flood-damaged areas
September 26, 2017 Workshop on flood disaster response for businesses in Yokohama
October, 2017 English manual for Hydrological Statistics Utility is ready by ICHARM

Training & Education
January 31 - February 2, 2017 Follow-up seminar in Manila, the Philippines
March 1 - 3, 2017 Field trips by M. Sc. student -Visit Kobe and Tokushima-
April 27 - 29, 2017 Field trips by M. Sc. student -Visit Shinano River basin-
April, 2017 Training and Research Advisor Egashira lectures at MJIIT in Malaysia
May 17 - 26, 2017 UNESCO Pakistan project: training for Pakistani and Afghan experts
May 27 - 30, 2017 Field trips by M. Sc. student -Visit Yodo River basin-
July 4 - 28, 2017 FY2017 JICA Training Program: Capacity Development for Flood Risk Management
July - September, 2017 Educational Program Updates
October 2 - 4, 2017 Hydrological Modeling Workshop for Pakistan Officials
October - November, 2017 Educational Program Updates
December 13 - 14, 2017 Follow-up Seminar in Myanmar

Information Networking
March 8-9, 2017 4th Joint Project Team Meeting for Sentinel Asia STEP3 (JPTM2017)
March 30, 2017 Visit by researchers from the DOST-SEI ASTHRDP in the Philippines
April 22, 2017 Visited by Vice chancellor of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU)
May 15, 2017 APRSAF/SAFE-ESCAP Meeting, Training in Bangkok, Thailand
May 18, 2017 Side event of the 73rd ESCAP general meeting in Thailand
May 22 - 26, 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction held in Cancun, Mexico
June 12 - 16, 2017 A regional workshop in Montevideo, Uruguay
July 10 - 11, 2017 Regional workshop on "Building Resilience to Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability to Meet Water Security Challenges"
July 21, 2017 A SAFE project by Mekong River Commission completed
July & September, 2017 ICHARM’s contribution to major international conferences on water issues (Asia-Pacific Water Summit & World Water Forum)
August 14-18, 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) RAS/7/030 project activities: 2nd Regional Training Course (RTC) from August 14th to 18th in Sydney, Australia
October 9-11, 2017 Regional cooperative expert conference in Thailand
November 6 - 10, 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) activities: a mid-term progress review meeting of the Regional Cooperative Agreement (RCA) RAS/7/030 project coordinators in Colombo, Sri Lanka
November 13, 2017 UNESCO IHP 25th Regional Steering Committee Meeting for Southeast Asia and the Pacific
November 16 - 18, 2017 Global Technology Cooperation Forum (GT-DAY)
November 23-25, 2017 Global Forum on Science and Technology for Disaster Resilience 2017
December 11 - 12, 2017 A thematic session, "Water and Disasters in the Context of Climate Change –From the Mountains to the Islands–" held at the 3rd Asia-Pacific Water Summit

Typhoon Committee
February 21 - 24, 2017 The 49th Annual Session of Typhoon Committee in Yokohama
May 31 - June 1, 2017 Chief Researcher Tokunaga attends a TC annual meeting in Korea
September 25 - 27, 2017 Sixth Annual Meeting of the Working Group for Hydrology (WGH) of the Typhoon Committee (TC) in Seoul, Korea

Awards
February 13 - 16, 2017 Senior Researcher Yorozuya wins Bureau Director’s Award
May 17, 2017 Senior Researcher Kikumori awarded for his contributions to CommonMP
July 27, 2017 IFAS receives the 19th Infrastructure Technology Development Award 2017
August 3, 2017 Senior Researcher Rasmy awarded by JICA for supporting Sri Lanka in last May disaster

Special Event
March 8, 2017 Commemorative lectures of PWRI president and ICHARM advisor
March 27, 2017 Prof. Takeuchi’s last lecture and ICHARM 10th anniversary publication ceremony
May 15, 2017 President of the 38th UNESCO General Conference visited ICHARM
June 2017 ICHARM Disaster Relief Activities in Sri Lanka
July 6, 2017 PWRI and the University of Tokyo jointly issued the press release
October 1, 2017 ICHARM Director Toshio Koike elected as a member of the Science Council of Japan

Local Practices
February 22, 2017 ADB project final report submitted to the Myanmar government
April 2017 Training workshops held in Pakistan
July, November, 2017 Training on discharge observation and riverbed topography measurement
October 10, 2017 Meeting on a new SATREPS project

IFI
January 10, 2017 Implementation Planning Workshop on International Flood Initiative (IFI) in Asia-Pacific
January 18, 2017 The 20th Governing Council Meeting of APWF at Singapore
February 14-16, 2017 HELP Davao Network at the Philippines
March 13, 2017 IFI Coordinating Meeting in the Philippines
April 12, 2017 Workshop on "Platform on Water-related Disaster" in Pakistan
May 9, 2017 High Level Consultation Meeting on IFI Coordination held in Myanmar
June 15, 2017 Meeting for the Platform on Water-related Disasters in the Philippines
July 20, 2017 The 3rd UN Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters was held at the UN headquarters in New York
August 24, 2017 Plenary Session for the Platform on Water and Disasters held in Sri Lanka - Support to establish IFI platform -
September 8, 2017 ICFM7 was held at Leeds University in Britain
November 1st, 2017 2nd High Level Consultation Meeting on IFI Coordination in Myanmar
November 28, 2017 The World Bosai Forum was held in Sendai, Japan ICHARM organized a technical session

Outreach
April 21, 2017 ICHARM Open Day 2017 held, inviting local school students

Field Survey
October 31 - November 5, 2017 Field Survey in the West Rapti River of Nepal
October 29 and 30, 2017 Field Survey in the Sittaung River of Myanmar to Investigate Riverbank and Coastal Erosion