ICHARM signed an MoU on joint research with WRRDC, Nepal

ICHARM concluded a memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding joint research on water resilience and disasters with the Water Resources Research and Development Centre (WRRDC) of Nepal and held a kick-off meeting online on August 3, 2021. The executive directors of both institutes signed the MoU and delivered a speech, followed by the self-introduction of the meeting participants from both sides.

Based on this MoU, WRRDC and ICHARM will work on the following five cooperative themes: (1) Water-related disaster data archiving, sharing and statistics; (2) Observing, modeling, predicting and reducing water-related disaster risk; (3) Monitoring and assessing water-related disaster risk changes; (4) Support for policymaking and community of practice; and (5) Education and training.