The project exposed Pakistan policymakers to climate risk management and climate change adaptation policies and practices in Philippines and Thailand to enable participants to integrate learning into the implementation of Intercooperation Pakistan’s project on livelihoods programme Hindukush. Key activities included organization and technical inputs to the study visit.
The project aimed to develop an application for river runoff and reservoir inflow forecasting for selected river basin in Map Ta Put, Rayong, Thailand, to guide water allocation and management. Key activities included provision of site-specific medium range to seasonal rainfall forecasts; development of web-based application for integrating rainfall forecast data into hydrological model
The project aimed for countries that are collaborating under RIMES to incorporate into their budgets support for sustaining RIMES. Key activities include documentation of socio-economic benefits of a regional multi-hazard early warning system; and advocacy with collaborating countries to invest in a regional arrangement for early warning
The project aims to develop and implement a functional agromet advisory service in 2 pilot sites (Paro and Sarpang), assess the Department of Agriculture (DOA) technical capacity for agromet services, and provide training on crop modeling, decision support systems (DSS), and integration of climate information in farming system models to develop adaptive capacity to mitigate climate risks.
Activities include:
Identification of key climate/ weather information relevant to agricultural research and development in Bhutan
The project developed materials for and delivered a training program on end-to-end early warning, for Relief and Resettlement Department staff at national, regional, and township levels
The project aimed to build capacity of National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology, Bhutan, on flood forecasting. It involved development and installation of hydrological model and flood forecasting system.
Ms. Amber Masud joined RIMES as a Disaster Risk Management Specialist and will be leading the work in Pakistan under the USAID/UCAR funded Strengthening Last Mile Communication Project.
As a Web Developer Specialist in Tamil Nadu, India, Raizul supports the Tamil Nadu State Disaster Management Authority (TNSDMA). He coordinates with TNSDMA focal points and provides technical support to project activities at state and field levels. He supports the development of different modules for the TNSMART system, quality control of the system, and its integration as per the demands from the States disaster management authority. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer science from the College of Arts and Science, The New College, Chennai.
As technical Officer (Meteorology), Sabrina provides technical support in meteorological data analysis, integration and model/application development. She supports in running and customizing numerical weather prediction models, processing and analyzing meteorological data of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department. She also assists in research, capacity building activities, documentation and periodic reporting of project implementation and evaluation.