{"id":219,"date":"2021-04-10T14:03:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T12:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/?p=219"},"modified":"2021-06-02T19:13:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T17:13:44","slug":"action-area-1-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/action-area-1-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"Action area \u2018FLOODS\u2019 &#8211; activities contributing to achievement of ambition \u2018No one is surprised by a flood\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\"><strong>Open for comments until 25 May 2021<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; <strong>Extended to 31 May 2021<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"#commentflood\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#commentflood\">Leave your comment(s) below<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Logical Framework methodology was used to design a holistically consistent structure of goals, outcomes that leads to achievement of these goals, outputs that together will materialize into desirable outcomes, and finally activities through which outputs will be delivered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A schematic illustration of the resulting proposal is provided in the following figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Action-area-floods.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Action-area-floods-1024x671.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223\" width=\"768\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Action-area-floods-1024x671.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Action-area-floods-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Action-area-floods-768x503.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Action-area-floods-1536x1007.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Action-area-floods.png 1678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Table below provides a list of proposed activities grouped by outputs. More details can be found in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/HydroConsultation2021-page_1_Area1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">following table\/document <\/a>where for some of the activities additional features are proposed (such as responsibility, time, linkages, etc.). The Table is intended to become an integral part of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/HydroConsultation2021-Intro_page_Draft_Plan_of_Action_partII.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Action Plan<\/a> as its annex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<style>\n\ttr:nth-child(even) {background-color: #f2f2f2;}\n<\/style>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" width=\"100%\">\n  <tr>\n    <td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>ID<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n    <td width=\"45%\" valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>Activity<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n    <td width=\"45%\" valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>description<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>B.1<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n    <td  colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>Enhanced coordination, effectiveness and governance    of all WMO activities in supporting Members in Flood Risk Assessment and    Flood Forecasting and Warning<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">B.1.1<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">FFI-AG    reinforced coordination mechanisms of activities for Flood Risk Assessment,    Forecasting and Warning across WMO, as well as in collaboration\u00a0 with international actors<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">to    streamline ongoing hydrological programmes and initiative ensuring coherence    and consistency, alignment to the plan, effectiveness and efficient use of    resources, support to international agenda for DRR, establishing new    coordination mechanisms<\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">B.1.2<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">Establish effective joint planning and implementation mechanisms with    major partners and activities (IFI, UNDRR, UNEP\u2026.)<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">Better coordination of UN flood related activities brings more    effective delivery on flood risk assessment and forecasting around the globe.<\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">B.1.3<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">Establish    guiding principles and agreements with private sector to support flood    related early warning and risk management<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">Private    sector could offer technologies like AI or cellphone applications that enable    enhancement of services in flood forecasting. Searching opportunities for    cooperation via agreements and pilot projects.<\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>B.2<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n    <td  colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>Framework is developed    for evaluation of gaps and needs of National flood forecasting and early    warning systems<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">B.2.1<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">Assessment    Guidelines web based tool and community<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">further    development and implementation of the assessment guidelines as a tool for    self- assessment (or assessment by expert teams through WMO), to identify    capabilities and needs in\u00a0 national    capabilities to deliver flood forecasting services and warnings;\u00a0 implementation of a web based tool, based    on simplified assessment guidelines, to identify national capabilities and    needs<\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>B.3<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n    <td  colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>Increased exchange of    knowledge and technical expertise in flood forecasting among Members<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">B.3.1<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">Community    of Practice on End-to-End Early Warning Systems for Flood Forecasting,    including guidance on emerging technologies\u00a0    and services for data acquisition and analysis<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">developing    mechanisms on implementing recommended practices via team of experts to support    knowledge exchange. This will be complemented by a repository of capacity    building materials (guidance, e-learning); role of the new technologies to    address geographical constraints or insufficient local resources<\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>B.4<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n    <td  colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>Enhanced collaboration    among NHSs, NMSs and other organizations (e.g. DRR authorities) at national    level in developing and operating E2E MHEWS particularly including floods<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">B.4.1<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">Inclusion    of different stakeholders (energy-water-food) needs and requirements, moving    towards MHEWS approach (e.g. with the integration of FFGS\/CIFI\/SWFP) for the    possible future integration of hydrology in GMAS (including reflecting    hydrological hazards in the catalogue of hazardous events)<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">compilation    of success stories for collaboration among NMHSs and DRR authorities, create    incentives to work together and share data\/information and services <\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">B.4.2<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">support to humanitarian organization for real time risk assessment<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">Contribution to GMAS related to flood hazards relevant for    humanitarian activities around the World<\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>B.5<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n    <td  colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>Increased    availability and international exchange of hydro-meteorological data for    operational flood forecasting and early warning, and enhanced international    cooperation in flood management especially for transboundary basins on free    and unrestricted basis.<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<em>B.5.1<\/em><\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">Basic observation network \u2013 hydrology and cryosphere established <\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">&nbsp;See cross-cutting issues A.10.1<\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><em>8.5.2<\/em><\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">WHOS    &#8211; operational data exchange<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">&nbsp;See    cross-cutting issues A.10.2<\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><em>8.5.3<\/em><\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">Increased additional \/ voluntary data sharing including forecast    products, Satellite data\/products availability for flood forecasting<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">&nbsp;See cross-cutting issues A.10.3<\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><em>8.5.4<\/em><\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">Statement    on network design with respect to floods forecasting and management&nbsp;<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">&nbsp;See    cross-cutting issues A.10.4<\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>B.6<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n    <td  colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>Enhanced resource    mobilization (expertise, financial, partnership) for capacity building,    technical assistance, training of personnel and sustainability of E2E MHEWS<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">&nbsp;B.6.1<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">Project    proposals development support<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">See    cross-cutting issues A.7.1&nbsp;<\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>B.7<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n    <td  colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>Flood related data and    products with global and regional coverage are available for the use at    national scale by Members<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">B.7.1<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">GDPFS    &#8211; hydrological centers including regional forecasting centers\/systems    developed<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">Establishment    of RSMC centers with function in the field of operation flood forecasting to    support Members with global and regional product and verification.<\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">B.7.2<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">inventory of world-wide and regional free and public data and    products for Flood forecasting; and inventory of international interoperable    models and platforms<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">Develop an update the inventory of state of the art tools that are    freely available for use in flood forecasting or products that might be used    at national and local scale to support flood forecasting activities (such    as\u00a0 DEWETRA, Glofas, efas, DHI-UNEP,    Sustainable FFGS} as an entry reference page<\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>B.8<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n    <td  colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>Increased    Members&rsquo; capacities to deliver and communicate to the public and raising the    awareness&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">B.8.1<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">Collection of success stories, challenges and needs <\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">includes case studies on CAP application to hydrological hazards,    communication of\u00a0 uncertainty <\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">B.8.2<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">Guidelines    on Flood Risk assessment\/mapping and &ldquo;Impact Based Forecasting&rdquo;&nbsp; <\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">Better    understanding of flood hazard and flood risk and their changes within the    year, season, day as well as long-term trends based on concepts used e.g. in    EU Floods Directive etc.<\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">B.8.3<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">Enhanced national consultations\/communication between forecasters and    users <\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">i) guidelines based on good practices developed and implemented<\/p>\n    <p align=\"left\">ii)    compilation of list of requirements from users and their decisions    \/expectations and how to research on these (guide)<\/p>\n    <p align=\"left\">iii)\u00a0 catalog of case studies    of product and service development as well as marketing strategies for    customers and development of process\/check list, methodology to support    strategic service planning of NMHSs including catalogue of products and    services in response to customer requirements, including: Awareness raising    on flood risk management (follow up from previous APFM activities, such as    CBFM)<\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">B.8.4<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">Guidelines    for harmonizing information and products that are used to communicate    forecasting results and related risks <\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>B.9<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n    <td  colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\"><strong>Increased Members and    Regions (basins) application of Integrated flood risk management principles    in flood prevention, preparedness and response.<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td   valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">B.9.1<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">APFM    capacity building<\/p><\/td>\n    <td  valign=\"top\"><p align=\"left\">activities    of capacity building in flood forecasting and integrated flood management <\/p><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>Please comment on the list of activities by answering to the following questions using the &#8220;Leave a reply&#8221; form at the bottom of this page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol type=\"1\"><li>Are any substantial activities missing from your point of view (please keep in mind that, given their nature, they may be also listed under cross-cutting issues)?<\/li><li>Are all listed activities <strong>feasible and meaningful<\/strong>?<\/li><li>Do you want to propose some changes to definition, description or other features of individual activities? Please refer to ID of the activity.<\/li><li>Any other comments are welcome as well.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition please indicate, using the survey form here below, your preferences concerning the priorities by assigning \u2018High priority\u2019 to those activities you consider critical for the Action Plan for Hydrology and which you\u2019d like to promote. At the same time, please assign \u2018no priority\u2019 to activities that should be downgraded or dropped from the Action Plan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"iframeX6D3A1V8A8F1F9Y6J\" src=\"https:\/\/www.click4survey.com\/s4\/42567\/53d2e37f\" height=\"700\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>This post is open for comments<strong> until 25 May 2021 &#8211; <strong>Extended to 31 May 2021<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for your inputs!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440,"href":"https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions\/440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hydroref.com\/wmo\/hydrology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}