Report of progressfrom the other IFI active countries(Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Pakistan)
Tetsuya IKEDA, PhD

ICHARMOn behalf of IFI Platform participating organizations ofSri Lanka, Myanmar and Pakistan
Side Event “Platform on Water Resilience and Disasters”
June 11, 2018

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CONTENTS
1. Progress from the other IFI active countries• Sri Lanka• Myanmar• Pakistan
So many governmental organizations areparticipating in the Platforms on Water
Resilience and Disasters
2. Input to the major international conferencesin collaboration with the IFI partners
3. Future courses
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IFI’s Progress in the Asian countries• Philippine: Reported by Dr. Anthony Cinco Sales, DOST- Platform on Water Resilience and Disasters (PLATFORM)- Activity: Meeting in March & June, 2017, March & May, 2018
- Targets: Pampanga River & Davao River• Sri Lanka- Platform on Water Resilience and Disasters- Activity: Meeting in August, 2017 and March, 2018
- Targets: Kalu River, Kelani River & Malvathu River• Myanmar- Platform on Water Resilience and Disasters- Activity: Meeting in May and November, 2017
- Targets: Bago River & Sittaung River• Pakistan- Platform on Water Resilience and Disasters- Activity: Meeting in April and December, 2017
- Targets: Indus River

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Activities onSri Lanka “Platform on Water Resilience and Disasters”
Meetings for establishment of “Platform on Water Resilience andDisaster”;
 1st Plenary Session on August 24, 2017
Post-Disaster Activities after flood andlandslide of late May, 2017

 2nd Plenary Session on March 28, 2018

Group photo at the 1st Plenary Session

Sri Lankan Minister joined atthe 2nd Plenary Session

4Meeting with Minister of Disaster
Management on June 5, 2017

JDR Field Survey at Allagawa
on June 7, 2017

Inundated Water Level

Damaged area (Field visit on August 22, 2017)

5DIAS-ICHARM: Flood Information Sharing Support in Sri Lanka
Implemented by EDITORIA and ICHARM on DIAS

500mm
ALOS © JAXA (2016)

Real-time Rain
Gauge Data

In-situ rain gauge
data (6 numbers)Satellite precipitation data（GSMaP）
4 hr latency
data (NRT)

Real time
data (NOW)

Calibration

On-line Information provision on
DIAS：In-situ rainfall, satellite rainfall, calibrated andforecast rainfall, inundation simulations

Ensemble
forecasting
rainfall for thenext 16 days(max)Himawari-8cloud images

Inundation
map bysatellite data(ALOS-2)

Inundation
analysis by using
RRI in DIAS
Concept of RRI model

Simulation andforecasting of riverdischarge, water level,
inundation extent

Bias-corrected
Satellite Rainfall

Inundation analysis results

Ensemble
Flood
Prediction

Inundation

72hr
11ensemble
every 24hr

Issued on
May 24

Issued on
May 256

Outcomes of the Sessions
Participating Organizations:
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Irrigation Department (ID)
Meteorology Department (MD)Survey Department (SD)
Disaster Management Center (DMC)
National Building Research Organization (NBRO)
Ministry of Magapolis and Western Development (MMWD)
Ministry of Mahaweli Development & Environment (TBD, MMDE)

Target Actions and Coordinating Bodies
1. Early Warning: rainfall, flooding, landslide:
2. Adaptation Planning for Global Change:(such as Climate Change, Urbanization)
3. Economic Effect of Disasters:
4. Contingency Planning and Mainstreaming DRR:

ID, MD, NBRO
ID, MMDE, MMWDA
MMDE, DMC
DMC

Demonstration Sites of Target Actions
1. Kalu River Basin (as rural basin)
2. Kelani River Basin (as urban basin)
3. Malvathu River Basin (as arid basin)

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Myanmar

Activities on“Platform on Water and Disaster”

Meetings on “Platform on Water and Disaster”;
 May 9, 2017 at Nay Pyi Taw
 November 1, 2017 at Nay Pyi Taw

Participated Stakeholders• DWIR, Ministry of Transport and Communications• DMH, Ministry of Transport and Communications• RRD, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement• IWUMD, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation• Yangon Technological university••••

ICHARM
University of TokyoJapan Water Forum
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Institutional Structure of “Platform on Water and Disaster”
High Level Panelon Water (HLPW)HELPChairMemberAdvisor

Vice President -IINWRCNDMC(National Water Resources Committee)(National Disaster Management Council)
Participating
Organizations

MoALI
NWRC

GADDHPCore
ManagementGroup

DOP

IWUMD
Regional/State /District
Government
City /Township
Development
Committee

DMA(Irrigation and Water
Utilization Management
Department)

MPA

DMH
(Department ofMeteorology andHydrology)

NWRC

NDMC

Secretariat

Secretariat

DWIR(Directorate of Water
Resources and Improvementof River Systems)

DUHD
SD

RRD
(Relief and Resettlement
Department)

YTU, etc.
Science & Technology Communities

9Field Survey at Sittaung River estuary(October 29 and 30, 2017)
Sittaung
Bridge[1st day] River bed sampling Drone investigation
 Installation of water pressure sensor

Village boatharbor[2nd day] River bed sampling Drone investigation
 Collection of water pressure sensor
Severely erodedarea

3-4 hours from
Kyaik-ka-tha village

10Findings from the field survey at Sittaung River
Bank lines in estuary of Sittaung river
2007
2016
2017

 West river bank has been eroded over 10 km inthese 10 years, which has caused the extinction of
the riverine village and farmland.
 Rive bed materials in the estuary and river mouthareas are thought to be supplied by the erodedbank materials and wash load from the upper reach.
Grain Size Distribution (Sittaung River, Myanmar)
River Reach Areas:

Kunseik
Village

ALOS-2(Radar image)

Percentage Finer (%)

90

MadaukBridge

80
70
60

S-1
S-2
S-3
S-4
Bank Materials
S-5
S-6
90
S-7
S-9
80
S-11
S-12
70
S-13
S-14
60
S-16
S-18
50
S-21
S-22
40
A: at lower
S-23
S-24
30
part of bank
S-25
S-26
20
S-27
S-28
B: at upper
S-29
S-30
10
part of bank
S-31
S-32
00.0010.01 S-37 0.1
S-38 1
10100
S-40Diameter (mm)S-41
Particle
S-42
S-43
S-47
S-49
100

Bed Materials
A: from Kunseik
to Madauk bridge

Percentage Finer (%)

100

A

B: from Sittaung
bridge to Kunseik

5040

B30B

A

20
1000.001

0.01

0.1

1Particle Diameter (mm)Sittaung
BridgeEstuary Areas:
100

100

Estuary

90

Percentage Finer (%)

Percentage Finer (%)

90

Bed Materials

80
70
60
50
403080BankMaterials

70
60
50
40

30

20

20

10

1000.001

00.001100.01

0.1

Particle Diameter (mm)

1B

S-1
S-2
S-4
S-5
A: at lower
S-6
part of bankS-7
B: at upper
S-9
part of bank
S-10
S-11
S-12
S-16
0.01
0.1
1100
S-17
S-24 (mm)Particle Diameter

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Pakistan

Activities for“Platform on Water and Disaster”

A meeting for establishment of “Platform on Water and Disaster”;
 March 2-3, 2017 at PMD Headquarter, Islamabad

Participated Stakeholders• PMD: Pakistan Meteorological Department• PCRWR : Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources• GCISC: Global Change Impact Studies Center• NARC
: National Agriculture Research Centre• NDMA : National Disaster Management Authority• UNESCO• ICHARM

12Institutional Structure of “Platform on Water and Disaster”

Ministry of Climate
ChangeCo-chair
PMD

Co-chair
FFC(Pakistan MeteorologicalDepartment)(Federal Flood Commision)

Core Management GroupNDMA(National DisasterManagement Authority)

Co-chair
PCRWR

Policy(Pakistan Council of Research inWater Resources)

Secretariat
UNESCO Category 2 Center(Regional Centre for Water Management Research in Arid Zones)

Participating Organizations
SAWCRI

BARI

CDPM

NUST

UET

SUPARCOWPDA

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Activities (UNESCO Pakistan Project)
Indus-IFAS: flood forecasting system based on IFAS/RRI
INPUT DATACHALLENGES:•Lack of transboundary data
•Null-Low rain
gauges networkdensity•Uncertainty
on snowmelt

INPUT DATA :• Rainfall data
(PMD groundgauges, GSMaP
andforecasted)• Real-timeobserved
6/21/2018
discharges

Inundation area
by RRI[m]
0.0-0.5
0.5-1.0
1.0-2.0
2.0-3.0
3.0-5.0
5.0-6.0
6.0-7.5

FLOOD
HAZARD
MAPPINGOUTPUTDATA:• Rainfall
distribution maps
• Hydrographs at
specifiedlocations• Inundation
extents in
mid-low
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3rd Asia-Pacific Water Summit Thematic Session
WATER AND DISASTERS
IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE- From the Mountains to the IslandsTime & Date: 13:30 – 17:00, December 11, 2017
Venue: Yangon, Myanmar
Co-organizers: ICHARM, ICIMOD, SPC, HELP
Session Framework:
Part 1: Keynote Speeches by High-Level Leaders (3 speakers)
Part 2: Country Presentations (10 presenters from 7 countries)
Part 3: Panel Discussion (5 panelists)
Highlights:• Vice President of Myanmar stressed the importance of IFI
Platform activities at the Plenary Opening Speech• All the DGs/DDG of the Platform participating organizations ofMyanmar (DMH, IWUMD, DWIR, RRD) made the presentations• Contribution and input to the Yangon Declaration

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Keynote Speech by H. E. Dr. Jose
Ramos-Horta, Senior Minister of the
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

Prof. Koike, Director, ICHARM, theco-chair, and the panelists of Part 3

Presentation by Mr. Wasantha
Bandara Palugaswewa, Irrigation
Department, Sri Lanka

All the DGs/DDG of the Platform participating governmental organizationsof Myanmar (DMH, IWUMD, DWIR, RRD) made the country presentations
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8th World Water Forum– Contribution in terms of Water and Disasters –Date: March 19 - 23, 2018
Venue: Brasilia, Brazil1) Launch of Alliance of Alliances on DRR researchers A global action “Alliance of Alliances on DRR researchers” has been launched at theSpecial Session “Water and disasters”

2) Contribution to the Thematic Session of Asia-Pacific Regional Process Presentation on the progress of IFI and Platforms on Water Resilience and Disasters
at the Thematic Session “Climate change, disasters and water related adaptation inthe Asia Pacific region”
 Participation at the panel discussion and input to the synthesis session report atthe Synthesis Session “Upscale Innovation for a Water-Secure Asia and the Pacific”

17Future Courses
1. Further progress in the Asian countries•••

Sri Lanka Continuous support in 2018 flood season
 Developing collaboration with IFI partner organizations
 Planning to organize the 3rd Plenary session in late 2018
Myanmar Continue field survey in the Sittaung river Planning to organize the meeting in 2018
Pakistan Completion of UNESCO Pakistan Project in September 2018

2. Input to the major international conferences
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We arenow here

WMO: Global Conference @Geneva, May 2018
UNESCO-IHP: Side event at the Intergovernmental Council @Paris, June 2018
High Level Political Forum @ New York, July 2018
AP Regional Meeting of UNESCO National Commissions @Gyeongju, September 2018
ADB: Asia Water Forum 2018 @Manila, October 2018
GEO AP Symposium and XV Plenary @Kyoto, Oct.-Nov. 2018
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Thank you very muchfor your kind attentions

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http://www.ifi-home.info/E-mail: te-ikeda@pwri.go.jp
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