The 16th AOGEO Symposium
3-5 September 2024, Tokyo, Japan- TG ACTIVITY REPORT -TG1
ASIA WATER CYCLE INITIATIVE(AWCI)
DR. MAMORU MIYAMOTO
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR WATER HAZARD AND RISK MANAGEMENT (ICHARM)
mmiyamoto@pwri.go.jp

OVERVIEW
TG1: Asia Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI) Session
 Participants: 62 (24 onsite , 38 online) in maximum
 Moderator: Mamoru Miyamoto, ICHARM

Online Participants

AGENDA
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OpeningSpecial Speech Prof. KANTOUSH Sameh Ahmed, Kyoto University
Photo Session
Country Reports
Philippines
Sri LankaThailand
Indonesia
Pakistan

Special Lecture and Panel Discussion on Transdisciplinary Approach for Future Prosperity:
Water and Poverty moderated by Prof. Toshio Koike
Prof. KAWASAKI Akiyuki, The University of Tokyo
Mr. Leon Vin , The University of Tokyo
Mr. Hote Hassan Haren, ICHARM

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Thematic Presentations on Interdisciplinary Issues ~ Water-Food-Energy Nexus ~Ms. Giang Thanh Binh, DWRM, MONRE,Vietnam
Prof. Abdul Wahid Mohamed RASMY, ICHARM
Mr. Illangasingha Sanjeewa Punsiri Bandara, Mahaweli Authority, Sri Lanka
Ms. Nilobol Aranyabhaga, ONWR, Thailand -online-5.

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Discussion on Input into Statement
Summary and Closing

1. OPENING
 Special Speech Prof. KANTOUSH Sameh Ahmed, Kyoto University

Flood and sediment disaster management• Middle East & North Africa• Philippines• Vietnam

Thailand

2. COUNTRY REPORT
Philippines

Indonesia

Sri Lanka

PakistanSPECIAL LECTURE ON WATER & POVERTY

Water and Poverty moderated by Prof. Toshio Koike
Keynote: Prof. KAWASAKI Akiyuki, The University of Tokyo
Panelist: Mr. Leon Vin , The University of Tokyo
Mr. Hote Hassan Haren, ICHARM

THEMATIC PRESENTATION-WATER-FOOD-ENERGY NEXUS• “A Seamless Modeling Framework for Efficient FloodManagement, Agricultural Productivity, and Hydropower
Generation under Climate Change”, Prof. Abdul Wahid
Mohamed RASMY, ICHARM• “Smart water management for agriculture and hydropower”,
Ms. Giang Thanh Binh, DWRM, MONRE,Vietnam• “Water resources planningunder climate change”,
Mr. Illangasingha Sanjeewa
Punsiri Bandara, Mahaweli
Authority, Sri Lanka• “Policy-making for comprehensive water resourcesmanagement in Thailand”, Ms. Nilobol Aranyabhaga, ONWR,Thailand -online-DISCUSSION
 Interdisciplinary approach with DIAS
 Importance of local data e.g. ground gauge
 Engagement of multi-stakeholders and local communities including young and Indigenous Gap between scientific approach and real-world socio-economic activities
 How to alleviate poverty?
 Guideline to deploy
 Social aspect even in modeling Linkage and contribution
 Way forward

STATEMENT
Since 2005, the Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI) has developed key functions of data archiving, data and model integration , early
warning, climate change impact assessment, and water-food-energy nexus in collaboration with its member countries based on theData Integration and Analysis System (DIAS). AWCI has also promoted the cross-sectoral coordination by supporting activities ofthe "Platform on Water Resilience and Disasters (Platform)". Based on its experience, AWCI will further expand the scope of t hecross-cutting and consolidated Platform, and promote transdisciplinary collaboration among water-related disaster risk reduction,sanitation, poverty, health, and peace to achieve resilience, sustainability, and inclusiveness.
Achievements: (5-6 sentences)Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI) has continued to advocate the importance of developing the "Online Synthesis System for
Sustainability and Resilience (OSS-SR)", fostering "Facilitators", and accelerating the "End-to-End Approach" based on theactivities of the "Platform on Water Resilience and Disasters (Platform)", such as in the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Indones ia.
These key directions have been fully endorsed at a series of globally important events related to water management, including
the 4th Asia-Pacific Water Summit held in Kumamoto in April 2022, the 9th International Conference on Flood Management(ICFM9) held in Tsukuba in February 2023, the UN Water Conference held in New York in March 2023, and the 10 th World
Water Forum and the Bandung Spirit Water Summit held as part of the Forum in Bali in May 2024. Accordingly, the Platform
initiatives have been adopted in the UN Water Action Agenda as the "Water Cycle Integrator (WCI)", which integrates
knowledge, capacities, and processes related to water management.

STATEMENT

Ongoing Issues: (5-6 sentences)

AWCI has deployed activities of the Platform on Water Resilience and Disasters to other areas in the country and has ripple effects on othercountries; Thailand has officially launched the Platform,Vietnam is moving forward with establishing the Platform, and Pakistan is starting the discussion
to renew suspended efforts. Through the activities on the OSS-SR development and Facilitator fostering, the Platforms have reaffirmed the importanceof; local ground data for bias correction of global datasets and satellite data filling the gap between scientific approach and real-world socio-economic issues
 generating ownership of multi-stakeholders and local communities, including young generation and Indigenous people, for the social disasterrisk reduction
 value chains of actionable insights in the water-food-energy nexus and evidence-informed decisions in water disaster risk management.
Way forward for post-2025: (5-6 sentences)

Through DIAS, AWCI will advance the activities it has undertaken since its inception in 2005, including data archiving, data and model integration, early
warning, climate change impact assessment, and the water-food-energy nexus.
To achieve resilience, sustainability, and inclusiveness, AWCI will further accelerate the implementation of WCI with Earth Intelligence in the crosscutting and consolidated Platforms. As the future objective, AWCI will evolve its scope to collaborate with sanitation, poverty, health, and peace, as
highlighted in the Bandung Spirits Water Summit. The innovation brought by locally implemented Earth Intelligence will contribute to future prosperityby creating value chains that make ordinary and extraordinary seamless.

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