o Level: Leading to a Masters degreeo Duration : One year (October – September)o Partners:P¾ National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)– Degreegawardingg institution¾ ICHARM – Teaching, supervision and assessment¾JICA – Provides financial sponsorshipObjectives:
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T ffosterTot solution
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Eligible/Target Organization
Organization:
Technical officials, engineers and/or researchers in
the field of river management or water
water‐related
related disastermanagement
Total Number of Participants (in 20072007‐2008)
2008)
10 (Bangladesh ‐ 2, China ‐ 3, Nepal ‐ 1, India ‐1and Japan – 3)

Characteristics;
1 yyear master’s course （1年で修士号が取得できる）
first half: Lectures & Exercises; latter half: Master Thesis““ProblemblSolving‐Oriented”
ld” training course （課題解決型研修）
The participants should analyze their water‐related problems andthink how to promote solutions as a part of Action Plan.
“Practical” rather than “Theoretical” （理論よりも実務）

Structure of the Program;Lectures

Exercises

LecturesField Studies+IndividualStudy

MasterThesis

Introduction to International Cooperation
B i Study
BasicS d forfWater-related DisasterManagementgApplication Study for

Disaster Management
gPolicyyDisaster Risk Management
Hydrological Observation, Modeling & Forecasting
Hydraulics
I t
Integrated
t d Flood
Fl d Risk
Ri k Management
Mt (IFRM) (1)Integrated Flood Risk Management (IFRM) (2)Integrated Flood Risk Management (IFRM) (3)Water-related Disaster

Flood Hazard Mappingg & Evacuation Planningg
Sustainable Reservoir Development & Management

Management
Exercises

Control Measures for Landslide & Debris Flow

Practice on Hydrological Observation, Modeling & Forecasting
Practice on H
Hydraulics
dra lics
Practice on Integrated Flood Risk Management
Practice on Hazard Mapping & Evacuation Planning
Practice on Sustainable Reservoir Development & Management
Practice on Control Measures for Landslide & Debris Flow

Field Trips
Individual Study

Structure of the Program;

Lecture on River Training by Prof. Fukuoka

Lecture on Sabo byy Dr. OkuboField Trip in Tsurumi River Retarding basin

Field Tripp in Nikko Sabo WorksTitles of Master’s Thesis (2007‐2008)
1.

Mr. DAI, Ming‐Long (China) “Dam‐break flood analysis in mid‐down stream of HanRiver”
2. Mr. Khanindra BARMAN (India) “DevelopmentDevelopment of flood forecasting model in
Brahmaputra valley of india”
3. Mr. Md. Aminul ISLAM (Bangladesh) “Flood Hazard Mapping of Dhaka‐Narayanganj‐Demra (DND) Project using Geo‐informatics Tools”
4. Mr.
M Mi
Mitra BARAL (Nepal)(Nl) “Rainfall“R i f ll run offff modellingd lli andd inundation
id i analysis
l i off
Bagmati River at Terai region of Nepal”
5. Mr. Muhammad MASOOD (Bangladesh) “Flood hazard and Risk Assessment in Mid‐
Eastern part of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bangladesh”
6. Ms. YE, Li‐Li (China) “Flood Risk Analysis and Risk Management in Mengwa
Detention Basin”
7. Mr. Yasuo Kannami (Japan) “Establishment of Country‐based Flood Risk Index”
8 Mr.
8.
M Hi
Hirohisahi Mi
Miura (Japan)(J) “The“Th analysis
l i off floodfl d riski k awareness at resident
idlevell l ini
Mekong River basin”
9. Mr. Ryota Ojima (Japan) "Impact Assessment ofroad construction on the fflood inundation in Dhaka,,Bangladesh“
10. Mr. Ji Zhou (China) " A numerical study on the open
channel network in Wuxi city "Bangladesh ‐2
China – 2
Chi
Ethiopia ‐1
Indonesia ‐1
p ‐1
Nepal
Thailand ‐2

•Competitiveness of the course when comparedwith other similar courses•How to attract high quality students•How to changehfromfa resources driven
dcourse to ademand driven course•Seeking recognition of the degree internationally